Syllabus
1. Listening: identifying the purpose. Persuading and negotiating.
2. Persuading and negotiating. Reading: The Mother Road. Speaking: popular tourist attractions in the Czech Republic. Grammar: verbs + prepositions, used to and would
3. Writing a story
4. Revision
5. Reading: identifying main ideas of paragraphs, finding the topic sentence. Idioms: happiness and sadness.
6. Grammar: past simple and present perfect. Speaking: giving and reacting to news.
7. Vocabulary: food, nutrition. Grammar: present perfect continuous. Speaking: asking questions.
8. Writing a personal letter. Revision.
9. Reading and vocabulary: Disappearing worlds.
10. Grammar: expressing the future. Listening: identifying facts, opinions and speculation.
11. Speaking: discussion. Vocabulary: collocations. Writing an opinion essay.
12. Revision
Annotation
In the second semester the students continue to develop their communicative competence in English. The main emphasis is placed on improving accuracy and fluency in speaking, in both prepared and unprepared situations.
The students also continue to develop their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. In listening and reading we focus on selected strategies and their application.
In writing, the main attention is given to the writing process including planning, drafting, editing, and proofreading.