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
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
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
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
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