Course detail

English Pre-Intermediate 1

FAST-BYA3Acad. year: 2020/2021

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

Guarantor

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will command basic vocabulary from general English, 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

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will command basic vocabulary from general English, 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-.

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.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Syllabus

1. 1A word order in question // common verb phrases, spelling, numbers 2. 1B present simple // describing people, personality adjectives 3. 1C present continuous // clothes, preposition of place 4. 2A past simple regular and irregular // holidays 5. 2B past continuous // preposition of time and place 6. 3A going to // airports 7. 3B present continuous (arrangements) // verbs+prepositions 8. 3C relative clauses // paraphrasing 9. 4A present perfect // housework 10. 4B present perfect or past simple // shopping 11. 5A+5B comparatives and superlatives // time expressions; describing a town 12. 4C+5C something, anything...; quantifiers // adjectives –ed/-ing; health 13. 6A+6B will // opposite verbs