YAKO1 English Conversation 1

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Siran Agadzhanyan (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tetiana Arkhangelska, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Prerequisites
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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
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Syllabus
  • 1. Food and restaurants (Present simple and continuous; Action and non-action verbs; Talking about eating habits).
    2. Sports (Past tenses: simple/continuous/perfect; When you hear the final whistle (paragraph gap - fill); Talking about sports).
    3. Family and personality (Future forms: going to/will/shall; We are family (predictions); Useful language for describing people).
    4. Money (Present perfect and past simple; My life without money (predictions, WH questions, phrasal verbs); Money questionnaire).
    5. Holidays (Strong adjectives; Present perfect continuous).
    6. Transport (Comparatives and superlatives; Race to the sun; A journey from London to France (numbering activities)).
    7. Modern manners - mobile phones (Must, have to, should (obligations); Culture shock).
    8. Judging by appearances - describing people (Must, may, might, can't (deduction); Describing people: look or look like?).
    9. Success and failure (Can, could, be able to (ability and possibility); Never give up (pair work, chart completion)).
    10. Back to school, education (1st conditional and future time clauses + when, until; Talking about education).

    Revision - vocabulary, grammar, social English, reading and comprehension check.
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN, Clive, LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. New English file - Intermediate - Student's Book. Oxford University Press, 2011. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780521189088. info
  • OXENDEN, Clive, LATHAN-KOENIG, Christina. New English file - Pre-intermediate - Student's Book. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780194598811. 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 test.
Oral form: proving communication skills in specific professional area, based on interview with teacher.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2020, winter 2021, Winter 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2021, recent)
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