Course detail
Practical English 2
FEKT-BPC-PA2Acad. year: 2025/2026
The English language course focuses on the development of reading, listening, speaking and writing skills with an emphasis on complex language resources and vocabulary at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It is based on the teaching materials and requirements of the international First Certificate in English (FCE) examination. The course builds on Practical English 1 (BPC-PA1). The preferred approaches and methods include the communicative and task-based approaches using multimedia teaching resources.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge of English language at B1 - B2 SERR level. The student has successfully completed the course Practical English 1 (BPC-PA1).
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
A semester test (max. 40 points, min. 24 pts, the test may be repeated only once).
An examination: listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Aims
The student uses the English language as an independent user at B2 CEFR level. He/she is able to list sport disciplines and discuss them in different social contexts, discusses the problems of tourism and its influence on the particular region, expresses his/her opinions on media, especially the Internet and other electronic media and their roles in the society, gives an account of different environmental problems and explains them in different contexts, describes essential features of the scientific and technological development and its influence on lifestyle, assesses the relationships between social problems and crime, applies the knowledge of formal style in written communication, uses the grammatical structures according to the requirements of the given level and the course syllabus.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended prerequisite
Practical English 1
Basic literature
Recommended reading
FOLEY, Mark a Diane HALL. MyGrammarLab: intermediate B1/B2 with key. Harlow: Pearson, 2012. ISBN 1408299151. (EN)
HARRISON, Mark. First testbuilder. 3rd edition. London: Macmillan Education, 2014. ISBN 9780230476110. (EN)
HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 1107697387. (EN)
MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use: vocabulary reference and practice with answers : upper-intermediate. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-316-63175-1. (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers and ebook. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 1108586627. (EN)
SWAN, Michael a Catherine WALTER. Oxford English grammar course: intermediate : a grammar practice book for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of English : with answers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-441487-6. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's
specialization AUDB-ZVUK , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization AUDB-TECH , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective - Programme BPC-BTB Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-IBE Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-SEE Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BPC-NCP Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BIT Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BIT Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Passive verbs
2. Sport
3. Indirect speech, indirect question
4. Compound words
5. Word formation
6. Relative clauses
7. Prepositions
8. Expressions of wish and regret
9. Conditional sentences
10. Collocations
11. Adjectives
12. Expressions of possibility and probability
Conversational topics:
1. Free time
2. Media
3. Environment
4. Inventions, technical progress
5. Methods of communication
6. Society