Course detail

English Upper-Intermediate 4

FAST-VYA005Acad. year: 2026/2027

Grammar: prefixes, modal verbs (permission, obligation and necessity), verbs of the senses, stress on important words, similes, gerunds and infinitives (complex look), expressing future plans and arrangements (complex look), giving opinions with adverbs, ellipsis and substitution, nouns (compound and possessive forms), adding emphasis with cleft sentences. Vocabulary: general knowledge and learning motivation, colours and art, health, illness and alternative medicine, travel and tourism, animals and nature, food and cooking, words often confused, emigration. We will practice the oral part of the VYA013 B2 level exam.
The content of the course is aimed at students who would benefit from studying and practicing B2 – C1 level (Upper-Intermediate to Advanced level) English with a native speaker, i.e. students who: wish to study abroad (e.g. with the Erasmus+ programme) or work abroad; want to prepare for the VYA013 (previously BY003) B2 level language exam (useful for Erasmus+); already speak English at a good Intermediate level and would like to improve; already speak English at an Upper Intermediate or Advanced level and would like to practice their English so as not to forget what they learned in previous years.

 

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

This subject follows on from the subject VYA004, which helps students reach the B2 (Upper Intermediate) level according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for languages. It would be beneficial to have taken the VYA004 course before taking VYA005, but this is not a requirement.

 

 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by the guarantor and updated for every academic year.

Aims

Students will extend their language skills, vocabulary and grammar knowledge to the lower C1 (Advanced) level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for languages established by the Council of Europe. 

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

English File Advanced - Third Edition, Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig and Jerry Lambert, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-450237-5 (EN)
TURLAND, Roger. VYA005 English Upper-Intermediate 4, FAST BUT Ústav společenských věd, Brno, 2026. (Availability: Faculty Moodle) (CS)

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

Syllabus

  • Wk 1 7A: General knowledge and learning motivation; prefixes
  • Wk2 7A: Modal verbs (permission, obligation and necessity)
  • Wk 3 7B: Verbs of the senses; colours and art
  • Wk 4 7B: Stress on important words; the oral part of the B2 level exam
  • Wk 5 8A: Medical situations and alternative medicine; similes
  • Wk6 8A: Gerunds and infinitives (complex look)
  • Wk 7 8B: Travel and tourism; homophones
  • Wk8 8B: Expressing future plans and arrangements (complex look)
  • Wk 9 9A: Giving opinions with adverbs; animals and nature
  • Wk10 9A: Ellipsis and substitution
  • Wk 11 9B: Nouns (compound and possessive forms); food and cooking
  • Wk 12 10A: Adding emphasis (cleft sentences); words often confused; emigration
  • Week 13: Revision/catching up/test