Course detail

English 4

FSI-A4Acad. year: 2010/2011

The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Hana Jánská

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at pre-intermediate level.

Prerequisites

Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at elementary level, as well as with grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course A3.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To pass this course test it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test, which is divided into three parts written on pre-set dates throughout the semester. Altogether it is required to collect at least 30 points out of 50 in these tests. In case this benchmark of 60% is not achieved there is a possibility for the student to resit the test, however containing all three parts. The resit test takes place in the first week of the exam period. Finally, students' work in the e-learning support of the course is also reflected in the overall course assessment.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss 2 seminars. As long as the number of missed seminars is higher, additional condition may be set up by the teacher in justified cases in order to meet the course-unit credit requirements.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
English 3

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Yvona Paseková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Michaela Veselá
Mgr. Adéla Smažilová
Mgr. Hana Jánská
Mgr. Jitka Kudličková
Mgr. Zuzana Wolná
PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá

Syllabus

1. U11 - Introduction, Test procedures, Understanding instructions,
2. U11 - Present passive, Description of inventions
3. U12 - Warning expressions, Making suggestions, Review and Remember U11-12
4. U13 - Prepositions of direction, Words and phrases for travelling, 1. Course test
5. U14 - Dimensions, Quantities, Much/Many + (un)countable nouns
6. U15 - Making arrangements, Writing emails (common expressions), Review and Remember U13-15
7. U16 - Discussing logistics, Word families, First... After that
8. U17 - Location vocabulary, Attachements
9. U18 - Comparing adjectives and adverbs, First conditional, Review and Remember U16-18
10.U19 - Inventions, Past passive, Wh-questions, Present perfect/Past simple, 2. Course test
11.U20 - Describing materials, Possibilities (maybe, perhaps, ...)
12.Revision.
13.3. Course test, evaluation

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Yvona Paseková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Adéla Smažilová
Mgr. Ondřej Vévoda
Mgr. Zuzana Wolná
Mgr. Hana Jánská
Mgr. Michaela Veselá
Mgr. Darja Kobzíková
PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová
PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá

Syllabus

A targeted individual teaching which derives benefits from the electronical support (doing e-learning with the teacher, practising vocabulary, consolidation of grammar structures, conversation)

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

English 4

Type of course unit