Course detail
Listening.
FEKT-KJA7Acad. year: 2011/2012
This is a specialized course of English listening designed for intermediate students. The focus is on intensive practice of listening skills, enlargement and proper use of professional and specialized vocabulary.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
Week 2 Kinds of English - RP, Australian English
Week 3 A bit of business I - Sales talk
Week 4 A bit of business II - When the customers press you
Week 5 Starting a new business, telephone techniques
Week 6 Presenting and reading graphs
Week 7 Listening to a specialized text - Robotics, its history and development, future perspectives
Week 8 Inventions - dangers and opportunities
Week 9 Brand names, How does it work? - describing processes
Week 10 Quality revolution
Week 11 CV, job interviews
Week 12 Introducing a company
Week 13 Semester test
Week 14 Students of electronics, the schedules, defining subjects
Week 15 At work - change of life rhythm
Week 16 Virtual reality systems and their use
Week 17 Sound engineering
Week 18 Hardware development; portable computers' limitations
Week 19 Computer networks
Week 20 Software development
Week 21 Computer security, viruses
Week 22 Going back to business - management styles
Week 23 A democratic workplace?
Week 24 Business problems
Week 25 Job stereotypes, satisfactions
Week 26 Semester test
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
M.Waistell: Executive Listening, , 0
V.Dunn, D.Gruber: Listening Intermediate, , 0
Recommended reading
New International Business English. L.Jones, R. Alexander.Cambridge University Press.
Oxford English for Computing. K.Boeckner, P.C.Brown.Oxford University Press, 1993.
Oxford English for Electronics. E.H.Glendinning, J.McEwan.Oxford University Press, 1993.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's
branch BK-EST , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
branch BK-MET , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
branch BK-TLI , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
branch BK-SEE , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
branch BK-AMT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Week 2 Kinds of English - RP, Australian English
Week 3 A bit of business I - Sales talk
Week 4 A bit of business II - When the customers press you
Week 5 Starting a new business, telephone techniques
Week 6 Presenting and reading graphs
Week 7 Listening to a specialized text - Robotics, its history and development, future perspectives
Week 8 Inventions - dangers and opportunities
Week 9 Brand names, How does it work? - describing processes
Week 10 Quality revolution
Week 11 CV, job interviews
Week 12 Introducing a company
Week 13 Semester test
Week 14 Students of electronics, the schedules, defining subjects
Week 15 At work - change of life rhythm
Week 16 Virtual reality systems and their use
Week 17 Sound engineering
Week 18 Hardware development; portable computers' limitations
Week 19 Computer networks
Week 20 Software development
Week 21 Computer security, viruses
Week 22 Going back to business - management styles
Week 23 A democratic workplace?
Week 24 Business problems
Week 25 Job stereotypes, satisfactions
Week 26 Semester test