Course details
New Headway Intermediate 2
BAN4 Acad. year 2011/2012 Winter semester 6 credits
The course of English for intermediate students is orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge.
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Time span
- 26 hrs exercises
Department
Instructor
Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance). To be able to use basic reading techniques (scanning, skimming, selecting what is relevant). To be able to follow English lessons, to follow instructions, desciptions and explanations, to take notes when listening. To be able to write a formal and informal letter, to send a fax, to fill in a form, to describe a person and a place. To be able to understand a complicated sentence construction and relations between sentences from a language point of view; to acquire new semi-technical vocabulary.
Learning objectives
Acquisition of new vocabulary. Developing grammar knowledge. Developing the language skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing. Introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English. Work with semi-technical texts.
Recommended prerequisites
- New Headway Intermediate 1 (BAN3)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
To pass the BAN3 course or to acquire "41 points in minimum" in the entrance test (instruction is in Czech only).
Study literature
- K. Harding and A. Lane - International Express Intermediate, 3rd Edition, Student´s Book OUP
Fundamental literature
- Taylor, L.: International Express Intermediate. New edition. Student's Book. OUP 2005.
- Johnson, D.: General Engineering. English for Academic Purposes Series. Cassell Publishers Ltd, London, 1991.
- Soars, L., Soars, J.: New Headway Intermediate (Student's Book, Teacher's Book, Workbook). Oxford University Press, 1996.
Syllabus of seminars
Item has no outline.
Syllabus of numerical exercises
- Modal verbs. Differences between British and American English.
- Giving presentations. Reading: International Outsourcing.
- Future arrangements and intentions. Collocations.
- Present Continuous and 'going to'. Business communication.
- Temporal clauses. Writing e-mails.
- 1st and 2nd Conditionals. Phrasal verbs.
- Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous. Job descriptions.
- Describing a process. Interviewing techniques.
- 3rd Conditional. Confusing words.
- Business correspondence. 'Should' + perfect infinitive.
- Reported speech. Collocations.
- Technical text. Social responses.
- Semester test.
Progress assessment
A written test.
Controlled instruction
"Stop and Check" tests.