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FEKT-BPC-AEIAcad. year: 2024/2025
The course is aimed at the development of language competencies required by the students’ future professional environment. The students will study the means, functions and style of professional language. Special attention will be devoted to technical terminology. Seminars are focused on the product development and production process, the description and presentation of technologies, devices and their parts and components, the description of technical problems, possible risks (including safety risks and safety regulations in the production process) and their solutions. The tuition includes realistic listening activities focused on technical discussions; situation-based speaking activities in which students can practise the language they have learned; relevant vocabulary presented and practised in professional contexts; engaging topics and articles. The course corresponds to the Bachelor’s degree requirements. At the same time, it will help students to find a job thus supporting their competitiveness in the labour market.
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The aim of the course is to present the language functions and to develop language skills necessary for professional communication with colleagues, business partners and institutions in the international competitive environment. Objectives:• Understanding specific technical information in spoken and written forms.• The ability to communicate in specific situations related to the development, production and presentation of devices and their parts and components. The ability to express one´s ideas and discuss the issues and current trends in technology. The ability to communicate in different situations according to the production process requirements.• The knowledge of specific terminology.The final exam verifies that a course graduate is able:1.On the basis of the acquired professional vocabulary, to take part in discussions on basic subjects of electrical engineering (electric circuits, electric current, electrical conductors) and on subjects in his field of study. 2.To describe technical functions and applications and explain how technology works using texts “GPS applications” and “Space elevators”. Useful vocabulary includes verbs use, allow, enable, permit, ensure, prevent and verbs describing movement.3.To describe common materials and alloys (aluminium, bronze, copper, glass, lead, iron, ore, plastic, rubber, steel, stainless steel, timber, hardwood, softwood, zinc) and to describe their properties.4.To describe component shapes and features of the electrical plugs and sockets used in different countries. A course graduate is also able to use nouns and verbs to describe joints and fixings.5.To describe various types of technical problems and causes of faults. When describing the causes of faults, a course graduate uses adjectives commonly used (inadequate, incorrect, etc.) as well as the language used for linking causes and effects: because of..., consequently, owing to..., as a result of ... .6.To use basic vocabulary connected with health and safety precautions. On the basis of this vocabulary, a course graduate is able to describe personal protective equipment related to common industrial hazards and identify a safe system of work.7.To describe automated systems and to verbalize graphs, charts and trends, e.g. in the context of electricity consumption trends.8.To understand the main points of listening activities focused on technically-oriented discussions.9.To scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and to gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.
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specialization AUDB-TECH , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optionalspecialization AUDB-ZVUK , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
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1. Introduction
2. Electricity generation; The nuclear debate
3. Electricity transmission and distribution
4. The electricity supply chain
5. Renewable energy
6. Plugs and Sockets
7. Monitoring and control; Automation
8. Variations in electricity consumption; Energy in the home
9. GPS; Describing how things work
10. Safety and Precautions
11. Cars; Describing malfunctions
12. Revision
13. Final test