Course detail
English for Bachelors - Intermediate 1
FEKT-XPC-AN3Acad. year: 2024/2025
- a standard course for intermediate students focused on both general and technical English
- it includes a grammar section with communicative tasks highlighting new grammar rules
- it covers reading, listening, speaking and writing
- it extents current vocabulary
- it develops grammar knowledge
- it includes work with technical texts putting emphasis on language
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
- use a basic general vocabulary (job/work, the environment, graphs, everyday use objects)
- apply grammar rules to common situations (making questions, the present tense, the past tense, the future tense, the present perfect tense, modal verbs, conditionals, passive voice)
- speak clearly in a given context with error tolerance
- read and understand easier general and technical texts
- understand classes taught in English and easier spoken English in given contexts
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
final exam (60 points), it contains listening and reading a technical text
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Aims
- acquisition of new vocabulary
- developing grammar knowledge.
- developing the language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing)
- introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English
- work with semi-technical texts
Active participation in classes along with passing a written exam will show that a student is able to:
- use a specific and general vocabulary (job/career, business, graph description, )
- apply grammar rules to common situations (present tenses, past tenses, the present perfect tense, the future tense, making questions, making comparatives and superlatives)
- communicate fluently and effectively in different contexts with certain error tolerance (job/career, travelling, business, social situations) and express his/her opinion, agreement, disagreement
- read technical and general articles when using basic reading techniques (skimming, scanning, selection of relevant information, accurate comprehension)
- understand English instructions and classes taught in English, and take notes; understand natural spoken English in a certain context
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
PaedDr. Baumgartnerová,A.:Soubor technických textů, gram. a lexikálních cvičení k samostatné práci (EN)
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's
specialization AUDB-TECH , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization AUDB-ZVUK , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme BPC-BTB Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-IBE Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-SEE Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, tense revision, Pres. Simple a Continuous, stavová a dějová slovesa.
2. Unit 1: grammar+vocabulary
3. Unit 1: work skills+functions
4. Unit 2: revision: Past Simple a Pres. Perfect Simple + continuous, vocabulary
5. Unit 2: work skills+functions
6. Unit3: grammar - predictions+vocabulary
7. Unit3: work skills+functions
8. Unit 4: grammar - comparisons+vocabulary
9. Unit4: work skills+functions
10. Unit5: modals+vocabulary
11. Unit5: work skills+functions 12. Revision: sample test + tech.text (mock exam)
13.Semester test
Elearning