Course details

New Headway Intermediate 2/2

IH3 Acad. year 2003/2004 Winter semester 2 credits

Current academic year

A standard course of English for intermediate students 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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Guarantor

Matoušková Jana, Mgr.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

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.

Study literature

  • Soars, L., Soars, J.: New Headway Intermediate, Student's Book. Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • Pracovní technické listy.

Fundamental literature

  • Johnson, D.: General Engineering. English for Academic Purposes Series. Cassell Publishers Ltd, London, 1991.
  • Britský aktuální tisk.
  • Soars, L., Soars, J.: New Headway Intermediate (Student's Book, Teacher's Book, Workbook). Oxford University Press, 1996.

Progress assessment

"Stop and Check" tests

Course inclusion in study plans

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