Course detail

First Certificate Level English II

FAST-BYA21Acad. year: 2024/2025

Grammar: prefixes, modal verbs (permission, obligation and necessity), verbs of the senses, stress on important words, similes, gerunds and infinitives (complex look), expressing future plans and arrangements (complex look), giving opinions with adverbs, ellipsis and substitution, nouns (compound and possessive forms), adding emphasis with cleft sentences. Vocabulary: general knowledge and learning motivation, colours and art, health, illness and alternative medicine, travel and tourism, animals and nature, food and cooking, words often confused, emigration. We will practice the oral part of the VYA003 B2 level exam.
The content of the BYA20 course is aimed at students who would benefit from studying and practicing B2 (higher Upper-Intermediate level) English with a native speaker, i.e. students who: wish to study abroad (e.g. with the Erasmus+ programme) or work abroad; want to prepare for the BY003 B2 level language exam (useful for Erasmus+); already speak English at a good Intermediate level and would like to improve; already speak English at an Upper Intermediate or Advanced level and would like to practice their English so as not to forget what they learned in previous years.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Higher intermediate knowledge of English (B1+ level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The aim of the BYA21 course is to increase upper-intermediate level students’ capabilities in English in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

For a brief summary of what is involved in the B2 level of English see the Anotace
The students will improve their knowledge of English at lower advanced level in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Oxenden, C. - Latham-Koenig, C.: New English File Advanced. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-459458-5. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

This course is no longer offered.

Wk 1 7A: General knowledge and learning motivation; prefixes Wk2 7A: Modal verbs (permission, obligation and necessity) Wk 3 7B: Verbs of the senses; colours and art Wk 4 7B: Stress on important words; the oral part of the B2 level exam Wk 5 8A: Medical situations and alternative medicine; similes Wk6 8A: Gerunds and infinitives (complex look) Wk 7 8B: Travel and tourism; homophones Wk8 8B: Expressing future plans and arrangements (complex look) Wk 9 9A: Giving opinions with adverbs; animals and nature Wk10 9A: Ellipsis and substitution Wk 11 9B: Nouns (compound and possessive forms); food and cooking Wk 12 10A: Adding emphasis (cleft sentences); words often confused; emigration Week 13: Revision/catching up/test