English language 1-2

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Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course is aimed at students who study English as a major language and have the knowledge of it corresponding at least to B1 level, according to the Common European Framework. The students are supposed to achieve B2 level.

The aim is to deepen and extend knowledge of common English and introduce some basic rules and terma of technical English.

Requirements:

- Mid- Term and Filan Credit Tests- Accuracy 60% each.

- Attendance- is allowed to be absent three times at maximum.

- Students are supposed to work independently on home assignments and actively during the lessons.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Listening: Longer narration, description and dialogues of native speakers, working with the obtained information. Reading: Longer texts, newspaper articles, working with the obtained information, reading of mathematical symbols and expressions. Skimming through articles. Speaking - topics: school and studies, home leisure time and traveling, people - appearance, qualities and relationships, science, culture. Writing: CV, narration, website. Grammar: reporting verbs with or without direct objects, sequence of tenses, passive in all tenses, unreal conditionals - alternatives to if, modals of deduction, narrative tenses, future forms, relative clauses defining and non-defining, emphasis (cleft sentences), determiners and quantifiers.

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Study materials:

Compulsory: [1] Sue Kay, Vaughan Jones: InsideOut, Upper Intermediate, Student´s Book, published by Macmillan

[2] Materials of K13104, see http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz

Recommended: [1] Raymond Murphy: English Grammar in Use, published by Cambridge University Press

[2] Murphy, Naylor: English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises, published by Cambridge University Press

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: