Course detail
English Upper-Intermediate 2
FAST-VYA011Acad. year: 2024/2025
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives, past modals, verbs of the senses, passive voice, reporting verbs, clause of contrast and purpose, articles, uncountable and plural nouns, quantifiers.
Vocabulary: music and emotions, body parts, media, towns and cities, accommodation, my future house, science, studying abroad.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)
Offered to foreign students
Of all faculties
Entry knowledge
Intermediate knowledge of English, B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge beyond the level of the Cambridge PET exam or B1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. This course follows the BYA7 course.
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina a Clive OXENDEN, 2014. English File Upper-Intermediate. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-455864-8 (EN)
WALLWARK, Adrian, 2016. English for Interacting on Campus. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-28732-4 (EN)
WALLWARK, Adrian, 2016. English for Interacting on Campus. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-28732-4 (EN)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Music and emotions 1; gerunds and infinitives 1
2. Music and emotions 2; gerunds and infinitives 2
3. Arguments; past modal verbs
4. Crime and punishment 1; the passive 1
5. Crime and punishment 2; the passive 2
6. Cultural differences and relations with fellow students; Erasmus mobility plan and learning agreement
7. The media; reporting verbs
8. Advertising and business; clauses of contrast and purpose
9. City vocabulary; uncountable and plural nouns
10. Student accommodation; my future house; the urban context of the place where I live
11. Science; quantifiers
12. Articles; collocations
13. Revision, credit test