Course detail

English Elementary 2

FAST-BYA2Acad. year: 2023/2024

Grammar: past simple, numbers, articles, countable and uncountable nouns, comparative and superlative adjectives, present continuous, „going to“, the infinitive of purpose, adverbs, time expressions
Vocabulary: living, food and drink, going shopping, comparing things, describing people and feelings, future plans, life experience

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Basic vocabulary from the first part of the textbook, verb forms of "to be", present simple, question and negative, adverbs of frequency, personal pronouns, possesive pronouns, possesive adjectives, object pronouns, the modal verb "can"

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Students will command basic grammar rules: past simple tense, present continuous, "there is/are", "there was/were",comparative adjectives,"going to", "many, much" with countable and uncountable nouns.
They will command the vocabulary at the elementary level.
The target level according to the CEFR is A1.
Students will command basic grammar rules and vocabulary at the elementary level. The target level according to the CEFR is A1.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig: New English File Elementary. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. 7A past simple of be // word formation 2. 7B+C past simple: regular + irregular verbs // past time expressions + go have get 3. 8A past simple: reg. + irreg. // irregular verbs 4. 8B there is/are; some/any + plural nouns // the house 5. 8C there was/were // prepositions: place and movement 6. 9A+9B countable/uncountable nouns + quantifiers // food + food containers 7. 9C comparatives // numbers 8. 10A superlatives // places, buildings 9. 10B going to (plans) // holidays 10. 10C going to (predictions) // verb phrases 11. 11A adverbs // common adverbs 12.12A+12B introduction to present perfect // irregular past participles 13. 12C+REVISION question formation + revision of what is necessary // revision: word groups