Tutor: PhDr. Jana Novotná
Course description
This course is designed for students at good intermediate level (B2+). 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
Talking about time, numbers, causes and effect
Opinion and ideas (reporting what others say, analysis of results, degrees of certainty, using evidence in arguing a point)
Functions (making a presentation, describing research methods, describing states and processes, comparing and contrasting, describing problems, describing change, summary and conclusion)
II. General English
Grammar review (the passive, if-structures; linking phrases, confusable structures, relative clauses)
Ad hoc speaking, reading and listening activities
Study materials
Cambridge English for Scientists, Tamzen Armer, Cambridge University Press 2011
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 level
Course description
General English, academic vocabulary and grammar structures used in scientific language
Course contents
Advanced grammar review (conditional sentences, relative clauses, passive voice etc.)
Conversation and discussion
Listening and reading practice
Academic vocabulary extension
Presentations
Study materials/texbooks
International Express Intermediate and UpperIntermediate
Academic Vocabulary in Use
Advanced Grammar in Use
Supplementary materials