Course Details

English Upper-Intermediate, B2 Level (exam)

Academic Year 2023/24

BY003 course is part of 2 study plans

Elective Courses Summer Semester

Elective Courses Winter Semester

For this exam, the four optional subjects VYA010, VYA011, VYA004 and VYA005 are offered to aid students in acquiring the required knowledge and skills. The exam is partially based on the contents of the books New English File Upper-Intermediate Third Edition (Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, Oxford University Press 2014) and New English File Advanced Third Edition, (Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, Oxford University Press 2015), and partially on Cambridge First Certificate-type materials.
The exam is conducted orally with pairs of students and lasts 25 minutes.
The exam tests speaking skills such as interaction, pronunciation and the ability to construct connected sentences to give information or opinions on a certain topic. It also tests listening and reading ability, as well as grammar and vocabulary.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Syllabus

To help students prepare for this exam the optional subjects VYA010, VYA011, VYA004 and VYA005 are offered by the Institute of Social Sciences.

Prerequisites

Entry level B2. Students should be able to:
- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other
- use the English language with a good degree of accuracy when dealing with familiar topics and using common grammatical forms
- work with complex texts and generally understand the main points within

Students are recommended to have taken the BYA002(previously BYA002, BY51) exam before attempting BY003, and the following optional courses: VYA010 and VYA011. If they did not obtain a grade A in the BYA002 exam, students should also take courses VYA010 and VYA011, if possible.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

1 credit

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

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