Course Details
English Pre-Intermediate 2
Academic Year 2027/28
VYA007 course is part of 2 study plans
BKC-SIS Summer Semester 1st year
BPC-SIS / SI Summer Semester 1st year
This course is intended to improve language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English at a pre-intermediate level. Students will acquire and practise the grammar and vocabulary needed to pass the BYA001 exam.
Grammar: adjectives; infinitive + to; gerunds; modal verbs have to, don’t have to, must; modifiers; should; conditional sentences; present perfect + for/since; passive voice; used to; modal verb might; noun formation; questions without auxiliary verbs.
Vocabulary: verb forms; phrases with get; animals; phobias; biographies; studying; sports; phrasal verbs.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
The recommended entry level is A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students are expected to have a basic command of general English vocabulary and grammar and to be able to communicate in English in simple everyday situations.
Aims
The course VYA007 (English for Pre-Intermediate Students 2) is the second preparatory course for the BYA001 exam. It focuses on revising grammar and everyday vocabulary at the B1- level according to the CEFR. In addition, students at this level further develop their language skills, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Basic Literature
Recommended Reading
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
Lesson 1: Infinitive; verbs + infinitive
Lesson 2: Gerund; verbs + gerund; revision for the BYA001 exam – grammar and vocabulary I.
Lesson 3: Have to, don't have to, must, mustn't; adjectives + prepositions; might; word building – noun formation
Lesson 4: Should; get; revision for the BYA001 exam – reading and writing I.
Lesson 5: First conditional; confusing verbs
Lesson 6: Second conditional; animals; revision for the BYA001 exam – listening I.
Lesson 7: Present perfect + for and since; vocabulary related to fear; revision for the BYA001 exam – speaking (Q&A)
Lesson 8: Present perfect or past simple; biographies; revision for the BYA001 exam – speaking (picture description)
Lesson 9: The passive; nationalities
Lesson 10: Expressing movement; sports; revision for the BYA001 exam – reading and writing II.
Lesson 11: Word order of phrasal verbs; phrasal verbs; revision for the BYA001 exam – listening II.
Lesson 12: Used to; school subjects; possessive pronouns; adverbs of manner
Lesson 13: Questions without auxiliaries; revision for the BYA001 exam – grammar and vocabulary II.