Course detail

English Skills

CESA-SESKAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is intended to teach general English as a foreign language at B1 level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication and revising previous knowledge. ESP included.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.

Department

Centre of Sports Activities (CESA)

Entry knowledge

The course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level as a minimum. They are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding to A2 level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To pass this course it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test (at least 60%) focused on testing grammar and vocabulary. There is a possibility for the student to resit the test.

60% of elearning activities is the minimum, 60% pass mark written test.

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two language 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 is to equip students for real-life tasks and everyday communication.

Students will consolidate general vocabulary and grammar structures for everyday communication at the intermediate level (B1).

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

- (EN)
M. Craven, K.D. Sherman: Skills for Success 3, third edition, Listening and Speaking, OUP 2019 (EN)
-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, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4. (EN)

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

English Skills