Course detail
General English II
FSI-GEN2 Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
The course focuses on teaching general English as a foreign language at B1 level with an emphasis on revision and consolidation.
Language of instruction
English
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
The course is designed for students who have mastered the vocabulary and grammar covered in GEN1 and can actively use English at a B1 level.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Students are required to take a credit test at the end of the semester to demonstrate their ability to use the vocabulary and grammar covered during the semester. A maximum of 40 points can be achieved in the test and a minimum of 24 points is required for the credit to be awarded. The credit also reflects active participation in the seminars and completion of optional activities, which may be worth up to 4 points. In case of failure, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test once.
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.
Aims
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 GEN2 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.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-MET-P: Mechatronics, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-STI-A: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-MAI-P: Mathematical Engineering, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-PRP-P: Professional Pilot, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-KSI-P: Mechanical Engineering Design, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-ENE-P: Energy, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, compulsory
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, compulsory
Programme B-ZSI-P: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization MTI: Materials Engineering, compulsory
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, compulsory
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, compulsory
Programme B-ZSI-P: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STI: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. U5: Technology, information. Comparatives and superlatives. Question tags.
2. U5: Polite requests. Present and answer questions on your area of expertise. Explain and solve problems.
3. U5: Talk about inventions. Advantages/disadvantages.
4. U6: Real conditionals. Hypothetical conditional: present/future. Giving news.
5 U6: -ing/-ed adjectives. Verb-noun collocations. Life events.
6. U6: Talk about emotions, discuss what you would do in different situations.
7. U7: Success. Verb phrases. Present perfect simple versus continuous.
8. U7: Present and past ability. Qualifications.
9. U7: Give/clarify opinions. Describe an achievement.
10. U8: Communities, social situations.
11. U8: Articles and quantifiers. Relative clauses.
12. U8: Internet, real-world/online activities.
13. Credit test.
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, optionally
Syllabus
Computer assisted language learning is an integral part of the course GEN2 and covers the topics and areas dealt with in the main part of the course. The use of authentic videos helps students to further practise and develop their language skills.