Course detail

English 2

FSI-A2Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course gives an overview of the English grammar corresponding to secondary school curriculum. It can be useful for students who need to revise the grammar skills needed in compulsory courses or for General English Exam.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Zuzana Wolná

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Entry knowledge

Course is intended for students who need to revise secondary school English during their studies in compulsory courses or before the General English Exam.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is conditioned by active work in the course and by meeting specific requirements of the teacher. The course is concluded by an exam.


Students' performance in the course is systematically checked by the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to revise secondary school English grammar and help students feel more confident in compulsory courses.


Students will revise grammar for everyday communication at the A2-B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

GREPL, Miroslav. Příruční mluvnice češtiny. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1995. ISBN 80-7106-134-4.
ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English grammar. London: Longman, 1991. ISBN 0582558921.
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0521357705.
SCRIVENER, Jim. Visual Grammar 1. Richmond: Richmond, 2014. ISBN 9788466812283.
SCRIVENER, Jim. Visual Grammar 2. Richmond: Richmond, 2014. ISBN 9788466815666.
SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0194311856.

Recommended reading

Hollet, V. Tech Talk. Elementary. Student's Book. OUP 2003 (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential Grammar in Use. With Answers. A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2001. ISBN 0-521-55928-6 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Zuzana Wolná

Syllabus

- comparative and superlative adjectives

- comparative and superlative of adverbs

- question tags

- conditionals - zero, first and second conditional

- present perfect continuous and simple

- expressions of present and past ability

- articles and quantifiers

- relative clauses

- indirect questions