Course: Foreign Language - English

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Course title Foreign Language - English
Course code CJV/SK4A2
Organizational form of instruction Course
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vidomusová Hana, Mgr.
  • Šťastná Zuzana, Mgr.
  • Outěřická Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
Course material overview: grammar and vocabulary Life Pre-Intermediate 2nd Edition Units 5 - 8 Grammar: - Countable and Uncountable nouns - Expressing quantity - Articles - Future forms - Present perfect simple - Prepositions of place and movement - Zero and first conditional Vocabulary: Vocabulary is based on everyday communicative situations and practical topics discussed in particular units of the textbooks (phoning, environment, celebrations, work, a job interview, technology).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Practice exercises, Teamwork
  • Participation in classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 25 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Presupposed condition is knowledge of English from secondary school (minimum of 4 years of English language study). Students who passed the language state exam, hold a certificate or completed a similar subject at a Czech or foreign university - at the same or higher level - may contact the course guarantor to discuss a possible individual study mode.
Presupposed condition is knowledge of English from secondary school (minimum of 4 years of English language study). Students who passed the language state exam, hold a certificate or completed a similar subject at a Czech or foreign university - at the same or higher level - may contact the course guarantor to discuss a possible individual study mode.
learning outcomes
Student is able to use the acquired language skills in everyday situations - work, food, eating out, travelling etc. They understand the language structure and can work with authentic materials on the pre-intermediate level (e.g.text, listening and spoken word) and they respond adequately.
rules of the English sentence structure, positive and negative sentences and questions
rules of the English sentence structure, positive and negative sentences and questions
Student is able to use the acquired language skills in everyday situations - work, food, eating out, travelling etc. They understand the language structure and can work with authentic materials on the pre-intermediate level (e.g.text, listening and spoken word) and they respond adequately.
countable and uncountable nouns
countable and uncountable nouns
present perfect tense and identification of its use
present perfect tense and identification of its use
past simple and identification of its use
past simple and identification of its use
vocabulary of selected topics
vocabulary of selected topics
Skills
understand the main points of clear standard input
understand the main points of clear standard input
understand written texts that consist maily of high frequency everyday language
understand written texts that consist maily of high frequency everyday language
telling a story using various tenses
telling a story using various tenses
understand the description of events
understand the description of events
comparison of adjectives
comparison of adjectives
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Lecturing
Teamwork
Teamwork
Lecturing
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's language performance
Analysis of the student's language performance
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Hughes John. Life Pre-Intermediate 2. edice, WORKBOOK. ISBN 9781337285704.
  • John Hughes, Paul Dummett, Helen Stephenson. Life Pre-intermediate 2nd Edition Student´s Book with App Code. ISBN 9781337285704.
  • Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-521-43680-X.
  • Redman, Stuart. English Vocabulary in Use with key -Intermediate. Cambridge University Press, 1997.


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