Course Details

English Intermediate 1

Academic Year 2026/27

VYA008 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

This course is designed to develop students' general English proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It focuses primarily on consolidating and practising the grammatical structures covered in the BYA002 examination. Grammar is taught and practised mainly through communicative activities to help students use English actively and confidently in everyday situations. The course also develops vocabulary related to common everyday topics, listening comprehension skills, and accurate pronunciation.

Grammar: present simple and present continuous; expressing the future; present perfect; comparison of adjectives; articles; prepositions; modal verbs; -ed and -ing adjectives; past tenses; the passive; first and second conditional; reported speech; gerunds and infinitives.

Vocabulary: food; family; money; transport; sport; cinema; education; housing; shopping; work.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

The recommended entry level is B1− according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students are expected to have a good command of general English vocabulary and grammar and to be able to communicate in English in everyday situations.

Aims

The VYA008 course (English for Intermediate Students 1) is the first preparatory course for the BYA002 examination. It focuses on the revision of grammar and general everyday vocabulary through a communicative approach at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Basic Literature

Studijní materiály zpracované garantem kurzu a zpřístupněné v kurzu VYA008 v systému Moodle. (en)

Prerequisites

The recommended entry level is B1− according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students are expected to have a good command of general English vocabulary and grammar and to be able to communicate in English in everyday situations.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

Lesson 1: Food; present simple and present continuous

Lesson 2: Family; future forms

Lesson 3: Money; present perfect

Lesson 4: Transport; modal verbs

Lesson 5: Sport; past tenses

Lesson 6: Electronic devices; quantifiers; articles

Lesson 7: Cinema; the passive

Lesson 8: Education; first conditional

Lesson 9: Houses; second conditional

Lesson 10: Work; gerunds and infinitives

Lesson 11: Shopping; reported speech

Lesson 12: Revision

Lesson 13: Revision