Course details

New Headway Intermediate 1

BAN3 Acad. year 2019/2020 Summer semester 3 credits

Current academic year

A standard course of English for intermediate students BAN4 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.

Guarantor

Course coordinator

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Credit+Examination (written+oral)

Time span

  • 26 hrs exercises

Assessment points

  • 60 pts final exam
  • 40 pts mid-term test

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.
This course fulfills Level A2+ of the European Council Reference Frame.

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.

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To pass the BAN2 course or to acquire "31 - 40" points in the entrance language test.

  • recommended prerequisite
    • Headway Pre-Intermediate 2

Fundamental literature

  • Harding, K.; Lane, A.: International Express intermediate, 3rd edition OUP.2014

Syllabus of numerical exercises

  • 1. - 2. Grammar: tense revision - pres. simple a continuous. Vocabulary: social networks, the internet.
  • 3. - 4. Grammar: past simple, present perfect. Vocabulary: starting a new business, phrasal verbs.
  • 5. - 6. Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible. Vocabulary: describing cause and effect.
  • 7. - 8. Grammar: making comparisons. Vocabulary: city descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives.
  • 9. - 10. Grammar: modal and related verbs. Vocabulary: colours and colour idioms, prefixes.
  • 11. - 12. Technical texts, revision.
  • 13. Credit test.

Progress assessment

Teaching methods include language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes.

Compulsory seminar are held every week and students are obliged to fulfill achievements as part of their homestudy.
Exam prerequisites:
Credit test: 24 - 40 points.
Examination:

  • listening comprehension: 15 - 30 points,
  • reading comprehension: 15 - 30 points.

Teaching methods and criteria

Teaching methods include language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes. Compulsory seminar are held every week and students are obliged to fulfill achievements as part of their homestudy.

Controlled instruction

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, 1st year of study, Compulsory-Elective
  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 1st year of study, Compulsory-Elective
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