Centre for language teaching
Faculty of education
Žižkovo nám. 5
Olomouc
Czech Republic
771 40
The department deals with the subjects “English for non-linguists” and “Russian for nonlinguists”. It provides teaching in cooperation with external lecturers and administration.
Mgr. Linda Chmelařová, Ph.D.
(coordinator of the Centre and guarantor of “English for non-linguists”)
Tel: 585 63 5919
linda.chmelarova(at)upol.cz
English for non-linguists
Full-time study
Students attend English lessons (1 x 90min. a week). The lessons are taught by qualified
lecturers. Credit requirements are:
- 75% active attendance (maximum of 3 absences)
- active attendance
- passing credit test
Syllabus (CJP/AJNF1)
Basic literature: Oxenden, C., Latham-Koenig Ch. New English File pre-intermediate (third edition),
Oxford University Press, 2012.
Supplementary literature: Wehmeier, S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th edition),
Oxford UniversityPress 2010.
Coe, N. et.al. Oxford Practice Grammar Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 295s.
Swan, M. Practical English Usage (3rd edition). Oxford University Press 2009. 653s.
Gairns, R.; Redman, S. Oxford Word Skills Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 2008.
Content
Grammar:
Present simple, present continuous
Defining relative clauses
Past simple, past continuous
Time sequencers and connectors
Going to, present continuous (future arrangements)
Defining relative clauses
Present perfect (ever, never, yet, just already)
Present perfect x past simple
Something, anything, nothing
Comparatives, superlatives (adjectives and adverbs)
Quantifiers, too, not enough
Future tense (predictions, offers, decisions, promises)
Vocabulary:
Common verb phrases
Describing people: appearance and personality
Clothes, prepositions of place
Holidays
Prepositions of time and place
Verb phrases
Airports
Verbs + prepositions
Expressions for paraphrasing
Housework, make or do?
Shopping
Adjectives ending –ed and –ing
Time expressions: spend time, etc.
Describing a town or city
Health and the body
Opposite verbs
Verb + back
Adjectives + prepositions
Syllabus (CJP/AJNF2)
Basic literature: Oxenden, C., Latham-Koenig Ch. New English File pre-intermediate (third edition),
Oxford University Press, 2012.
Supplementary literature: Wehmeier, S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th edition),
Oxford UniversityPress 2010.
Coe, N. et.al. Oxford Practice Grammar Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 295s.
Swan, M. Practical English Usage (3rd edition). Oxford University Press 2009. 653s.
Gairns, R.; Redman, S. Oxford Word Skills Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 2008.
Content
Grammar:
Uses of the infinitives with to
Uses of the gerund (verb + ing)
Modal verbs: have to, don’t have to, must, mustn’t
Should/shouldn’t
First conditional clause
Possessive pronouns
Second conditional clause
Present perfect + for and since
Present perfect x past simple (2)
Passive
Used to
May/might
Expressing movement
Word order of phrasal verbs
So/neither + auxiliaries
Past perfect
Reported speech
Questions without auxiliaries
Vocabulary:
Verbs + infinitive: try to, forget to, etc.
Verbs + gerund
Modifiers: a bit, really, etc.
Get
Confusing verbs
Adverbs of manner
Animals
Phobias and words related to fear
Biographies
Verbs: invent, discover, etc.
School subjects
Word building: noun formation
Sports, expressing movement
Phrasal verbs
Similarities
Verb phrases
Say or tell
Part-time study
Students have no real English lessons, they prepare for the test on their own.
Syllabus (CJP/KANF1)
Basic literature: Oxenden, C., Latham-Koenig Ch. New English File pre-intermediate (third edition),
Oxford University Press, 2012.
Supplementary literature: Wehmeier, S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th edition),
Oxford UniversityPress 2010.
Coe, N. et.al. Oxford Practice Grammar Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 295s.
Swan, M. Practical English Usage (3rd edition). Oxford University Press 2009. 653s.
Gairns, R.; Redman, S. Oxford Word Skills Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 2008.
Content
Grammar:
Present simple, present continuous
Defining relative clauses
Past simple, past continuous
Time sequencers and connectors
Going to, present continuous (future arrangements)
Defining relative clauses
Present perfect (ever, never, yet, just already)
Present perfect x past simple
Something, anything, nothing
Comparatives, superlatives (adjectives and adverbs)
Quantifiers, too, not enough
Future tense (predictions, offers, decisions, promises)
Vocabulary:
Common verb phrases
Describing people: appearance and personality
Clothes, prepositions of place
Holidays
Prepositions of time and place
Verb phrases
Airports
Verbs + prepositions
Expressions for paraphrasing
Housework, make or do?
Shopping
Adjectives ending –ed and –ing
Time expressions: spend time, etc.
Describing a town or city
Health and the body
Opposite verbs
Verb + back
Adjectives + prepositions
Syllabus (CJP/KANF2)
Basic literature: Oxenden, C., Latham-Koenig Ch. New English File pre-intermediate (third edition),
Oxford University Press, 2012.
Supplementary literature: Wehmeier, S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th edition),
Oxford UniversityPress 2010.
Coe, N. et.al. Oxford Practice Grammar Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 295s.
Swan, M. Practical English Usage (3rd edition). Oxford University Press 2009. 653s.
Gairns, R.; Redman, S. Oxford Word Skills Basic. Oxford University Press 2008. 2008.
Content
Grammar:
Uses of the infinitives with to
Uses of the gerund (verb + ing)
Modal verbs: have to, don’t have to, must, mustn’t
Should/shouldn’t
First conditional clause
Possessive pronouns
Second conditional clause
Present perfect + for and since
Present perfect x past simple (2)
Passive
Used to
May/might
Expressing movement
Word order of phrasal verbs
So/neither + auxiliaries
Past perfect
Reported speech
Questions without auxiliaries
Vocabulary:
Verbs + infinitive: try to, forget to, etc.
Verbs + gerund
Modifiers: a bit, really, etc.
Get
Confusing verbs
Adverbs of manner
Animals
Phobias and words related to fear
Biographies
Verbs: invent, discover, etc.
School subjects
Word building: noun formation
Sports, expressing movement
Phrasal verbs
Similarities
Verb phrases
Say or tell
Credit test
The is test written electronically. In winter term students write a test from “English for non-linguists
1” and in summer term “English for non-linguists 2”. The abbreviations are CJP/AJNF1 and
CJP/AJNF2 (Full-time study) and CJP/KANF1 and CJ/KANF2 (Part-time study).
All students have 1 regular attempt and 2 correcting ones.
To pass the test students are obliged to reach 66% success rate.
Subjects CJP/AJNF2 and CJP/KANF2 are ended in an exam. If a student gets at least 70% in the
credit test, he will get the exam signed. If he passes the test but gets less than 70% (66% - 70%) he has
to write an essay. The information about the essay will be delivered by the guarantor of the subject.
Russian for non-linguists
PhDr. PaedDr. Václav Klapal, Ph.D.
Tel: 585 63 5156
vaclav.klapal(at)upol.cz