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

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

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

materiály zpracované garantem kurzu (en)

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

Not to offer

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