Course detail

English for Intermediate Students

FEKT-LJH3Acad. 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

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Přemysl Dohnal

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance).
To be able to use basic reading techniques (scanning, skimming, selecting what is relevant).
To be able to follow English lessons, to follow instructions, desciptions and explanations, to take notes when listening.
To be able to write a formal and informal letter, to send a fax, to fill in a form, to describe a person and a place.
To be able to understand a complicated sentence construction and relations between sentences from a language point of view; to acquire new semi-technical vocabulary.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level - examination BAN2 passed - is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit
Examination

Course curriculum

JH3 is a two-semester course and for that reason 26 items are included.
1. Present tenses. Action and state verbs.
2. National branding. Welcoming a visitor.
3. Past and Present Perfect tenses. Used to + infinitive. Question types.
4. Companies and jobs. Appointments and talking on the phone.
5. Comparatives and superlatives. Relative clauses.
6. Adjectives. Discussion and opinions.
7. Present and past trends. Adjectives and adverbs.
8. Vocabulary: food. Advice and suggestions.
9. General review. Passives.
10.Leisure activities. Talking on the phone.
11.Past tenses. Gerunds. Requests and offers.
12.Modal verbs. British and American English
13.Semester test.
14.Arrangements and intentions: expressing the future.
15.Money and finance. Business communication.
16.Time clauses. Conditionals.
17.Phrasal verbs. Living in a city. Writing e-mails.
18.Present perfect tenses.
19.Jobs and work. Interviews.
20.Conditionals.
21.Culture. Confusing words. Business correspondence.
22.Reporting.
23.Politics and news. Collocations.
24.Social responses. Saying goodbye.
25.Revision lesson.
26.Semester test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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.

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

Not applicable.

Basic literature

International Express Intermediate Student´s Book
Soubor domácích úkolů pro kurzy BAN3 (ZS) a BAN4 (LS): feec.vutbr.cz
Soubor technických textů pro kurzy BAN3 (ZS) a BAN4 (LS): feec.vutbr.cz

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Přemysl Dohnal

Syllabus

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

English for Intermediate Students

Type of course unit