Course detail

English for post-graduates

FEKT-DKX-JA6Acad. year: 2024/2025

A course for postgraduate students focused on academic writing and presentation skills. It will also help the students prepare for the examination required for completion of postgraduate study.  

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

An intermediate-level examination or higher, examination passed as a part of admission procedure to the doctoral study programme

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course requirements: a short presentation on a technical / academic topic (10 minutes) in the course of the semester.
Exam: written (language test - 40 points; listening - 30 points; reading - 30 points).
Passmark: 50% in each part of the exam.
The content and forms of instruction in the course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

Acquiring the level of the English language required for doctoral state exam in all language skills focussing on English for specific and professional purposes.
Skilled language user able to use English for the purposes of his specific profession in electrical engineering. The aim of the course is to enhance students' skills in reading comprehension, writing abstracts, reports and articles, presentation and communication skills.
Note: a one-semester course

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Molinari, J. (2022). What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice. London,: Bloomsbury Academic. (EN)
Manninen, Satu ; Turner, Ellen ; Wadsö-Lecaros, Cecilia (2020). Writing in English at University : A Guide for Second Language Writers. Lund. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKA-KAM Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-KAM Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-EKT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-EKT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPAD-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKAD-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-IBE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-MET Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-MET Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-SEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-SEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-TLI Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-TLI Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-TEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-TEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-BTB Doctoral, 1. year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-BTB Doctoral, 1. year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-BTB Doctoral, 2. year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-BTB Doctoral, 2. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Presentations
  • Trends and development
  • Academic writing
  • Linking
  • Objectivity and formality
  • Passive 
  • Hedging
  • Articles
  • Relative clauses
  • Wordorder and emphasis
  • Word formation
  • Technical and academic vocabulary