Course detail

English III

FSI-4A3Acad. year: 2005/2006

English III follows on to English I and English II.Within General English it continues to develop the four language skills,(speaking, listening, reading, writing ),emphasizing the ability of the student to communicate in everyday situations.
Within Technical English it extends basic technical terminology and encourages students to analyse more difficult technical texts.
Since the beginning of the term 2000/2001 English language courses
have been organized as follows 1) classroom courses - 2 hours a week
2) computer lab. courses (Call)
2 hours once per 2weeks
(odd and even weeks)

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Radim Přímal

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

English III provides opportunity to acquire and develop higher level communication skills.Within Technical
English it extends basic technical terminology and encourages student to analyse more difficult technical
texts using dictionary by his work.

Prerequisites

English III follows up on English I and English II. (on pre-intermediate level)

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit conditions: Attendance at classroom and Call courses,fulfilment of continuous assessment conditions.
If the student doesn't fulfil these conditions, in certain cases teacher may determine alternative condition.
Exam consists of two parts - oral and written. The written part contains revision of grammar,lexical structures and technical texts. The maximum number of points for this part is 100. If the student gets less
than 50 points, he fails and can't continue with oral part.The oral part includes conversation on a variety
of topics.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course continues to develop the four language skills (reading,listening,speaking,writing )focused
on more difficult general and technical texts (instructions, descriptions, forms). Student learns to express
himself more effectively on a variety of topics.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Student is allowed to have two absences with leave at classroom courses.If the number of absences is higher,
student is obliged to compensate them in the earliest possible time. In certain cases teacher may determine
alternative condition.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory prerequisite
- English II

Basic literature

John,Liz Soars: New Headway Pre-intermediate (Student's Book)
J. Comfort, S. Hick, A. Savage: Basic Technical English

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá
Mgr. Jitka Kudličková
Mgr. Martina Neumanová
Mgr. Tereza Suchá
PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová
Mgr. Marie Urbančíková
PhDr. Božena Zavadilová

Syllabus

New Headway Pre - Intermediate HW U11 - U14
Basic Technical English BTE U17 - U24
1.HW - U11 BTE - U17
2.HW - U11 BTE - U18
3.HW - U11 BTE - U19
4.HW - U12 BTE - U19
5.HW - U12 BTE - U20
6.HW - U12 BTE - U21
7.HW - U13 BTE - U21
8.HW - U13 BTE - U22
9.HW - U13 BTE - U22
10.HW - U14 BTE - U23
11.HW - U14 BTE - U24
12.HW - U14 BTE - U24
13.Revision lesson
14.Credits

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Jaroslava Hrubá
Ing. Radim Přímal
PhDr. Radomíra Staudková
Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

English Connection - EC (Technical English) U7 - U12

1. EC - U7 Setting up a PC
2. EC - U8 The internet, Surfing
3. EC - U9 Job evaluation
4. EC - U10 CAD 1, CAD 2
5. EC - U11 Chasing a supplier 2, Project completion
6. EC - U12 A presentation, A job offer
7. Credits

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

English III

Type of course unit