Czech

6

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To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance).

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is requested.

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

Final written exam.

1.Tense review: Pres. Simple and Continuous, action and state verbs. Vocab: personal information, learning vocabulary.
2.Reading: National branding. Functions: introductions adn greetings, welcoming a visitor.
3.Past Simple and Pres. Perfect Simple review, used to + infinitive, subject and object questions. Vocab: work file, dictionary skills.
4.Reading: company and job profile. Functions: answering the phone, making and changing appointments. Pronunciation: /s/, /z/. Saying dates.
5.Comparative and superlative adjectives, relative clauses. Vocab: adjectives, personal attitudes and qualities. Techn. text: From dumb pipes to smart sensors
6.Reading: Past, present and future languages. Functions: giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, participating in a meeting or discussion. Pronunciation: sounding polite
7.Present and past trends: Pres. Continuous and Past Simple, adjectives and adverbs. Vocab: food file, word groups.
8.Reading: ethical consumerism. Functions: advice and suggestions. Pronunciation: /š/, /č/ Techn. text: Data with a human touch
9.Passives: Pres. Simple, Pres. Continuous, Past Simple, Pres. Perfect Simple, Will future. Vocab: leisure and fitness activities, word combinations
10.Reading: Fit to work. Functions: leaving recorded messages, using mobile phones. Pronunciation: stressing important information
11.Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect. Vocab: gerunds file, personal management
12.Reading: Gap year for adults. Functions: requests and offers, exchanging information. Pronunciation: contrastive stress. Techn. text: Electronic paper (mock exam)

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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.

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.

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Taylor, Liz: International Express Intermediate.New edition. Student's Book. OUP 2002
Sada technických textů
Samostatná domácí příprava:www.feec.vutbr.cz/et

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26 hours, optionally

1.Auxiliary verbs "do, be, have", naming the tenses, questions and negatives, short answers. Social expressions.
2.Wonders of the modern world in reading, speaking and listening. Writing: correcting mistakes.
3.Present Simple and Continuous, action and state verbs, present passive. Vocabulary: sports. Numbers: money, fractions, decimals, phone numbers, dates. "Computers for the Disabled": work with the text.
4.Favourite sports and leisure activities in speaking and listening. Writing: describing a person. "Computers for the Disabled": tasks.
5.Past Simple, Continuous and Past Pefect; past passive. Vocabulary: art, music and literature. Giving opinions. "Waste Recycling": work with the text.
6.Art, music and litearure in reading and speaking. "Waste Recycling": tasks.
7.Modal verbs: obligation and permission. Vocabulary: adjectives that describe people; word formation. Requests and offers. "Databases": work with the text.
8.How to behave properly in different parts of the world in reading, listening and speaking. Writing: filling in a form. "Databases": tasks.
9.Future forms: "going to", "will", Present Continuous. Vocabulary: the weather, using public transport, requests in a hotel.
10.Holidays and tourism in reading, listening and speaking. Writing: sending a fax.
11.Questions with "like"; verb patterns. Vocabulary: words that go together.
12.Food, cooking and restaurants in reading and speaking. Writing: describing a room (relative pronouns).
13.Semester test