Tutor: PhDr. Jana Novotná
Course description
This course is designed for students at good intermediate/upper intermediate level (B2+/C1). It is focused mainly on the key vocabulary used in the academic world but also includes general English reading, listening and speaking tasks.
Course contents
I. Academic vocabulary
Working with academic vocabulary (key nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, phrasal verbs in academic English, words with several meanings)
Word combinations (typical nouns, verbs and adjectives and the words they combine with, fixed expressions)
Talking about sources, facts, evidence, data, statistics , graphs and diagrams.
II. General English
Grammar review (tenses; expressing ability, possibility and obligation; modifying comparison, gerund and infinitive)
Ad hoc speaking, reading and listening activities
Study materials
Academic Vocabulary in Use, Michael McCarthy, Felicity O´Dell, Cambridge University Press 2008
Recycling Advanced English, Clare West, Georgian Press 2005
Tutor: Mgr. Martin Tomeš
Intermediate/Upper Intermediate level
Course description
general English, academic vocabulary and grammar structures used in scientific language
Course contents
Grammar review (tenses, modal verbs, verb patterns…)
Conversational and discussion drills
Listening and reading practice
Academic vocabulary extension
Contents and structure of scientific articles
Study materials/texbooks
International Express Intermediate and UpperIntermediate
Academic Vocabulary in Use
Supplementary materials