English (preparatory course to study abroad 1)

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Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course aims at providing students with communicative skills that enable them to study in a foreign linguistic context, including the basic technical terminology.

The level of proficiency: intermediate B1+.

Proficiency level under ERF: B1

Requirements:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

This course is not a lecture but practical session:

Course code: 104XA14

Duration: 2 hours / 1 semester

For more information see Outline and Syllabus of Exercises

Syllabus of tutorials:

Placement test

Placement test IELTS Academic Week 0 (Webové zobrazení)

Grammar - Tense Review FCE Level,

Formal and Informal Style

Academic Style video

Reading CV and Personal Statement

Listening

Writing CV

Warmer common errors GW, WC correct

Tenses notebook (level? Upper Int or Adv depending on the class distribute to notebooks)

Formal vs. Informal choice of handouts Warmer? - examples. Picture clothes - parallel with language

Academic writing - (the video is for Chinese students...) plus infographic fill in the gaps and add details and examples from the video

Write a checklist

Rewrite sentences

HW prepare your CV

Grammar Tense Review

Reading

Listening

Writing Personal Statement

(copy Civil Engineering Personal statement postgraduate)Worksheet

CV Reading, CV worksheet distributed

Student Tenses Review, Listening Personal Statement Uni of Birmingham

Grammar Passive voice

Reading

Listening

Writing - Cover Letter

Grammar Reported Speech

Reading

Listening

Writing - Summary, Annotation

Grammar - Reported questions

Grammar Clauses (Relative clauses)

Reading Graphs and diagrams

Listening

Writing Graph, diagram description

Grammar Conditionals

Reading

Listening

Writing - Article

Grammar - Prepositions

Reading

Listening

Writing - Article

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/prepositions

Grammar Linking devices

Reading

Listening

Writing - Essay

Grammar - Articles

Reading

Listening

Writing - Essay

Grammar - Review

Reading

Listening

Writing

PRESENTATIONS

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to prepare students for studying in the English language abroad and consolidate all the necessary grammar skills in the English language from a B1 level upward; to promote students' ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice

Study materials:

Various - no student book required

e.g.

Course Catalogues of International Universities

J., L. Soars: Headway (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate)

N. Hartley, P. Viney: Streamline English

L. Kollmannová et al.: New Ways to Spoken English

S. Kasíková, H. Horká, R. Nivenová, V. Sedláková: English for Civil Engineering

Note:

Further information:

http://departments.fsv.cvut.cz/k104/index.php/2018/09/19/priprava-pro-studium-v-zahranici-2/

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: