Professional English 2 is the second intensive course in the two-part series designed to help foreign students reach the B2 level of mastering English, which is an obligatory pre-requisite for further university studies in the Czech Republic. The goal of this course is for students to augment their overall knowledge of the English language concerning the four language skills involved: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. It should enhance their professional communicative competence in terms of vocabulary, grammar, intelligible pronunciation, listening comprehension, and coherent organization of information at sentence and discourse levels. The course aims for students to substantially increase their potential to pass the standardized B2 examination held at the end of the term.

Students can receive credit for the course if they:

1)submit all homework assignments on time and in good quality

2)have minimum 80% attendance

R: J. Bell and R. Gower (2018): First Expert Coursebook -3rd edition. Pearson.

R: Vince, M. (2009): Language Practice for First /English Grammar and Vocabulary. McMillan, 5th edition with key.

R: Haughton, S. (2019): Ahead with FCE. -1st edition. Aheadbooks.

1. Use of English – Professional English 1 overview

2. Reading techniques - skimming

3. Listening for detail

4. Use of English – adjectives and prepositions

5. Use of English – verb patterns

6. Mid-term revision

7. Building professional vocabulary

8. Word formation

9. Listening – understanding international Englishes

10. Implementing professional vocabulary

11. Analyzing professional texts

12. Use of English - tenses

13. Key word transformation practice

14. Revision