Course Details
First Certificate in English I
Academic Year 2024/25
BYA20 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
0 credits
Semester
Forms and criteria of assessment
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
This course is no longer offered.
Wk 1 2A: Review of narrative tenses + used to and would; summer jobs in a design office/abroad, memories Wk 2 1A: Work and motivation (work-related vocabulary); the advantages and disadvantages of working in (the student's) chosen field Homework: Reading/mini-presentation Job adverts – a job I could do now/after graduating – or my 'ideal job' - for Week 12 Wk3 1A: Discourse markers 1 – linkers; job applications and cover letters Written homework: job application, CV and cover letter – to be submitted by Week 6 Wk 4 3B: Discourse markers 2 – Adverbs and adverbial expressions; history (vocabulary) Wk 5 4B: Adding emphasis 1 – inversion; discussion of books/films, reviews Wk 6 5A: Distancing; multitasking and time management Wk 7 5A: Time and technology; expressions with the noun 'time' (vocabulary) Wk 8: IT/software-related vocabulary Wk 9 5B: Unreal uses of past tenses; money (vocabulary), money and happiness Wk 10 6B: Conditionals (including mixed conditionals) Wk 11 6B: Adjectives and prepositions; addictions and obsessions Wk 12 4A: Mini-presentation: A job I could do now/after graduating – or my 'ideal job'; sounds and the human voice (vocabulary) Week 13: Revision/catching up/test