The assessment consists of: 

- Homework assignments (50 points): several tasks in phonetics and grammar assigned during the course of the semester; the details are specified in elearning

- Graded credit (50 points): written and oral parts.

The course aims to deepen the students' knowledge of the English grammar, help the students eliminate the most common grammatical errors, and improve their pronunciation skills and spoken fluency.

Grammar: the students deepen their knowledge of the English grammar and are able to apply it in both speaking and writing. They are able to utilize stylistically appropriate means of expression across various written and spoken genres.

Phonetics: the students understand the basic phonetic and phonological concepts and learn the basics of IPA transcription. They understand how the sounds of English are articulated and eliminate most of the frequent pronunciation errors from their spoken English.

• Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  

Grammar: parts of speech, nouns (countability, plurals), articles, verb tenses, sentence elements, the passive, complex sentences and punctuation, conditionals, prepositions, typical Czech errors

Phonetics: basic terminology, IPA, dialects of English, vowels, consonants, suprasegmentals (word stress, intonation, linking), typical Czech pronunciation errors