Course detail

Advanced Technical English

FEKT-MPC-TAPAcad. year: 2023/2024

The aim of the course is to practise grammatical features typical in technical translations and scientific texts, supported by expanding specialised technical vocabulary skills.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Langerová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

The expected and required entrance skills are at the B2 CEFR level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

70% presence, continuous assessment throughout the semester
Semestral test (max.40 points, min.24)
Exam: technical presentation during the semester (60 points max.)

Aims

The course focuses on advanced grammar and vocabulary and its practical usage at the B2-C1 CEFR level, specialising in electrical engineering and information technology texts.
Students will expand their technical vocabulary skills and they will be able to understand the differences in meaning of technical terms based on the context and to use them correctly. Students will learn to understand formal and stylistic nuances of various technical texts. They will also be able to produce and organise ideas in a coherent technical style. They will polish their knowledge of grammar and they will be able to apply it to various technical texts.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Badecka-Kozikovska, M. (2015) English for Students of Electronics and Telecommunications: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)
Gójska, G. (2004) Technical Grammar: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)
Maciejewska, J., Kucharska-Raczunas, A. (2012) Information Technology for Students of Technical Studies: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-AUD Master's

    specialization AUDM-TECH , any year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization AUDM-ZVUK , any year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme MPC-BIO Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-BTB Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-TIT Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-KAM Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EVM Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EEN Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EKT Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-IBE Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-MEL Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-SVE Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EAK Master's, any year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Langerová

Syllabus

  1. Automated design, focus on vocabulary, verbs of cause and effect, practise based on individual´s field of study
  2. Automated design, training pronunciation, video: how a microwave oven works, focus on verbs of movement, differences in meaning
  3. Students´ small presentations explaining how things work, feedback, focus on presentation skills
  4. Verbs of cause and effect, conjunctions, rephrasing
  5. Nominalisation rephrasing,  video" How self-driving cars see?", group work based on students´ field of study, presentation of the group task
  6. Electronic measurement: reading comprehension tasks, vocabulary pronunciation practice, video: "What if satellites stopped working", pair work task: develop similar catastrophic scenarios
  7. Optoelectronics: reading comprehension tasks, expressing purpose, vocabulary building
  8. Optoelectronics: text lead-in, Task: describe an instrument, its components and parameters, its use, potential hazards and how to prevent them
  9. Audio coding: reading comprehension + vocabulary, not only…but also, inversion
  10. Inversion: practice, video: Siri, Alexa, what comes next..., discussion
  11. Students´ presentations, inversion, cleft sentences
  12. Students´ presentations, cleft sentences in formal and informal language
  13. Semester test

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course