Course detail

English Intermediate 2

FAST-VYA009Acad. year: 2026/2027

The course is intended to develop students language skills at the intermediate level. Having completed the course, students will be able to:
generally understand information about familiar topics and situations, such as those met at work, in school, in free time etc., providing they are expressed in a clear and straightforward manner.
use English to communicate successfully in most situations encountered when travelling abroad.
create a simple coherent text within a simple context.
describe experiences and events, ambitions, hopes and plans, and to briefly explain or justify their ideas and statements.
successfully complete intermediate level grammar exercises.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Veronika Rodriguezová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Students should be able to: use the past and present tenses in everyday situations; use future forms to discuss plans and to make appointments and predictions; use the present perfect to talk about their experiences; compare things using adjectives; use modals to express permission and obligation; use conditionals to speculate about what could happen in the future; use elementary passive forms; talk about relationships, family, housing, daily routines, food, education and work; ask questions and understand standard English related to familiar topics; manage functional transactions in shops, restaurants and while travelling abroad (e.g. attending language schools, checking information, apologising, requesting and asking permission etc.).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The goal of this course is to help students prepare for the BYA002 exam, which assesses whether students have reached Level B1 on the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) scale. The VYA009 course focuses on building basic technical vocabulary in the field of civil engineering through conversation exercises, text analysis, and communicative teaching methods.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

English File Intermediate - Third Edition, Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-451989-2 (EN)
výukové materiály zpracované vyučujícími SPV FAST; dostupné ve fakultním moodle  (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-VP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BPC-SIS Bachelor's

    specialization SI , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BKC-SIS Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BPC-SIS Bachelor's

    specialization E , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization K , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization M , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization S , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization V , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Věra Batystová
Roger Turland, BA.
Mgr. Veronika Rodriguezová
Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez
Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Syllabus

  • 1. Engineering jobs
  • 2. Studying at BUT
  • 3. Numbers and economics
  • 4. Tools and construction vehicles
  • 5. Everyday technology
  • 6. Building materials
  • 7. Structures and transport
  • 8. Housing and building construction
  • 9. Architecture and urban planning
  • 10. Water engineering
  • 11. Geodesy
  • 12. Revision
  • 13. Revision