English Language 2-1

The course cannot be taken simultaneously with:

English Language 2-1 (A7B04A2Z)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Software Engineering

Synopsis:

The course is designed for students attending the bachelor´s program Software Technologies and Management, who study English as a compulsory subject and whose knowledge of English corresponds to Level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are supposed to reach Level C1. Course objective: The course focuses on consolidating communicative skills, covering selected topic-related technical texts and practising difficult grammar points.

Requirements:

Requirements for „zápočet“

Academic achievement - students are due to:

- Take an active part in the language instruction.

- Deliver a 10-minute presentation on a selected topic.

- Meet the requirements for home assignments.

- Succeed in both the midterm and the final term tests with the success rate set at 70%.

Attendance - Students are allowed to be absent twice during the semester.

Requirements will be specified by individual teachers during the first class of the term.

Requirements for the Examination in English - Advanced Level (A7B04A2L, Y04A2) - see:

http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED ENGLISH - Y04A2Z; A7B04A2Z

Winter Term 2012/2013

Materials K 13104:

-Texts and Grammar (Available at http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/)

-English Grammar in Use; Raymond Murphy

Recommended materials:

-English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises; Murphy & Naylor

Week 1Introduction, General Information

How to Make a Good Presentation

Grammar: Tenses

Week 2Protecting Your Wireless Network

G: Tenses (continued)

Week 3Neural Networks

G: Questions (Direct, Indirect, Subject, Object)

G: Verb + Preposition

Week 4Hybrid Engines

G: Prepositions of Time and Place

Revision for Midterm Test

Week 5Midterm Test (60 minutes)

G: Subject - Verb Agreement

Week 6Midterm Test Evaluation

Memristor Revolution Backed by HP

G: Modal Verbs

Week 7Mixed Reality

G: Articles

Week 8Java

G: Articles (continued)

G: -ing / Infinitive Forms

Week 9How to Fit 300 DVDs on One Disc

G: Passive

Week 10Revision for Final Term Test

Week 11Final Term Test = zápočtový test

Week 12Test Evaluation

Week 13Zápočty

Requirements for „zápočet“

Academic Achievement - students are due to:

-Take an active part in the language instruction.

-Deliver a presentation on a selected topic.

-Meet the requirements for home assignments.

-Succeed in both the midterm and the final term tests with the success rate set at 70%.

Attendance - Students are allowed to be absent twice during the semester.

Requirements will be specified by individual teachers at the first lesson of the term.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Compulsory materials:

ESP for STM students, see http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/Y04A2Z

Recommended:

English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, CUP

Advanced Grammar in Use, Martin Hewit,CUP

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: