Course detail
Headway Pre-Intermediate 2
FIT-BAN2Acad. year: 2019/2020
The course is focused on the basic knowledge of grammar: tenses, time and conditional clauses, infinitive, reported statements, articles, etc. The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations is developed as well as writing of letters, CV and filling in forms. The students will work with technical texts to get acquainted with basic technical terminology.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations will be developed. They will master the basic grammatical structures and new vocabulary, both general and technical.
Prerequisites
To pass the BAN1 course or to acquire "21 - 30" points in the entrance language test (instruction is in Czech only).
- recommended prerequisite
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods include language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes.
Compulsory seminar are held every week and students are obliged to fulfill achievements as part of their homestudy.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Teaching methods include language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes.
Compulsory seminar are held every week and students are obliged to fulfill achievements as part of their homestudy.
Exam prerequisites:
Credit test: 24 - 40 points.
Examination:
- listening comprehension: 15 - 30 points,
- reading comprehension: 15 - 30 points.
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The course for lower intermediate students (BAN2) is aimed at learning basic vocabulary and grammar and at developing the four language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students will learn basic technical terminology.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
75% attendance, fulfilling the tasks.
Type of course unit
Fundamentals seminar
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple in contrast with Past Simple. Agreeing and disagreeing.
- Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple - practice. Description of graphs. Characteristics of companies.
- Unit 8: Modal verbs, explanation and basic practice. Word formation and work with a dictionary.
- Unit 8: Modal verbs, practice. Nationalities and different cultures. Reactions to invitations.
- Review: Units 5 - 8.
- Unit 9: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Word collocations. Offers and requests.
- Unit 10: Present Perfect and Continuous, practice. Future, revision. Asking for information.
- Unit 10: 1st Conditional. Prepositions of place. The age and population.
- Unit 11: 1st Conditional, practice. 2nd Conditional. Description of cities.
- Unit 11: 2nd Conditional, practice. Social responses.
- Unit 12: Passives: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future. Word building.
- Unit 12: Passives, practice. Thanking for hospitality, saying goodbye. Review, summary.
- Semester test.