English

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

The course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at intermediate level, as well as with grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course A5K.

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Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.

To pass this course it is necessary, apart from assigned tasks and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test. The maximum score is 50 points and in order to fulfil the credit requirements students must earn a minimum of 30 points. In case this benchmark is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
The exam has a written and an oral part and tests English at B2 level. The written part focuses on grammar and technical vocabulary. The oral part tests fluency, pronunciation and ability to use professional vocabulary and grammar covered in the compulsory literature. In both parts, students are required to collect at least 50% of the points.

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The aim of the course is to teach the language skills needed by university students and company employees in a range of engineering branches.

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher and is recommended to get the credit.

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BONAMY, David. Technical English 4: Course Book. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4082-2955-2. (EN)

MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use: A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4. (EN)
BRIEGER, Nick a Alison POHL. Technical English Vocabulary and Grammar. Andover: Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2002. ISBN 978-1-902741-76-5. (EN)

eLearning: currently opened course

13 hours, optionally

1. Self-study plan, U7 - describing developments, comparison and contrasting
2. U7 self-study - explaining technology, phrases introducing explanations/analogies
3. U8 self-study - speculating about past, present perfect passive modal, logistics
4. U8 self-study - indirect questions, degrees of agreement, health and safety
5. U9 self-study - proposing, recommending, meeting with client
6. U9 self-study - defining relative clauses, stipulating conditions, work contracts
7. U10 self-study - technical writing, report format
8. U10 self-study - collaborative problem-solving, participating in a meeting (2)
9. U11 self-study - data organisation, causation, third conditional
10. U11 self-study - summarising, writing an abstract, phrases to signal communicative intent
11. U12 self-study - sequence of events, perfect participle, past necessity and ability
12. U12 self-study - debating, persuading, phrasal verbs
13. Revision

eLearning: currently opened course