Course detail
New Headway Intermediate 1
FIT-BAN3Acad. year: 2020/2021
A standard course of English for intermediate students BAN4 orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance). To be able to use basic reading techniques (scanning, skimming, selecting what is relevant). To be able to follow English lessons, to follow instructions, desciptions and explanations, to take notes when listening. To be able to write a formal and informal letter, to send a fax, to fill in a form, to describe a person and a place. To be able to understand a complicated sentence construction and relations between sentences from a language point of view; to acquire new semi-technical vocabulary.
This course fulfills Level A2+ of the European Council Reference Frame.
Prerequisites
To pass the BAN2 course or to acquire "31 - 40" points in the entrance language test.
- recommended prerequisite
- Headway Pre-Intermediate 2
- recommended prerequisite
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Harding, K.; Lane, A.: International Express intermediate, 3rd edition OUP.2014 (EN)
PaedDr. Baumgartnerová,A.:Soubor technických textů, gram. a lexikálních cvičení k samostatné práci (EN)
Support for home-training:
Soubor technických textů, gram. a lexikálních cvičení k samostatné práci (EN)
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
Acquisition of new vocabulary. Developing grammar knowledge. Developing the language skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing. Introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English. Work with semi-technical texts.
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
- 1. - 2. Grammar: tense revision - pres. simple a continuous. Vocabulary: social networks, the internet.
- 3. - 4. Grammar: past simple, present perfect. Vocabulary: starting a new business, phrasal verbs.
- 5. - 6. Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible. Vocabulary: describing cause and effect.
- 7. - 8. Grammar: making comparisons. Vocabulary: city descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives.
- 9. - 10. Grammar: modal and related verbs. Vocabulary: colours and colour idioms, prefixes.
- 11. - 12. Technical texts, revision.
- 13. Credit test.
eLearning
eLearning: currently opened course