Course detail
Language as Discourse in Science and Technology
FEKT-BPC-JDTAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course is focused on the style of technical, popular scientific and scientific texts, especially electrotechnical ones, on introduction to stylistics, basic concepts and style classification, on classification of formality degrees typical of texts in electrical engineering and on presentation of specific lexical, grammar and other features of such texts. The above-mentioned theoretical exposition will be illustrated with a large amount of examples and will be accompanied by reading (with the use of specialized reading techniques and strategies) and by analyzing technical texts.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Aims
The students will learn how to analyze and comprehend professional texts in the field of electrical engineering and they will get profound information on stylistic and other features typical of such texts. They will improve reading skills, techniques and strategies of mastering English texts for academic and professional purposes, they will get acquainted with different kinds of texts and will enrich both their general and specialized vocabulary.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Jazyk jako diskurz v elektrotechnice
Jazykové prosředky
Mimojazykové prostředky
Diskurrzní skupina
Přístupy k recipientům
Typické řečové akty v angličtině pro elektrotechniku
Sociolingvistické aspekty profesního jazyka
Identita uživatele jazyka
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Jazyk jako diskurz v elektrotechnice
Jazykové prostředky
Mimojazykové prostředky
Diskurzní skupina