Course detail

Practical English 2

FEKT-BPC-PA2Acad. year: 2023/2024

The English language course focuses on the development of reading, listening, speaking and writing skills with an emphasis on complex language resources and vocabulary at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It is based on the teaching materials and requirements of the international First Certificate in English (FCE) examination. The course builds on Practical English 1 (BPC-PA1). The preferred approaches and methods include the communicative and task-based approaches using multimedia teaching resources. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Jašková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of English language at B1 - B2 SERR level. The student has successfully completed the course Practical English 1 (BPC-PA1).

 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

75% attendance and active participation at classes, fulfilment of given assignments including tests during the semester.
A semester test (max. 40 points, min. 24 pts, the test may be repeated only once).
An examination: listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).
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.

Aims

The aim of the course is to develop all language competences necessary for fluent and independent use of the general English language at B2+ CEFR level in professional and social situations as a basis for further studies of English for electrical engineering, IT and other branches of science and technology.
The student uses the English language as an independent user at B2 CEFR level. He/she is able to list sport disciplines and discuss them in different social contexts, discusses the problems of tourism and its influence on the particular region, expresses his/her opinions on media, especially the Internet and other electronic media and their roles in the society, gives an account of different environmental problems and explains them in different contexts, describes essential features of the scientific and technological development and its influence on lifestyle, assesses the relationships between social problems and crime, applies the knowledge of formal style in written communication, uses the grammatical structures according to the requirements of the given level and the course syllabus. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

HAINES, Simon, Barbara STEWART a Anna COWPER. Cambridge English: first : masterclass. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-450283-2. (EN)

Recommended reading

MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers and ebook. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 1108586627. (EN)
HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 1107697387. (EN)
MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use: vocabulary reference and practice with answers : upper-intermediate. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-316-63175-1. (EN)
MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
SWAN, Michael a Catherine WALTER. Oxford English grammar course: intermediate : a grammar practice book for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of English : with answers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-441487-6. (EN)
FOLEY, Mark a Diane HALL. MyGrammarLab: intermediate B1/B2 with key. Harlow: Pearson, 2012. ISBN 1408299151. (EN)
HARRISON, Mark. First testbuilder. 3rd edition. London: Macmillan Education, 2014. ISBN 9780230476110. (EN)
DIGNEN, Sheila a Jacky NEWBROOK. Formula B2 first exam trainer with key. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-39143-4. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's

    specialization AUDB-ZVUK , any year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization AUDB-TECH , any year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-BTB Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-EKT Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-IBE Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-SEE Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme AJEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Langerová

Syllabus

Content of the teaching blocks:

1. Passive verbs

2. Sport

3. Indirect speech, indirect question

4. Compound words

5. Word formation

6. Relative clauses

7. Prepositions

8. Expressions of wish and regret

9. Conditional sentences

10. Collocations

11. Adjectives

12. Expressions of possibility and probability

 

Conversational topics:

1. Free time

2. Media

3. Environment

4. Inventions, technical progress

5. Methods of communication

6. Society