Course detail

English for Expert Activities

ÚSI-ESAEXAcad. year: 2022/2023

The aim of the course is to teach students vocabulary related to their particular field of study and improve their conversation skills.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

General English at B1 level according to CEFR (intermediate).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Presentation of a topic related to the student's thesis. To successfully complete the course, the students are also required to actively participate in the seminars, do the tasks assigned by the teacher and come to classes regularly. At the end of the semester, they also have to take the final test.

Course curriculum

  • Types of vehicles. 
  • INCOTERMS / IVSS and other international rules related to transport.
  • Road transport and other types of transport (railway / by sea / by air). Motor vehicle manufacturing.
  • Engines and accessories of motor vehicles. Pricing of motor vehicles.
  • Transport safety – safety features, safety rules, assessment of accidents. Case studies.
  • Building materials. Properties of materials.
  • Residential buildings. Most frequent defects and failures.
  • European valuation standards.
  • Property valuation. Valuation methods.
  • Urban planning. Highest and best use.
  • Real estate market. How to give a presentation – content and structure. Annotation of a scientific paper.
  • Students’ presentations of a topic related to their theses and interpretation of a selected scientific paper. Discussion.
  • Students’ presentations of a topic related to their theses and interpretation of a selected scientific paper. Discussion. 

 

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with terminology used in forensic engineering branches and give them the opportunity to practise useful phrases and expressions in order to prepare them for negotiating with foreign experts in similar specializations, for publishing articles in international journals and for presenting papers at international conferences.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Grussendorf, Marion: English for Presentations, Fraus, 2008 (CS)
Horká, Hana, Giormani, Sandra, Martincová, Petra, Opatrná, Renáta: Professional English for Civil Engineering, ČVUT Praha, 2016 (CS)
Materiály zpracované vyučujícími na stránkách VUT v sekci e-learning. (CS)
Štepánek, Libor, de Haaff, Janice a kol.: Academic English, Grada Publishing, a.s., 2011 (CS)
Tegova: European Valuation Standards, Eighth edition, 2016 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EID_P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme REI_P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez
Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course