Course detail
Technical English I
FSI-TEN1Acad. year: 2021/2022
The course covers core language and skills that students need to communicate successfully in technical specialisations.
Language of instruction
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
IBBOTSON, Mark. Professional English in Use: Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-73488-2.
MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-108-45765-1. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-STI-A Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-ZSI-P Bachelor's
specialization STI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization MTI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme B-FIN-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-STR-P Bachelor's
specialization STG , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization KSB , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization SSZ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme B-ENE-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-MAI-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-PDS-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-MET-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. U1 - technical article, linking
3. U2 - function of a device, passive forms revision
4. U2 - describing properties, modal verbs
5. 1st semester test, U3 - expressing probability, automotive engineering text
6. U3 - note-taking, lecture, summarizing, linkers of contrast, relative clauses
7. U4 - engineering article, physics and mechanical vocabulary, phrasal verbs
8. U4 - instructions and feedback, conjunctions while/as
9. 2nd semester test, U5 - cause and effect links, describing a process
10. U5 - flow diagram, lecture, gerunds and nouns
11. U6 - degrees of certainty, plans, future forms
12. U6 - participating in a meeting, chairing a meeting
13. 3rd semester test