XA2A2_KAL English 2 - A2

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria Baun Starostina, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Hamza (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Irena Kovačičinová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková (seminar tutor)
Jeffrey D Philpot, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Vašků (seminar tutor)
Bc. Christopher A. Vigneron (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Irena Kovačičinová
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Prerequisites
English 1 - A2
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject English 2-A2 is to refresh and deepen basic students' English language skills and English use abilities and at the same time to link the skills and abilities, so that the students will be prepared to extend them to the area of business English.
Syllabus
  • Subject plan:
    1. a) Introduction
    b) Verbs plus infinitive with to
    c) Verbs plus infinitive without to
    d) Verbs followed by -ing
    2. a) Have to/ do not have to
    b) Must / must not
    c) Verbs expressing movement and prepositions of movement
    d) At a department store
    3. a) Informal e-mail
    b) Writing to a friend
    c) At the pharmacy
    d) May/ Might, should / should not
    4. a) First conditional
    b) Second conditional
    c) Animals
    5. Revision - vocabulary, grammar, social English, reading and comp. check
    6. a) Present perfect
    b) Present perfect versus past simple
    c) Present perfect - for and since
    d) Describing a building
    7. a) Used to for expressing past
    b) Passive of different tenses
    c) A boat trip
    8. a) Something, anything nothing etc.
    b) Phrasal verbs
    c) Giving your opinion
    d) On the phone
    9. a) Adjectives ending -ed and -ing
    b) Expressing similarities
    c) Health and lifestyle
    10. a) Past perfect
    b) Past perfect versus past simple
    c) Reported speech
    11. a) Say / tell / ask in reported speech
    b) Adverbs: suddenly, immediately etc. in a speech
    c) Retelling a story
    12. Revision - vocabulary, grammar, social English, reading and comp. check
    13. Colloquium (UNIT 5-9 plus thematic activities)
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN, C. New English File - Pre-intermediate Student´s Book. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-451909-0. info
  • OXEDEN, C. New English File -Pre-intermediate Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-451804-8. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition with Answers. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-52153289-1. info
  • OXEDEN, C. New English File - Elementary Student´s Book. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-451908-3. info
  • OXEDEN, C. New English File - Elementary Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-438428-5. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written form - final and progress test: testing knowledge of vocabulary, language structures and grammatical features.
Oral form - final oral examination: Students must prove to be able to react correctly in situations based on the covered topics and to react on questions of the examiner.
Requirements for students with individual study plan:
The same as for other study forms.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2014, summer 2015, Summer 2016.
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