Course detail

Practical English 4

FEKT-HPA4Acad. year: 2012/2013

Standard English course aiming at C1 level, especially in writing skills.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Ludmila Neuwirthová, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Upgrading to C1 level, especially in writing and reading skills.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the intermediate level of English is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes


Course assessment in points: semester test / max. 40 points / min. 20 points
final exam / max. 60 points / min. 30 points
TOTAL: max 100 points / min. 50 points

Course curriculum

All skill training at C1 level focused on writing professional technical and administrative documents. Reading and interpreting of professional technical documents.
Unreal tenses and subjunctives, inversion, indirect speech and reporting, text features, modifiers, fillers, phrasal verbs.
Summary, abstract, technical and research report, technical documentation, laboratory results.
Selected vocabulary: education and work, business and money, world issues, technology, globalisation, idioms, headline language.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims


Upgrading reading and writing skills to C1 level.

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

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme AJEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Ludmila Neuwirthová, Ph.D.