Course detail

English 3 for Combined Type of Study

FSI-A3KAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also deals with 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

PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá

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 within the combined study programmes who are familiar with the language at elementry level. They are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding secondary school courses.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is intended for the combined form of study, indivudual work of students is directed by lectures and exercises taught en bloc.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test. Altogether it is required to get at least 30 points out of 50 in this test. In case this benchmark of 60% is not achieved, there is
a possibility for the student to resit the test.
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. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

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 B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-KSB , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch B-S1R , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá
Mgr. Jan Gerych

Syllabus

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