Course detail

English B1-1

FSI-0A5Acad. year: 2025/2026

The 0A5 course (and the following 0A6 in the summer semester) targets students before they take the compulsory B1 exam (GEN3 or 7AZ) who need to develop their general English at the B1+ level of CEFR and extend it with academic language. It can also be selected by students who finished courses A5, A6 and need the general language course to fix their knowledge.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Martina Vránová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Entry knowledge

The minimum entry requirement is the knowledge of A2+ grammar and vocabulary.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked on assigned tasks and passed a credit test. The credit test has one regular term and one resit.


Attendance is compulsory and is checked on a regular basis. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course it to enhance individual abilities of students to express themselves in English at the B1+ level in general and academic contexts. The previously gained knowledge of grammar and vocabulary will be revised and systematically expanded with academic vocabulary.


After passing this course (and the follow-up course 0A6), students should be able to communicate in English at B1+ level.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Craven, Miles, and Kristin Donnalley Sherman. 2020. Q: Skills for Success 3. Listening and Speaking. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Recommended reading

MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

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

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Martina Vránová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Week 1: Unit 1 Sociology – Listening 1 (The Psychology of first impressions), making inferences
Week 2: Unit 1 Sociology – Listening 2 (A Review of Books about First Impressions), comparing and contrasting
Week 3: Unit 1 Sociology – Video (Job Interview Mistakes), suffixes, giving a short talk
Week 4: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – Listening 1 (A Billion Pounds of Spices), cause and effect relationships
Week 5: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – Listening 2 (A World of Food), adjective-noun collocations
Week 6: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – quantifiers, giving advice, conducting a class survey
Week 7: Unit 3 Psychology – Listening 1 (Shaped by Change, Promoting Change), retelling events with time markers
Week 8: Unit 3 Psychology – Listening 2 (An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich), summarizing information
Week 9: Unit 3 Psychology – Video (Recession Gives New Opportunities), using word web, tag questions, group discussion
Week 10: Unit 4 Marketing – Listening 1 (Targeting Children with Advertising), identifying fact and opinion
Week 11: Unit 4 Marketing – Listening 2 (The Influence of Online Ads), evaluating claims
Week 12: Unit 4 Marketing – Video (Social Media Marketing), modals expressing attitude, supporting opinions, group discussion
Week 13: Review