Course detail

English 4

FSI-A4Acad. year: 2015/2016

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. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.

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, as well as with grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course A3.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.

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 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

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

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-S1R , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-STI , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-STI , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-AIŘ , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-SSZ , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-STG , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-KSB , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-KSB , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch B-EPP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Hana Hirschová
Mgr. et Mgr. Vendula Soběslavská
Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Alena Zapletalová
Mgr. Jana Kožnárková
Mgr. Lenka Glaubaufová

Syllabus

1. Introduction. U7 – Manufacturing (manufacturing process, CD manufacturing, food and drink manufacturing)
2. U7 – Manufacturing (short sequence, Present Passive, compound nouns)
3. U8 – Transport (Making and acknowledging apologies, less common forms of transport, car engineers)
4. U8 – Transport (the car of the future, prediction: will, may, might, recording new expressions)
5. U9 – High living: skyscrapers (showing visitors round a construction site, the tallest building in the world). 1st course test
6. U9 – High living: skyscrapers (how skyscrapers are built, foundation types, safety signs and safety advice)
7. U10 – Medical technology (giving clear instructions, devices for the blind, devices for the elderly)
8. U10 – Medical technology (short description, relative clauses, opposites)
9. U12 – Information technology (working on a help desk, supercomputers, describing changes). 2nd course test
10. U12 – Information technology (CAD/CAM, computer peripherals, Past Passive, collocations) 11. U13 – Telecommunications (explaining in simple terms, satellite communication systems)
12. U13 – Telecommunications (VoIP phone systems, mobile phones, Past Simple and Past Perfect)
13. 3rd course test. Evaluation

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Zuzana Wolná
Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá

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)