Modern English II - OPBA4A023A
Title: Moderní angličtina II
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 189 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Tomáš Nechanský
Teacher(s): Mgr. Tomáš Nechanský
Pre-requisite : OPBA4A013A
Is pre-requisite for: OPBA4A033A, OPBA4A043A, OPBA4A046A, OPBA4A042B, OPBA4A052A
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Annotation -
The aim of the course is to develop students' language skills towards C1 level (CEFR) with a focus on practical skills regarding speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The course is based on systematic work with the core textbook. Homework will be assigned from Advanced Language Practice by Michael Vince.
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (03.02.2025)
Aim of the course -
  • The student develops productive and receptive language skills in English.
  • The student enhances their communicative competence in English.
  • The student improves their language proficiency according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (28.01.2026)
Descriptors -
  • study materials (15 hours)
  • assignments (8 hours)
  • preparation for the credit test (5 hours)
  • preparation for the exam (18 hours)
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (28.01.2026)
Course completion requirements -

Course completion requirements

  • active participation in seminars
  • successful completion of the credit test and the final exam (minimum required score is 70%)

Course credit

  • the student completes an in-class formal letter writing task (180–220 words)
  • the student may choose from two subtypes covered during the semester (e.g. cover letter, letter of complaint, letter of application/request, letter of confirmation, letter of notification, etc.)
  • assessment criteria are presented during the semester
  • number of attempts: 1 regular + 1 resit

Final exam

  • the student sits an in-class written test
  • the test consists of a listening task, a reading comprehension task, and a set of exercises testing knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary covered in the course
  • the exam may be taken only after the course credit has been awarded
  • number of attempts: 1 regular + 2 resits

Completion of both the course credit and the final exam may be substituted by submitting results from one of the following certificates (not older than 2 years):

  • CAE – grade A or B
  • CPE – grade A, B, or C
  • TOEFL – 103 or higher
  • IELTS – 7.5 or higher
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (28.01.2026)
Literature -

Required literature:

Bell, Jan; Gower, Roger. Advanced Expert Coursebook, 3rd edition. Pearson 2014.

Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan 2014.

 

Recommended literature: 

BELL, J; KENNY, N. Advanced Expert Student´s Resource Book, Pearson 2015.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Idioms in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Collocations in Use Advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2017

HEWINGS, M. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2015

Last update: Kacafírková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2024)
Syllabus -

UNIT 4: The Global Village

part A: A small world?

  • Language input: sleep, similar words/idioms/word pairs, word formation: prefixes/suffixes

part B: Making a difference

  • Language input: issues and opinions, language to express probability and certainty, noun clauses

(M. Vince HW: G19, G20, G21)

UNIT 5: Controversy

part A: Global issues

  • Language input: global issues, word formation, modifying (un)gradable adjectives, adv-adj collocations

part B: An open society?

  • Language input: security, intensifying expressions, conditionals

(M. Vince HW: G7)

UNIT 6: Communication

part A: Getting your message across 

  • Language input: phrasal verbs, TALK/SPEAK/SAY expressions, informal expressions of speaking and understanding, spelling, easily confused words

part B: A sixth sense 

  • Language input: emotional reactions, gerunds and infinitives

(M. Vince HW: G16, G23)

Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (28.01.2026)