Course detail

English Pre-Intermediate 1

FAST-BYA3Acad. year: 2013/2014

Grammar: present simple, wh-questions, present simple or continuous, past simple, comparative and superlative adjectives, countable and uncountable nouns, some/any, a lot of/many/much, future forms.
General Vocabulary: personal information, jobs, exchanging information, describing things and persons, question formation, word formation (prefixes, suffixes), writing an email, interview, filling a form, storytelling, time expressions, dicussion, expressing feelings, culture in the city.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1 

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Dana Vévodová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will command the basic vocabulary from general English, the basic grammar rules, they will be able to communicate in everyday situations, to write both formal and informal letter, fill in a form.
The target level according to the CEFR is A2-.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of grammar rules and basic vocabulary at the pre-intermediate level.

Co-requisites

none

Planned learning activities and teaching methods


Grammar and vocabulary are practised in an interactive way, with emphasis on conversation. Communication and listening skills are developed using interactive audio-visual technologies.
LMS Moodle and Smartboard.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To get the credits, students have to attend classes regularly (max. 3 absences/semester), do homework and participate in the lessons actively.

Course curriculum

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY
Word order in question, relative clauses, classroom language
Present simple,family, personality adjectives
Present continuous, the body, prepositions of place
Past simple regular and irregular, holidays
Past continuous, preposition of time and place
Question with and without auxiliary, music
Going to, present continuous (arrangements), look after, for
Will, won´t p. 33, verbs
Review of tenses, verbs + preposition
Present perfect, ever/never, Clothes
Present perfect , yet, already, just, verb phrases
Comperatives, time expressions
Superlatives, opposite adjectives, directions

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will command the basic vocabulary from general English, the basic grammar rules, they will be able to communicate in everyday life situations, to write both formal and informal letter, fill in a form.
Target level according to CEFR is A2-.

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

Clive Oxenden: New English File Pre- Intermediate. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, winter semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, winter semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2. year of study, winter semester, recommended

  • Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2. year of study, winter semester, recommended

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Dana Vévodová

Syllabus

1. 1A/D Word order in question, relative clauses/ classroom language
2. 1B Present simple/ family, personality adjectives
3. 1C Present continuous/ the body, prepositions of place
4. 2A Past simple regular and irregular/ holidays
5. 2B Past continuous/ prepositions of time and place
6. 2C Questions with and without auxiliary/ music
7. 3A Going to, present continuous (future arrangements)/phrasal verbs
8. 3B/C Will, won´t p. 33/ verbs
9. 3D Review of tenses/ verbs + prepositions
10. 4A Present perfect( ever/never)/ clothes
11. 4B Present perfect (yet, already, just)/ verb phrases
12. 4C Comperatives/ time expressions
13. 4D Superlatives/ opposite adjectives, giving directions