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Lecturer(s)
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Shánělová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topics: A World of Differences The Working Week Good Times, Bad Times Kids Then and Now Our Changing World My Closest Relatives Grammar: Auxiliary verbs - question and negative Present tenses - simple and continuous State verbs Passive Past tenses - simple and continuous Past Perfect Used to Modal and related verbs Future forms - will, going to, Present Continuous Future possibilities - may, might, could Information questions Content of Units 1-6 - New Headway Intermediate (Fourth edition), including Workbook exercises and listening exercises.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
- Preparation for an exam
- 7 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Language course of general English, level intermediate. The course focuses on various communicative needs of students developing language skills such as reading and listening comprehension, writing (different types of texts), it also supports orientation in natural communicative situations and when using idioms. Students will be familiar with the systems of English tenses and their basic use in everyday situations. Texts and audio materials work with factual and abstract contexts.
Students will acquire ability of wider use of tenses, will gain a complete grammar review, will learn how to use phrases and phrasal verbs. They will gain the ability to quote and express themselves fluently. After the term, their knowledge will be sufficient for common conversation and a dialogue over the phone.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of English at level A2P at least. At the beginning of semester, students can be tested and on the basis of the entrance test results, they can be redeployed to the course of a different language level according to CEFR.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
Written test (70% at least). Parts of the test: grammar, listening, and reading comprehension. 80% attendance is required and regularly checked. The use of AI is prohibited in qualification and individual papers and in the outputs that form the basis for the assessment of the course. The use of AI is only permitted in accordance with the teacher's assignment for completing a particular task. In the case of distance/hybrid teaching, students continue to follow the course schedule, actively participate in and at a specified time distance/hybrid teaching provided through the electronic teaching system MS Teams, carry out and check assignments published on the STAG, communicate with the teacher by e-mail, MS Teams, Skype, or telephone.
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Recommended literature
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HNUK VON WICHER, H. English Grammar. OUP, 2004.
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MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use. 2004.
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Soars L. and J. New Headway Intermediate (Fourth edition) - Student´s Book, Workbook. OUP, 2009.
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