Course Details

English Pre-Intermediate 2

Academic Year 2025/26

VYA007 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

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

summer

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

The entry level should be at least A2 according to the CEFR. Students are expected to have knowledge of general vocabulary and grammar at this level and to be able to handle simple communication in 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

LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina; OXENDEN, Clive; CHOMACKI, Kate a LAMBERT, Jerry. English File 4E Pre-intermediate Student Book. Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 9780194836517. (en)

Prerequisites

The entry level should be at least A2 according to the CEFR. Students are expected to have knowledge of general vocabulary and grammar at this level and to be able to handle simple communication in everyday situations. 

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/294836

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. 6C review of verb forms: present, past, future; adjectives+preposition
  • 2. 7A infinitive with to; verbs
  • 3. 7B gerund; verbs + gerund
  • 4. 7C have to, don’t have to, must; modifiers
  • 5. 8A should (+8C); get
  • 6. 8B first conditional; confusing verbs
  • 7. 9A second conditional; animals
  • 8. 9B present perfect, for/since; words related to fear
  • 9. 9C present perfect or past simple; biographies
  • 10. 10A passive; verbs
  • 11. 10B used to + 10C might; school subject; noun formation
  • 12. 11A movement + 11B phrasal verbs; sports
  • 13. 12C questions without auxiliaries; revision