English

Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.

Institute of Foreign Languages

Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level as a minimum, i.e. they are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding to A2+ level.

To complete the course successfully it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation, to achieve a mark of 60% or higher in the credit test. The credit test is focused on testing grammar and vocabulary. In case of failure, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test.

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two language seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks and everyday communication as well as preparing them for Technical English courses in the second year of studies. It is intended to consolidate the knowledge obtained at secondary school and practise all four language skills.

Students will consolidate general vocabulary and grammar structures for everyday communication at B1 level. A student who successfully completes the GEN1 course understands the main ideas of comprehensible input on topics that he/she regularly encounters in everyday situations, in the workplace, while studying or visiting places where English is used as the main language of communication. They can engage in conversation, describe facts, events and goals, and can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. 

Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STR: Engineering, compulsory

26 hours, optionally

1. Introduction. U1: Learning languages. Question forms.


2. U1: Talking about important life events. Relationships. Common stereotypes. Review of verb tenses.


3. U1: Interview advice. Talking about yourself in an interview.


4. U2: Facts or fiction. Types of story. Present perfect and past simple.


5. U2: Conspiracy theories. Narrative tenses.


6. U2: Telling a story. Say/tell.


7. U3: Planning and procrastination. Talking about future plans.


8. U3: Future inventions. Making future predictions. Future time markers.


9. U3: Idioms. Dealing with misunderstandings.


10. U4: Jobs. Personal qualities. Must/have to/should (obligation).


11. U4: Dream job. Extreme adjectives. Confusing words.


12. U4: Business vocabulary. Reaching agreement and managing a discussion.


13. Credit test.