Course Details
English Intermediate 1
Academic Year 2025/26
VYA008 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
This course aims to improve language skills in speaking, listening, and reading in English at an intermediate (B1) level. Students will learn and practise the grammar and vocabulary needed to pass the BYA002 exam.
Grammar: Present simple and continuous; Future forms; Present perfect; Comparatives and superlatives; Articles; Prepositions; Modal verbs; -ed/-ing adjectives; Past tenses; Passive; First conditional; Second conditional; Reported speech; Gerunds and infinitives
Vocabulary: Food; Family; Money; Transport; Sport; Cinema; Education; Houses; Shopping; Work
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
The entry level should be at least B1- according to the CEFR. Students are expected to have knowledge of general vocabulary and grammar at this level and to be able to communicate in everyday situations in English.
Aims
The course VYA008 (English for Intermediate Students 1) is the first preparatory course for the BYA002 exam. It focuses on reviewing grammar and everyday vocabulary using a communicative approach, at level B1 according to the CEFR.
Basic Literature
Prerequisites
The entry level should be at least B1- according to the CEFR. Students are expected to have knowledge of general vocabulary and grammar at this level and to be able to communicate in everyday situations in English.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. 1A Present tenses
- 2. 1B Future tenses
- 3. 2A+B Present perfect + for, since + pr. perf. cont.
- 4. 3A Comparatives, superlatives
- 5. 3B Articles, un/countable nouns
- 6. 4A+B, 6B Modal verbs
- 7. 5A Past tenses
- 8. 6A Passives
- 9. 7A First conditional
- 10. 7B Second conditional
- 11. 8A Reported speech
- 12. 8B Gerunds, infinitives
- 13. Revision