Course detail

English 3

FSI-A3Acad. year: 2011/2012

The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Hana Jánská

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at pre-intermediate level.

Prerequisites

Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at elementary level. They are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding to Tech Talk Elementary.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To pass this course test it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test, which is divided into three parts written on pre-set dates throughout the semester. Altogether it is required to collect at least 30 points out of 50 in these tests. In case this benchmark of 60% is not achieved there is a possibility for the student to resit the test, however containing all three parts. The resit test takes place in the first week of the exam period. Finally, students' work in the e-learning support of the course is also reflected in the overall course assessment.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss 2 seminars. As long as the number of missed seminars is higher, additional condition may be set up by the teacher in justified cases in order to meet the course-unit credit requirements.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Glendinning, E.H. Oxford English for Careers: Technology 1, OUP 2015 (EN)

Recommended reading

MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3901-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-PDS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-FIN , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-FIN , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MAI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MAI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MET , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MET , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MTI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-MTI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-STG , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-SSZ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-EPE , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-STI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-STI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-S1R , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Adéla Smažilová
Mgr. Hana Jánská
PhDr. Yvona Paseková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jitka Kudličková
Mgr. Zuzana Wolná
PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá

Syllabus

1. Introduction. U1 – Technology and society (innovations, branches)
2. U1 – Technology and society (comparisons with adjectives and adverbs, word groups)
3. U2 – Studying technology (branches of technology, course descriptions, timetable)
4. U2 – Studying technology (Present Simple, Present Continuous)
5. U3 – Design (using non-specialist language, describing a chair, design process). 1st course test
6. U3 – Design (famous designers, question types)
7. U4 – Technology in sport (making recommendations, exchanging information)
8. U4 – Technology in sport (used to, used for, made of, made from, describing materials)
9. U5 – Appropriate technology (explaining difference between products, Stirling engine, the inventor). 2nd course test
10. U5 – Appropriate technology (explaining a diagram, benefits, time clauses, describing motion)
11. U6 – Crime-fighting and security (using informal language, equipment and devices)
12. U6 – Crime-fighting and security (short report and linking words, describing functions, -proof, -resistant, -tight)
13. 3rd course test. Evaluation

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá
Mgr. Hana Jánská
PhDr. Yvona Paseková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Adéla Smažilová
Mgr. Zuzana Wolná

Syllabus

A targeted individual teaching which derives benefits from the electronical support (doing e-learning with the teacher, practising vocabulary, consolidation of grammar structures, conversation)