Course Details
English Upper-Intermediate 2
Academic Year 2023/24
VYA011 course is part of 2 study plans
Elective Courses Summer Semester
Elective Courses Winter Semester
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives, past modals, verbs of the senses, passive voice, reporting verbs, clause of contrast and purpose, articles, uncountable and plural nouns, quantifiers.
Vocabulary: music and emotions, body parts, media, towns and cities, accommodation, my future house, science, studying abroad.
Vocabulary: music and emotions, body parts, media, towns and cities, accommodation, my future house, science, studying abroad.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge beyond the level of the Cambridge PET exam or B1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. This course follows the BYA7 course.
Knowledge
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.
Prerequisites
Intermediate knowledge of English, B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Credits
2 credits
Semester
winter
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
To offer to students of all faculties
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Music and emotions 1; gerunds and infinitives 1
2. Music and emotions 2; gerunds and infinitives 2
3. Arguments; past modal verbs
4. Crime and punishment 1; the passive 1
5. Crime and punishment 2; the passive 2
6. Cultural differences and relations with fellow students; Erasmus mobility plan and learning agreement
7. The media; reporting verbs
8. Advertising and business; clauses of contrast and purpose
9. City vocabulary; uncountable and plural nouns
10. Student accommodation; my future house; the urban context of the place where I live
11. Science; quantifiers
12. Articles; collocations
13. Revision, credit test