Syllabus
The course is structured around the textbook Complete IELTS Bands 5-6.5. Additional materials are taken from other textbooks focusing on IELTS (or FCE) preparation, grammar and vocabulary practice, and original texts in English. Students will practice all four language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Overview of grammatical and lexical units
Grammar: comparative, countable and uncountable nouns, present simple, present perfect simple and continuous, articles, the passive, relative pronouns, conditionals, time conjunctions.
Vocabulary: comparing the meanings of similar words, word formation, study-related vocabulary, the Internet, global problems, economy, relationships or fashion and design.
Annotation
This is a one-semester course, 1x2 lessons per week + 2 lessons of distant study via the Moodle platform.
The course is intended for students at B1+ level of English.
The objective of the course is to develop grammatical competence in students, to acquire academic vocabulary, and to enhance all four language skills with regard to the needs of university students. The leaving level of English in this course is B2, which corresponds to the tested level of the Foreign Language Exam of the Faculty of Arts.
To find out their level of English, students can take the level test created by the British Council. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content