Course detail
First Certificate in English I
FAST-BYA20Acad. year: 2011/2012
The BYA20 course, is an UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL course which aims to improve students’ ability to:
- work with complex texts and generally understand the main points within,
- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers, on a regular basis if necessary, in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other,
- use the English language with a good degree of accuracy when dealing with familiar topics and using common grammatical forms.
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Mode of study
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Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
- generally understand information about familiar topics and situations, such as those met at work, in school, in free time etc. providing they are expressed in a clear and straightforward manner,
- use English to communicate successfully in most situations encountered when travelling abroad,
- create a simple connected text with a simple context,
- describe experiences and events, ambitions, hopes and plans, and to briefly explain or justify their ideas and statements.
They also are recommended to have taken the following optional courses: BYA7 and BYA8.
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. File 5A
3. File 5B
4. File 5C
5. File 5C
6. File 6A
7. File 6B
8. File 6B
9. File 6C
10. File 7A
11. File 7B
12. File 7C + revision
13. Test
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-C-APS Bachelor's
branch APS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course