Course detail
English Language Tutorial for PhD Students
FAST-DYA004Acad. year: 2025/2026
The subject comprises six tutorials. Students read English scientific literature connected with their research. It can be a book, its part or a set of papers. The text should be 120-150 pages long. Students chose texts whose topic is useful for their research. The tutor approves of the texts. Students hand in 10-20 key terms with their translation and its source. Student also hand in a written summary of the text(s). It should be approx. one page long.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
Knowledge of a certain amount of the technical vocabulary of the respective field and the grammatical features characteristic of the professional language style.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DKA-V Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-V Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPA-V Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-V Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DKA-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPA-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DKA-K Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-K Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPA-K Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-K Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DKA-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPA-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPA-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DPC-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme DKA-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. The tutor approves of the text(s) chosen by the student for reading and recommends useful dictionaries containing civil engineering English.
- 2. Consulting language problems.
- 3. Consulting language problems.
- 4. Consulting language problems.
- 5. Consulting language problems.
- 6. Consulting the key terms list and the written summary of the reading.