Course detail
Elementary English 1
FP-AM1_2Acad. year: 2009/2010
The course is intended to teach English as the second foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Language of instruction
English
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and grammar as needed for everyday communication.
Prerequisites
Course is a follow-up to the course “English for Beginners II”.
Grammar: be, have, have got. Present Simple. There is, there are. Adverbs of frequency. Some, any. Prepositions. Past Simple. Regular and irregular verbs.
Vocabulary: Getting to know people. Numbers. Telephoning. Lifestyles. Job. Time expressions. Travel and holiday. Instructions.
Grammar: be, have, have got. Present Simple. There is, there are. Adverbs of frequency. Some, any. Prepositions. Past Simple. Regular and irregular verbs.
Vocabulary: Getting to know people. Numbers. Telephoning. Lifestyles. Job. Time expressions. Travel and holiday. Instructions.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks for self-study. Students have to pass a credit test reaching 60% points as minimum.
Course curriculum
2. U5 Some, a lot, many, much. Food.
3. U5 Offers and requests. Eating and drinking.
4. U6 Global comparisons. Comparative and superlative adjectives.
5. U6 Telling the time, dates. Welcoming a visitor.
6. U7 Life in the fast lane. Present continuous. Work.
7. U7 Making and changing arrangements.
8. U8 Future world language? Future: will. Expressing probability.
9. U8 Communication. Writing emails and faxes.
10.Revision, credit test
3. U5 Offers and requests. Eating and drinking.
4. U6 Global comparisons. Comparative and superlative adjectives.
5. U6 Telling the time, dates. Welcoming a visitor.
6. U7 Life in the fast lane. Present continuous. Work.
7. U7 Making and changing arrangements.
8. U8 Future world language? Future: will. Expressing probability.
9. U8 Communication. Writing emails and faxes.
10.Revision, credit test
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge and skills that are necessary for real-life tasks, such as eating and drinking in a restaurant, telling the time, writing e-mails, making and changing arrangements etc., that arise in a wide range of occupations.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
International Express Elementary. Student's Book. Interactive Edition + Pocket Book + MultiROM. ISBN: 9780194568005 (EN)
Recommended reading
McCARTHY, Michael, O´DELL, Felicity: English Vocabulary in Use.With answers. Elementary. Cambridge: CUP, 1999 (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential Grammar in Use. With Answers. A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2001. ISBN 0-521-55928-6 (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential Grammar in Use. With Answers. A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2001. ISBN 0-521-55928-6 (EN)
Classification of course in study plans