Course detail

English Pre-Intermediate 1

FAST-VYA006Acad. year: 2024/2025

Grammar: present simple, wh-questions, present simple or continuous, past simple, comparative and superlative adjectives, countable and uncountable nouns, some/any, a lot of/many/much, future forms.
General Vocabulary: personal information, jobs, exchanging information, describing things and persons, question formation, word formation (prefixes, suffixes), writing an email, interview, filling a form, storytelling, time expressions, dicussion, expressing feelings, culture in the city.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of grammar rules and basic vocabulary at the pre-intermediate level.

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 vocabulary from general English, basic grammar rules, they will be able to communicate in everyday situations, to write both formal and informal letter, fill in a form.
The target level according to the CEFR is A2-.
Students will command basic vocabulary from general English, basic grammar rules, they will be able to communicate in everyday situations, to write both formal and informal letter, fill in a form.
The target level according to the CEFR is A2-.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina, OXENDEN, Clive. English File Pre-Intermediate Third Edition - Student´s Book. Oxford UP, 2012.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-VP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. 1A word order in question // common verb phrases, spelling, numbers 2. 1B present simple // describing people, personality adjectives 3. 1C present continuous // clothes, preposition of place 4. 2A past simple regular and irregular // holidays 5. 2B past continuous // preposition of time and place 6. 3A going to // airports 7. 3B present continuous (arrangements) // verbs+prepositions 8. 3C relative clauses // paraphrasing 9. 4A present perfect // housework 10. 4B present perfect or past simple // shopping 11. 5A+5B comparatives and superlatives // time expressions; describing a town 12. 4C+5C something, anything...; quantifiers // adjectives –ed/-ing; health 13. 6A+6B will // opposite verbs