Course detail

Headway Pre-Intermediate 2

FIT-BAN2Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course is focused on the basic knowledge of grammar: tenses, time and conditional clauses, infinitive, reported statements, articles, etc. The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations is developed as well as writing of letters, CV and filling in forms. The students will work with technical texts to get acquainted with basic technical terminology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

To pass the BAN1 course or to acquire "21 - 30" points in the entrance language test (instruction is in Czech only).

Recommended prerequisite: Headway Pre-Intermediate 1

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit test: 24 - 40 points.

Examination:   - listening comprehension: 15 - 30 points,   - reading comprehension: 15 - 30 points.

75% attendance, fulfilling the tasks.

Aims

The course for lower intermediate students (BAN2) is aimed at learning basic vocabulary and grammar and at developing the four language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students will learn basic technical terminology.
The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations will be developed. They will master the basic grammatical structures and new vocabulary, both general and technical.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

K.Harding and R.Appleby: International Express Pre-Intermediate. Third edition. Student´s book.OUP 2014 (EN)
Pro samostatnou domácí práci: materiál v IS VUT (EN)

Recommended reading

Murphy, R.: Essential Grammar in Use. With answers. Cambridge University Press, 2010. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Syllabus

  1. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple in contrast with Past Simple. Agreeing and disagreeing.
  2. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple - practice. Description of graphs. Characteristics of companies.
  3. Unit 8: Modal verbs, explanation and basic practice. Word formation and work with a dictionary.
  4. Unit 8: Modal verbs, practice. Nationalities and different cultures. Reactions to invitations.
  5. Review: Units 5 - 8.
  6. Unit 9: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Word collocations. Offers and requests.
  7. Unit 10: Present Perfect and Continuous, practice. Future, revision. Asking for information.
  8. Unit 10: 1st Conditional. Prepositions of place. The age and population.
  9. Unit 11: 1st Conditional, practice. 2nd Conditional. Description of cities.
  10. Unit 11: 2nd Conditional, practice. Social responses.
  11. Unit 12: Passives: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future. Word building.
  12. Unit 12: Passives, practice. Thanking for hospitality, saying goodbye. Review, summary.
  13. Semester test.