English 2

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Institute of Language Studies

Synopsis:

The course English 2 is an intensive course designed to help foreign students reach the B2 level of mastering English, which is an obligatory pre-requisite for entering university studies in the Czech Republic.

There is a team of teachers working in each group, including a native speaker.

The standardised B2 examination held at the end of the academic year/second semester is a part of the course.

Requirements:

active participation in class, 80 % attendance, sitting all progress tests including the credit test at the end of the winter term and the examination at the end of the summer term, submitting all written assignments

Syllabus of lectures:

SUMMER TERM

Week 1

18. 2. - 22. 2. GRAMMAR (Vince): Modal verbs - present and future

VOCABULARY (Vince): The Natural World

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 7 - intro

Week 2

25. 2. - 1. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Modal verbs - past, Functions 1

VOCABULARY (Vince): People and Behaviour

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 7 - cont.

Week 3

4. 3. - 8. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Functions 2, CONSOLIDATION 4

VOCABULARY (Vince): Technology and Machines

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 8 - intro.

Week 4

11. 3. - 15. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Countable and uncountable nouns, Articles

VOCABULARY (Vince):

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 8 - cont.

Week 5

18. 3. - 22. 2. GRAMMAR (Vince): All, no, none, each, every, either, neither, Making comparisons

VOCABULARY (Vince): Problems, Health and the Body

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 9 - intro.

Week 6

25. 3. - 29. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): CONSOLIDATION 5, Phrasal verbs 1

VOCABULARY (Vince): Money

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 9 - cont.

Week 7

1. 4. - 5. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Phrasal verbs 2, Verbs followed by -ing or infinitive

VOCABULARY (Vince): Education and Learning

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 10 - intro.

Week 8

8. 4. - 12. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Verbs / Adjectives and prepositions, CONSOLIDATION 6

VOCABULARY (Vince): Word Skills I

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 10 - cont.

Week 9

15. 4. - 18. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Inversion and question tags, Linking words and text organizers

VOCABULARY (Vince): Word Skills II

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 11 - intro.

Week 10

23. 4. - 26. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Spelling and pronunciation, CONSOLIDATION 7

VOCABULARY (Vince): Collocations

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 11 - cont.

Week 11

29. 4. - 3. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Prepositions II - further practice, Punctuation

VOCABULARY (Vince): Revision - Un 1-3, word formation

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 12 - intro.

Week 12

6. 5. - 10. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Phrasal verbs revision and further practice

VOCABULARY (Vince): Revision - Un 4-7

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 12 - cont.

Week 13

13. 5. - 17. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Prepositions with verbs and adjectives - practice; transformations - practice;

VOCABULARY: Revision Un 8 - 10; word formation - practice

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Expert tests;

Week 14

20. 5. - 24. 5. Systematic revision, mock test Vince + analysis

FINAL EXAMINATION

Syllabus of tutorials:

SUMMER TERM

Week 1

18. 2. - 22. 2. GRAMMAR (Vince): Modal verbs - present and future

VOCABULARY (Vince): The Natural World

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 7 - intro

Week 2

25. 2. - 1. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Modal verbs - past, Functions 1

VOCABULARY (Vince): People and Behaviour

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 7 - cont.

Week 3

4. 3. - 8. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Functions 2, CONSOLIDATION 4

VOCABULARY (Vince): Technology and Machines

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 8 - intro.

Week 4

11. 3. - 15. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): Countable and uncountable nouns, Articles

VOCABULARY (Vince):

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 8 - cont.

Week 5

18. 3. - 22. 2. GRAMMAR (Vince): All, no, none, each, every, either, neither, Making comparisons

VOCABULARY (Vince): Problems, Health and the Body

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 9 - intro.

Week 6

25. 3. - 29. 3. GRAMMAR (Vince): CONSOLIDATION 5, Phrasal verbs 1

VOCABULARY (Vince): Money

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 9 - cont.

Week 7

1. 4. - 5. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Phrasal verbs 2, Verbs followed by -ing or infinitive

VOCABULARY (Vince): Education and Learning

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 10 - intro.

Week 8

8. 4. - 12. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Verbs / Adjectives and prepositions, CONSOLIDATION 6

VOCABULARY (Vince): Word Skills I

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 10 - cont.

Week 9

15. 4. - 18. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Inversion and question tags, Linking words and text organizers

VOCABULARY (Vince): Word Skills II

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 11 - intro.

Week 10

23. 4. - 26. 4. GRAMMAR (Vince): Spelling and pronunciation, CONSOLIDATION 7

VOCABULARY (Vince): Collocations

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 11 - cont.

Week 11

29. 4. - 3. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Prepositions II - further practice, Punctuation

VOCABULARY (Vince): Revision - Un 1-3, word formation

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 12 - intro.

Week 12

6. 5. - 10. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Phrasal verbs revision and further practice

VOCABULARY (Vince): Revision - Un 4-7

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Unit 12 - cont.

Week 13

13. 5. - 17. 5. GRAMMAR (Vince): Prepositions with verbs and adjectives - practice; transformations - practice;

VOCABULARY: Revision Un 8 - 10; word formation - practice

FCE EXPERT/COMPLETE: Expert tests;

Week 14

20. 5. - 24. 5. Systematic revision, mock test Vince + analysis

FINAL EXAMINATION

Study Objective:

The goal of this course is for the students to augment their overall knowledge of the English language, concerning all the four language skills involved: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. It should enhance their communicative competence in terms of vocabulary, grammar, intelligible pronunciation, listening comprehension, coherent organization of information at sentence and discourse levels. The very aim of the course is for the students to substantially increase their potential to pass the standardised B2 examination held at the end of the second term.

Study materials:

Course-books (teachers are free to use other materials as additional ones):

Vince, M. First Certificate Language Practice, Macmillan. 2004.

Bell, J., Gower, R. First Certificate Expert, Longman, CUP

Hewings, M. Pronunciation Practice Activities. CUP 2004.

ESL Library

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Preparatory Program (English language course)