English

3

Not applicable.

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and grammar as needed for everyday communication.

The course follows up on the vocabulary and grammar from "Elementary English 1" (students could attend the winter semester) and requires previous knowledge of the following:
Grammar: To be, have, have got. Present Simple. There is, there are. Adverbs of frequency. Some, any. Prepositions. Past Simple. Regular and irregular verbs. Mass and Count nouns. Some, a lot, many, much. Comparative and superlative adjectives. Present continuous. Future: will. Expressing probability.
Vocabulary: Getting to know people. Numbers. Telephoning. Lifestyles. Job. Time expressions. Travel and holiday. Instructions. Food. Offers and requests. Eating and drinking. Telling the time, dates. Welcoming a visitor. Work. Making and changing arrangements. Communication and languages. Faxes and emails.

Not applied.

The course it taught by means of language lessons focused on practicing language skills and developing vocabulary. It includes also individual work of students in the elearning environment.

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. Exam has a written and an oral part and is required for completing bachelor´s study for students whose first foreign language is German. It corresponds to A2 level according to the Common European framework for languages. The credit test and exam have one regular term and two resits.

1. U9 Destination with a difference. Modal verbs (should, may, can, have to).
2. U9 Hotel. Invitations. Suggestions.
3. U10 Connecting people. Past Simple and Present Perfect.
4. U10 Verbs with prepositions. Confusing verbs.
5. U10 Answerphone messages. Emails and mobile phones.
6. U11 Reach for the sky. Past Simple Passive. Wordbuilding.
7. U11 Opinions. Agreeing and disagreeing.
8. U12 Winning and keeping customers. Social exchanges. Tense review.
9. U12 Describing people, places and things. Communication review.
13. Revision, credit test

Not applicable.

The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge and skills that are necessary for real-life tasks, such as booking a room in a hotel, handle correspondence, agreeing and desagreeing, describing people, places and things, negotiate with customers etc. that arise in a wide range of occupations.

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

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International Express Elementary. Student's Book. Interactive Edition + Pocket Book + MultiROM. ISBN: 9780194568005 (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)
McCARTHY, Michael, O´DELL, Felicity: English Vocabulary in Use. With answers. Elementary. Cambridge: CUP, 1999 (EN)

26 hours, optionally