Preparation for the FCE Exam

Course guarantor:

Eva Motyčková

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Eva Motyčková

Supervisor:

Department of Biomedical Technology

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to prepare students for the FCE exam (B2 First) as the most widespread of the Cambridge English exams. Passing this exam proves the ability to speak and write at the B2 level. Within the subject, students focus on all parts of the exam: writing, Use of English, reading, listening. The same emphasis is placed on the development of spoken English, with the help of conversational exercises and other activities that improve the fluency of speech and therefore increase self-confidence when communicating in the English language. The subject further focuses on a comprehensive overview of important grammatical phenomena and their use in written and spoken speech. There is a development of reading comprehension and at the same time a creative expansion of vocabulary and idioms. The acquired vocabulary is used in the simulation of real life situations. The course introduces students to important techniques and strategies for the exam during practical practice of exam tasks.

Requirements:

Form of verification of study results: attendance at exercises, active participation in classes. A written test containing relevant parts of the FCE exam (reading, writing, use of English, listening).

Student requirements: mandatory attendance at exercises, active participation in class, completion of assigned tasks.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Getting to know you, meetings, job interview, fluent small talk, using a range of structure.

2.Formal letters, positive and negative connotations, language for complaining, phrasal verbs.

3.Writing report, an abstract, a summary. Relative clauses, cause and effect.

4.Academic texts, word formation, participle clauses, metaphors and idioms, complex sentences, formal and informal language.

5.Lectures, the Passive, articles and determiners.

6.Expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, the infinitive, adverbials expressing opinions.

7.Proposals, language of persuasion, multiple meanings, collocations

8.Verbs followed by –ing, to infinitives. Description of a picture. Telling a story.

9.Competition entries, hypothesising, idioms. Debates, gerunds and infinitives, collocations.

10.Interpreting facts and figures, linking device, collocations.

11.Instructions. Modals: may, might, can and could, prefixes and suffixes.

12.Describing objects, modals: must, should, ought to, shall, will, would. Positive and negative adjectives.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

B2 FIRST 5, authentice practice tests. Cambridge University Press and Assessment,.2023. ISBN 978-1-009-27294-0.

TAYFOOR, Susanne. Common mistakes at First Certificate – and how to avoid them. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 9780521520621.

WALLWORK, Adrian. Discussions A-Z Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 1997. ISBN 05215598122.

HUGHES, John. Practical Grammar. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 9781424018086.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomKL:B-135 Motyčková E. 10:00–11:50 (parallel nr.1) Kladno FBMI
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Biomedical Laboratory Methods (compulsory course)