Course Details
First Certificate in English I
Academic Year 2023/24
BYA20 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
The content of the course is aimed at students who would benefit from studying and practicing B2 (higher Upper-Intermediate level) English 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 BY003 B2 level language exam (useful for Erasmus+); already speak English at a good Intermediate level and would like to improve; already speak English at an Upper Intermediate or Advanced level and would like to practice their English so as not to forget what they learned in previous years.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Knowledge
Prerequisites
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
0 credits
Semester
Forms and criteria of assessment
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
This course is no longer offered.
Wk 1 2A: Review of narrative tenses + used to and would; summer jobs in a design office/abroad, memories Wk 2 1A: Work and motivation (work-related vocabulary); the advantages and disadvantages of working in (the student's) chosen field Homework: Reading/mini-presentation Job adverts – a job I could do now/after graduating – or my 'ideal job' - for Week 12 Wk3 1A: Discourse markers 1 – linkers; job applications and cover letters Written homework: job application, CV and cover letter – to be submitted by Week 6 Wk 4 3B: Discourse markers 2 – Adverbs and adverbial expressions; history (vocabulary) Wk 5 4B: Adding emphasis 1 – inversion; discussion of books/films, reviews Wk 6 5A: Distancing; multitasking and time management Wk 7 5A: Time and technology; expressions with the noun 'time' (vocabulary) Wk 8: IT/software-related vocabulary Wk 9 5B: Unreal uses of past tenses; money (vocabulary), money and happiness Wk 10 6B: Conditionals (including mixed conditionals) Wk 11 6B: Adjectives and prepositions; addictions and obsessions Wk 12 4A: Mini-presentation: A job I could do now/after graduating – or my 'ideal job'; sounds and the human voice (vocabulary) Week 13: Revision/catching up/test