Czech

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Development of all language skills, consolidation and extending of knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work.

Students are required to have knowledge corresponding to secondary school study and an intermediate level of English.

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

The assessment consists of a written test and final exam. 75% attendance and active participation in classes is required.

Tense review. Prefixes. Levels of formality. Discussing suggestions on the phone. Past tenses and the Present Perfect. Job and motivation vocabulary. Sentence stress, emphasis. Communication at work. Articles, Present Simple and Continuous. Verbs of communication. Linking. Turn-giving and turn-taking. Future. Predictions. Auxiliaries. Word stress. Offering, accepting and declining. Revision. Narrative tenses. Idioms. Being concise. Chairing a meeting. Modals, deontic and epistemic modality. Word building. Discriminating sounds. Making arrangements. Conditional clauses. Phrasal verbs. Being less direct. Clarifying. Third conditional, modals with perfect infinitive. Compound adjectives. Listening practice: linking. Dealing with bad news. Relative clauses. Gerund and infinitive. Structuring. Expressing approval/disapproval. Passive voice. Confusing words. Taking notes.

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Knowledge of English at CEF B2 level.

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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52 hours, compulsory