Course detail

English language

ÚSI-1SDAJAcad. year: 2009/2010

The student have to do exam from the english language up to 4 semester

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student who has passed the BY51 exam will have demonstrated an intermediate level of English language ability as described by the B1 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

Prerequisites

Entry level B1. Students should be able to use the past and present (including present perfect) tenses to talk about their lives, and some future forms to discuss plans. They should be able to ask questions, give personal information, understand clear English related to familiar subjects. They should also be able to compare things using adjectives, make 1st conditional structures, use countable/uncountable nouns and some modal verbs. They should also be able to manage simple functional transactions in shops, restaurants and while travelling. They should be able to use the present perfect to express experience, as well as describe long - lasting or temporary situations in their life; modals to express permission and obligation in connection with rules and behaviour; passives as typically used to describe processes, origins and materials; future forms to predict and plan actions in the future; conditionals to speculate about possible future situations and general theoretical ones.

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

The exam is wtitten and oral

Course curriculum

In order to prepare for this exam, the optional subjects BYA5 and BYA6 are offered by the Department of Languages.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this exam is to assess if students have reached the B1 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. For a brief summary of what is involved in the B1 level of English see the Anotace.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Annette Capel, Rosemary Nixon: PET Masterclass Intermediate, Oxford University Press, 2003
Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig: New English File Intermediate, OUP, 2006

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MFE Master's

    branch EID , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch REI , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional