New Headway Intermediate 2

• 26 hrs exercises

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.

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.

• New Headway Intermediate 1 (BAN3)

secondary school, or to acquire "41 - 50" points in minimum in the entrance test (instruction is in Czech only).

• K. Harding and A. Lane - International Express Intermediate, 3rd Edition, Student´s Book OUP

• 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.

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• Present Perfect Simple; Present Perfect passive. Vocabulary: multi-word verbs. Telephoning, leaving a message on an answer phone.
• Choosing a career in reading and speaking. Writing: formal letters; a letter of application.
• First Conditional and Second Conditional; time clauses. Vocabulary: base and strong adjectives. Making suggestions. "Electromagnetic Systems": work with the text.
• Charities and charitable causes in speaking and listening. Words that join ideas in writing. "Electromagnetic Systems": tasks.
• Probability (present and past) with the help of modal verbs. Vocabulary: character adjectives. "Solar Energy Systems": work with the text.
• Character qualities and a topic of a family in speaking and listening. Agreeing and disagreeing. "Solar Energy Systems": tasks.
• Present Perfect Continuous tense. Vocabulary: compound nouns. Complaining. "Laser": work with the text.
• Collectors and their collections; smoking in speaking and listening. Writing: beginning and ending formal and informal letters. "Laser": tasks.
• Indirect questions; question tags. Vocabulaty: idioms. Informal language.
• Forgetfulness in listening and speaking. Reading questions and answers from a science magazine. Writing: for and against.
• Reported speech. Vocabulary: words connected with birth, marriage and death.
• Customs connected with births, weddings and funerals in a discussion. Expressing saying sorry.
• Semester test.

A written test. The maximum number of points possible from semester test is 20 points. If a student obtains 90% or above in his/her semester test, he/she receives the full number of points. For a mark between 70%-89%, 15 points are allocated and for a mark between 50%-69%, 10 points are allocated. A student has to receive at least 10 points of the possible 20 points if he/she wants to enter his/her name for the final exam.

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