Course detail

Headway Pre-Intermediate 2

FIT-BAN2Acad. year: 2009/2010

The course is focused on the basic knowledge of grammar: tenses, time and conditional clauses, infinitive, reported statements, articles, etc. The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations is developed as well as writing of letters, CV and filling in forms. The students will work with technical texts to get acquainted with basic technical terminology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations will be developed. They will master the basic grammatical structures and new vocabulary, both general and technical.

Prerequisites

To reach 21 - 30 points in the entrance test.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active 75% attendance at classes and continuous work on given assignments. Semester test. Examination.

Course curriculum

1.Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple in contrast with Past Simple. Agreeing and disagreeing. 2. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple - practice. Description of graphs. Characteristics of companies. 3. Unit 8: Modal verbs - explanation and basic practice. Word formation and work with a dictionary. 4. Unit 8: Modal verbs - practice. Nationalities and different cultures. Reactions to invitations. 5. Review Unit B: units 5-8. 6. Unit 9: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Word collocations. Offers and requests. 7. Unit 10: Present Perfect and Continuous - practice. Future - revision. Asking for information. 8. Unit 10: 1st Conditional. Prepositions of place. The age and population. 9. Unit 11: 1st Conditional - practice. 2nd Conditional. Description of cities. 10. Unit 11: 2nd Conditional - practice. Social responses. 11. Unit 12: Passives: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future. Word building. 12. Unit 12: Passives - practice. Thanking for hospitality, saying goodbye. Review Unit C: units 9-12. Summary. 13. Semester test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course for lower intermediate students (BAN2) is aimed at learning basic vocabulary and grammar and at developing the four language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students will learn basic technical terminology.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová

Syllabus

  1. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple in contrast with Past Simple. Agreeing and disagreeing.
  2. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple - practice. Description of graphs. Characteristics of companies.
  3. Unit 8: Modal verbs, explanation and basic practice. Word formation and work with a dictionary.
  4. Unit 8: Modal verbs, practice. Nationalities and different cultures. Reactions to invitations.
  5. Review: Units 5 - 8.
  6. Unit 9: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Word collocations. Offers and requests.
  7. Unit 10: Present Perfect and Continuous, practice. Future, revision. Asking for information.
  8. Unit 10: 1st Conditional. Prepositions of place. The age and population.
  9. Unit 11: 1st Conditional, practice. 2nd Conditional. Description of cities.
  10. Unit 11: 2nd Conditional, practice. Social responses.
  11. Unit 12: Passives: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future. Word building.
  12. Unit 12: Passives, practice. Thanking for hospitality, saying goodbye. Review, summary.
  13. Semester test.