English language 0-2

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Department of Languages

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The course is open to students who decided to study English language as the major language and took part in preparatory course in winter term or have already achieved the required basic knowledge of the language (at least to the A2 level according to the Common European Framework). The aim of course is to sustain and develop all parts of the language - reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar. After successful completion of the course the student becomes a so-called „independent user“ (level B1). It means they can understand routine information and articles, and the general meaning of non-routine information within a familiar area. They can express opinions on abstract and cultural matters in a limited way or offer advice within a known area and understand instructions or public announcements. They can write letters or make notes on familiar or predictable matters.

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Course objective: developing and sustaining the students' basic knowledge of English. Listening: original articles, stories, dialogues, monologues, real situations, songs - listening for detail and gist. Practicing correct pronunciation and intonation. Extracts from British, American, Irish and Australian English. Reading: original articles concerning common topics of general English - family, relationships, work, travelling, eating habits, making phone calls, clothes and appearance, age - dialogues, newspapers and magazine articles, stories, questionnaires. Practicing various strategies of reading - skimming, scanning, predicting and reading for gist. Speaking: expressing opinions, paraphrasing, reporting conversations, making predictions, describing people and places. Writing: e-mails, holiday postcards, reports, formal and informal letters, descriptions of people. Grammar: reported speech, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, modal verbs (obligation, prohibition, permission), „would“ for unreal situations, past perfect, quantifiers, countable and uncountable nouns, conditional clauses, wish clauses.

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Inside Out - Student's Book (Intermediate), Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones, Macmillan; Inside Out - Workbook (Intermediate), Philip Kerr, Macmillan (for home preparation); English Grammar in Use - Intermediate, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: