Course detail

First Certificate Level English III

FAST-BYA22Acad. year: 2015/2016

The BYA22 course, is a LOWER ADVANCED (B2) LEVEL course which aims to improve students’ ability to:

- work with complex texts and generally understand the main points within,
- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers, on a regular basis if necessary, in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other,
- use the English language with a good degree of accuracy when dealing with familiar topics and using common grammatical forms

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

0

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will improve their knowledge of English at lower advanced level in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

Prerequisites

Students need to have passed the BY51 exam in order to be able to enrol for course. In other words, they are already able to do the following well:
- 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 connected text with a simple context,
- describe experiences and events, ambitions, hopes and plans, and to briefly explain or justify their ideas and statements.

They also are recommended to have taken the following optional courses: BYA20 and BYA21.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the BYA22 course is to increase upper-intermediate level students’ capabilities in English in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. For a brief summary of what is involved in the B2 level of English see the Anotace.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

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)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-APS Bachelor's

    branch APS , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch S , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch S , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch M , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch M , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended
    branch E , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch E , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 3. year of study, summer semester, recommended

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer