Course detail
German in Engineering
FSI-GNSAcad. year: 2025/2026
The course is focused on characteristic features of professional communication. It provides students with relevant professional language skills and develops their communication skills. It concentrates on reading strategies using technical texts. The aim is for students to master comprehension of technical texts and to produce a summary or a short presentation in both written and spoken form.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The written examination at the level B2+/C1 tests the knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and technical terminology as well as reading and listening comprehension of professional language.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. Regular attendance and active participation in classes are necessary conditions for taking the examination.
Aims
The course is intended to deepen students’ language skills necessary for professional communication using relevant vocabulary. It will familiarise the students with professional terminology and enable them to understand professional technical texts and produce a summary or a short presentation.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
DEUMA. Deutsch im Maschinenbau. Multimediální jazykový program. Brno, VUT 2004.
Deutsch für Doktoratstudium. Multimediální jazykový program, VUT Brno 2005
kol.: Němčina pro strojírenské obory – Deutsch im Maschinenbau. Informatorium, Praha 2008
Recommended reading
DOLONGA, Sanja, HOSTER, Tihana: Volldampf (Deutsch für Maschinenbau) Zagreb: 2016. ISBN 978-953-8121-03-6 pdf (available from http://edsipi.eu/resources/volldampf_web.pdf) (DE)
E-learningové studijní opory pro předmět Němčina GNS.
kol.: Campus Deutsch, Lesen. Hueber 2013 (CS)
ZETTL, Erich, JANSSEN, Jörg, MÜLLER, Heidrun: Aus moderner Technik und Naturwissenschaft. Ismaning: Hueber 1999 (vybrané kapitoly)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N-VSY-P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme C-AKR-P Lifelong learning
specialization CZS , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Verbalising formulas and definitions. Describing graphs, charts and trends.
3. Oral presentations I: Key words and phrases for introduction, main parts and conclusion.
4. Oral presentations II: Nonverbal communication, visual aids, language speed vs. efficiency.
5. Description of Functions: Machines, tools and implements.
6. Description of Processes: Students´ individual presentations of technological processes.
7. Description of Material Properties: Students´ individual presentations with comparing and contrasting.
8. Methods of Argumentation: Students´ individual presentations of technical article.
9. Explanation and Reasoning: Students´ interpretation of a professional text.
10. Inquiries and Objections: Presentation of Independent Project I.
11. Presentation of Independent Project II.
12. Presentation of Independent Project III.
13. Course evaluation.