Course detail

English for the state doctoral exam

FEKT-DKX-QJAAcad. year: 2023/2024

In the frame of the course, Ph.D. students individually prepare for the exam in English. Passing the exam is the alternative to DPX-JA6 or DKX-JA6 courses as a pre-condition for the doctoral state exam.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

An intermediate-level examination or higher, examination passed as a part of admission procedure to the doctoral study programme

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam: written (language test - 40 points; listening - 30 points; reading - 30 points).
Passmark: 50% in each part of the exam.

Alternative form of tuition

Aims

Acquiring the level of the English language required for doctoral state exam in all language skills focussing on English for specific and professional purposes.
Skilled language user able to use English for the purposes of his specific profession in electrical engineering.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Manninen, Satu ; Turner, Ellen ; Wadsö-Lecaros, Cecilia (2020). Writing in English at University : A Guide for Second Language Writers. Lund. (EN)

Recommended reading

Molinari, J. (2022). What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice. London,: Bloomsbury Academic. (EN)
Vince M.: Advanced Language Practice, Heinemann, 1994

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKC-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-IBE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-BTB Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKAD-EIT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-EIT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-BTB Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

3 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

    • Presentations
    • Trends and development
    • Academic writing
    • Linking
    • Objectivity and formality
    • Passive 
    • Hedging
    • Articles
    • Relative clauses
    • Wordorder and emphasis
    • Word formation
    • Technical and academic vocabulary
 

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course