English

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

Course is intended false beginners and begineers who attended and successfully completed the course “English for Beginners I” in the previous semester. The course follows up on the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired (i.e. students have to be familiar with pronunciation, basic phrases, verbs to be and to have, plural, present simple, questions, negative).

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. The exam tests knowledge of vocabulary and grammar of students in the range of compulsory literature. The credit test and exam have one regular term and two resits.

1. U1 Introduction. Revision (pronunciation, intonation). Getting to know people.
2. U1 Present Simple (I, you, we, they). Communication.
3. U1 Introductions, greetings, goodbyes.
4. U2 Lifestyles. Present Simple (he, she, it). Adverbs of frequency.
5. U2 Numbers. Telling the time.
6. U2 Time expressions. Telephoning.
7. U3 A great place to work. There is, there are. Some, any.
8. U3 Places in a town. Prepositions.
9. U3 Asking for and giving instructions. Asking for travel information.
10. U4 The road to success. Past Simple. Regular and irregular verbs.
11. U4 Travel and holiday
12. U4 Telephoning. Leaving a message. Spelling.
13. Revision, credit test

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The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems, handling simple telephone calls, giving instructions, asking for travel information 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)

Taylor, Liz. International Express. Elementary. Workbook. Oxford: OUP, 2002. ISBN 0-19-457414-8 (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