Course detail

English in Sport Tech

CESA-SESTAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is designed to teach English as a foreign language at a general level, with an additional focus on English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It emphasizes  Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach. 

 Most students who take this course enjoy the blended learning method based on student centered approach in which students learn about a subject by working in groups to solve an open-ended problems concerning studies and sport technology topics. It helps students to develop the critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities they need for academic study and success.  

    • Collaboration and self-management.
    • Designing the project theme and making the project proposal, executing the tasks of project
    • Final presentation of the project report (solving an open-ended problem).

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.

Department

Centre of Sports Activities (CESA)

Entry knowledge

The course will build upon the language skills students have acquired in secondary school, expanding them in the context of ESP and academic topics, with a particular focus on sports technology, enhancing their previous course  called English skills 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students will present their chosen project in a format selected at the beginning of the semester (e.g., booklet, webpage, presentation, article, etc.). The final product will be graded.

Aims

The course will build upon the language skills students have acquired in secondary school, expanding them in the context of academic topics. The primary aim of the course is to enhance students' competencies and skills in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at the B2 level of the CEFR. The course places particular emphasis on Project-Based Learning (PBL) skills. (Students spend sustained periods of study time exploring and solving real-work problems.)

Students will consolidate general vocabulary and grammar structures relevant to the workplace at an intermediate level, further extending these in the context of academic discussions and presentations. Cooperation and the final project is a mandatory component of the course.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

- (EN)
-BRIEGER, Nick a Alison POHL. Technical English Vocabulary and Grammar. Andover: Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2002. ISBN 978-1-902741-76-5. (EN)
Gold Standard: Project Design Elements. (n.d.). PBLWorks. Retrieved December 21, 2023, from https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl/gold-standard-project-design (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)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme SPC-STC Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course