Course detail
English for bachelors- intermediate 1
FEKT-XAN3Acad. year: 2012/2013
A standard course of English for intermediate students orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Final written exam.
Course curriculum
2.Reading: National branding. Functions: introductions and 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)
13.Semester test
Work placements
Aims
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.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Samostatná domácí příprava:www.feec.vutbr.cz/et
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme ZRZT-J Bachelor's
branch J-ZRT , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch J-ZRT , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch J-ZRT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general - Programme BTBIO-A Bachelor's
branch A-BTB , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch A-BTB , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch A-BTB , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general - Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's
branch B-AMT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-AMT , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-AMT , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-MET , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-MET , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-MET , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-TLI , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-TLI , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-TLI , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-SEE , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-SEE , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-SEE , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-EST , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-EST , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
branch B-EST , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective general - Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning
branch EE-FLE , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2.Reading: National branding. Functions: introductions and 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)
13.Semester test