Course Details

English Upper-Intermediate 2

Academic Year 2026/27

VYA011 course is part of 8 study plans

​ BKC-SIS Winter Semester 1st year

​ BKC-SIS Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SIS / SI Winter Semester 1st year

​ BPC-SIS / S Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SIS / K Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SIS / E Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SIS / M Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SIS / V Winter Semester 2nd year

Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives, past modals, verbs of the senses, passive voice, reporting verbs, clause of contrast and purpose, articles, uncountable and plural nouns, quantifiers.
Vocabulary: music and emotions, body parts, media, towns and cities, accommodation, my future house, science, studying abroad. The content of the course is aimed at students who would benefit from studying and practicing English at B1+ to B2 level (Upper-Intermediate level) with a native speaker, i.e. students who: wish to study abroad (e.g. with the Erasmus+ programme) or work abroad; want to prepare for the VYA013 B2 level language exam (useful for Erasmus+); already speak English at a good Intermediate level and would like to improve; already speak English at Upper Intermediate level and would like to practice their English so as not to forget what they learned in previous years.

 

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Veronika Rodriguezová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

This subject follows on from the subject VYA010 and from the level of the Cambridge PET exams, i.e. B1 (Intermediate) according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for languages. It would be beneficial to have taken the VYA010 course before taking VYA011, but this is not a requirement.

Aims

Students will extend their language skills, vocabulary and grammar knowledge to the lower B2 (Upper Intermediate) level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for languages established by the Council of Europe. 

 

Basic Literature

LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina a Clive OXENDEN. English File: Upper-Intermediate. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2014]. ISBN 978-0-19-455864-8. (en)
WALLWARK, Adrian, 2016. English for Interacting on Campus. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-28732-4 (en)
TURLAND, Roger. VYA011 English Upper-Intermediate 2, FAST BUT Ústav společenských věd, Brno, 2026. (Availability: Faculty Moodle) (en)

Prerequisites

This subject follows on from the subject VYA010 and from the level of the Cambridge PET exams, i.e. B1 (Intermediate) according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for languages. It would be beneficial to have taken the VYA010 course before taking VYA011, but this is not a requirement.

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/306474

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Music and emotions 1; gerunds and infinitives 1
  • 2. Music and emotions 2; gerunds and infinitives 2
  • 3. Arguments; past modal verbs
  • 4. Crime and punishment 1; the passive 1
  • 5. Crime and punishment 2; the passive 2
  • 6. Cultural differences and relations with fellow students; Erasmus mobility plan and learning agreement
  • 7. The media; reporting verbs
  • 8. Advertising and business; clauses of contrast and purpose
  • 9. City vocabulary; uncountable and plural nouns
  • 10. Student accommodation; my future house; the urban context of the place where I live
  • 11. Science; quantifiers
  • 12. Articles; collocations
  • 13. Revision, credit test