Course detail

New Headway Intermediate 1

FIT-BAN3Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course of English for intermediate students orientated on both general and technical English.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            An integrated approach is applied during the teaching of this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit.                                                                                        There is a strong lexical component in the course.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Agata Walek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

To pass the BAN2 course or to acquire "31 - 40" points in the entrance language test.   

Recommended prerequisite: Headway Pre-Intermediate 2

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Semester credit test: min. 24 - max. 40 points

Examination - reading comprehension: min. 15 - max. 30 points 

                       - listening: min. 15 - max. 30 points


75% attendance, fulfilling the tasks.

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.
To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain errortolerance).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   To be able to use basic reading techniques (scanning, skimming, selecting what is relevant). To be able to follow English lessons, to follow instructions, desciptions and explanations, to take noteswhen listening.                                                                                                                         To be able to understand a complicated sentence construction and relationsbetween sentences from a language point of view; to acquire new semi-technical vocabulary.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Harding, K.; Lane, A.: International Express intermediate, 3rd edition OUP.2014 (EN)
Soubor domácích úkolů - e-learning (EN)
Technické texty pro čtení s porozuměním - e-learning (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

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 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Agata Walek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. - 2. Grammar: tense revision - pres. simple a continuous. Vocabulary: social networks, the internet.
  • 3. - 4. Grammar: past simple, present perfect. Vocabulary: starting a new business, phrasal verbs.
  • 5. - 6. Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible. Vocabulary: describing cause and effect.
  • 7. - 8. Grammar: making comparisons. Vocabulary: city descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives.
  • 9. - 10. Grammar: modal and related verbs. Vocabulary: colours and colour idioms, prefixes.
  • 11. - 12. Technical texts, revision.
  • 13. Credit test.