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Course detail

English Upper-Intermediate I

Subjet code : FAST-BYA7
Faculty: Faculty of Civil Engineering
Academic year: 2011/2012
Open: Yes
Supervisor: Mgr. Helena Lněničková
Department: Institute of Social Sciences
Study level: Bachelor's
Study form: full-time study
Language of instruction: Czech
Number of credits: n. a.
Completion: credit
Year of study: 4
Semester: summer
Duty: recommended

The study programmes with the given course

Objective of the course – aims of the course unit:
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge beyond the level of Cambridge PET exam or B1 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.
The target level according to the CEFR is B1+.
Objective of the course – learning outcomes and competences:
Students will be able to speak about the following topics: personality, illness and treatment, clothes and fashion, air travel. They will also be proficient in the following grammar: question formation, auxiliary verbs, comparative phrases, present perfect (simple and continuous), adjective order and narrative tenses.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate knowledge of English.
Course contents (annotation):
Grammar: question formation, auxiliary verbs, comparative phrases, present perfect (simple and continuous), adjective order, narrative tenses.
Vocabulary: personality, illness and treatment, clothes and fashion, air travel, adverbs.
Teaching methods and criteria:
n. a.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Course curriculum:
1. Question formation
2. Indirect questions
3. Auxiliary verbs
4. Personality
5. Present perfect
6. Illness and treatment
7. Adjectives - nationalities
8. Clothes
9. Narrative tenses
10. Air travel
11. Adverbs
12. Adverbial phrases
13. Revision and test
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 reading:
Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig: New English File Upper-Intermediate. Oxford University Press 2008

Type of course unit:
seminars: 26 hours, compulsory
Teacher: Mgr. Helena Lněničková