Course Details
English Upper-Intermediate 2
Academic Year 2025/26
VYA011 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
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.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Entry Knowledge
Intermediate knowledge of English, B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
Aims
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.
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.
Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.
Basic Literature
LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina a Clive OXENDEN, 2014. English File Upper-Intermediate. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-455864-8 (en)
WALLWARK, Adrian, 2016. English for Interacting on Campus. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-28732-4 (en)
WALLWARK, Adrian, 2016. English for Interacting on Campus. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-28732-4 (en)
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