Course detail

Professional English I

FAST-BYA9Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course is divided into different topics. The first 3 weeks the topics are more general. Numbers, shapes, drawings. In the following weeks the topics become more focused, e.g. basic terminology of structural engineering, description of a building and building site, bridges, water engineering, skyscraper construction.
Every session there is 1 or 2 presentations given by the students. The topic of the presentation is chosen with the tutor.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of general English at (B1-) level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Students will get acquainted with the specificities of the English professional style and the terminology of their field of study.
The student will become proficient in the specificities of the English professional style and the terminology of his/her field of study.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

zpracováno Ústavem SPV: vybrané texty z odborné literatury. 0.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

1st Week - Civil engineering branches 2nd Week - Numbers, shapes and units 3rd Week - Building materials and their properties 4th Week - Technical drawings and design 5th Week - Basic types of buildings, main construction elements 6th Week - Building site and its different parts 7th Week - Basic terminology in structural engineering, concrete and steel constructions 8th-Week - Hydraulic engineering 9th Week - Bridges 10th Week - Urban planning 11th Week - Skyscrapers and tall structures I and II 12th Week - Basic terminology in economics 13th Week - Credit test (if required)