Course Details

First Certificate Level English III

Academic Year 2023/24

BYA22 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

The BYA22 course, is a ADVANCED (B2-C1) LEVEL course which aims to improve students’ ability to:

- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers, on a regular basis if necessary, in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

The aim of the BYA22 course is to increase upper-intermediate level students’ capabilities in English in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. For a brief summary of what is involved in the B2 level of English see the Anotace.

Knowledge

The students will improve their knowledge of English at lower advanced level in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

Prerequisites

Students need to have passed the BY002(BY51) exam in order to be able to enrol for course. In other words, they are already able to do the following well:
- generally understand information about familiar topics and situations, such as those met at work, in school, in free time etc. providing they are expressed in a clear and straightforward manner,
- use English to communicate successfully in most situations encountered when travelling abroad,
- create a simple connected text with a simple context,
- describe experiences and events, ambitions, hopes and plans, and to briefly explain or justify their ideas and statements.

They also are recommended (though it isn't necessary) to have taken the following optional courses: BYA20 and BYA21.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

0 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

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

Course on BUT site

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

The course is no longer offered.

Topics 1. Getting acquainted 2. At university 3. Working life 4. Finding a job 5. Adventurous journeys 6. Eating out abroad 7. Starting and managing a business 8. Human resources 9. Meetings and discussions 10. Risk and safety 11. Sport and money