Course details
Headway Pre-Intermediate 2
BAN2 Acad. year 2023/2024 Winter semester 3 credits
The course is focused on the basic knowledge of grammar: tenses, time and conditional clauses, infinitive, reported statements, articles, etc. The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations is developed as well as the writing of letters, CV and filling in forms. The students will work with technical texts to get acquainted with basic technical terminology.
Guarantor
Course coordinator
Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs exercises
Assessment points
- 60 pts final exam
- 40 pts mid-term test
Department
Learning objectives
The course for lower intermediate students (BAN2) is aimed at learning basic vocabulary and grammar and at developing the four language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students will learn the basic technical terminology.
The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations will be developed. They will master the basic grammatical structures and new vocabulary, both general and technical.
Why is the course taught
The course enables students to acquire professional vocabulary, language functions and language skills necessary for active participation in seminars, lectures and other activities in the information and communication technology sector.
Recommended prerequisites
- Headway Pre-Intermediate 1 (BAN1)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
To pass the BAN1 course or to acquire "21 - 30" points in the entrance language test (instruction is in Czech only).
Recommended prerequisite: Headway Pre-Intermediate 1
Study literature
- Murphy, R.: Essential Grammar in Use. With answers. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Fundamental literature
- K.Harding and R.Appleby: International Express Pre-Intermediate. Third edition. Student´s book.OUP 2014
- Pro samostatnou domácí práci: materiál v IS VUT
Syllabus of numerical exercises
1. Units 1+2: tense revision;jobs,slovesa: make,do,have;parts of an e-mail.
2. Units 3+4: past tense, passive;telephoning;asking for and giving advice,describing people and objects.
3. Unit 5: Nouns - countability,quantity;presentations - basic staging;requests.
4. Unit 6: Adjectives - comparison;telephoning - answering the phone.
5. Unit 7: Present pefect; changes and trends.
6. Unit 7: Presentations and job interviews.
7. Unit 8: Modals;meetings;invitations and offers.
8. Unit 9: POast simple and continuous;vocabulary - travelling.
9. Unit 9: Workskills - e-mails:problems and solutions;making suggestions.
10. Unit 10: Conditional;gerundium and infinitive.
11. Unit 10: Telephoning - checking details;asking for information with indirect questions.
12. Final revision.
13. Credit test.
Progress assessment
Credit test: 24 - 40 points.
Examination:
- listening comprehension: 15 - 30 points,
- reading comprehension: 15 - 30 points.
75% attendance, fulfilling the tasks.
Exam prerequisites
Credit test: 24 - 40 points.
Examination:
- listening comprehension: 15 - 30 points,
- reading comprehension: 15 - 30 points.
Course inclusion in study plans
- Programme BIT, 2nd year of study, Compulsory-Elective group A
- Programme BIT (in English), 2nd year of study, Compulsory-Elective group A
- Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 2nd year of study, Compulsory-Elective group A