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Course detail

English for post-graduates

Subjet code : FEKT-DJA6
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication
Academic year: 2011/2012
Open: Yes
Supervisor: PhDr. Dagmar Malíková
Department: Departement of Foreign Languages
Study level: Doctoral
Study form: combined study
Language of instruction: Czech
Number of credits: 4
Completion: examination
Year of study: 1
Semester: winter
Duty: general knowledge

The study programmes with the given course

Objective of the course – aims of the course unit:
Reading comprehension, writing abstracts, reports and articles, presentation and communication skills. Note:this is a one-semester course
Objective of the course – learning outcomes and competences:
Ability to distinguish various writing styles,reading comprehension, writing abstracts, reports and articles, reproducing text on the basis of taken notes, communication skills, and presentation of research results.
Prerequisites:
An intermediate-level examination, examination passed as part of admission procedure to the doctoral study programme
Course contents (annotation):
A course for postgraduate students focused on preparing them for the examination which is required for completion of postgraduate study. Various writing skills are trained and developed during the course:taking notes,language tools for writing abstracts,reports and articles.
Communication skills are developed for giving presentations.
Teaching methods and criteria:
Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in Article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
examination - written and oral
Course curriculum:
Text analysis, listening, reproduction, language functions and grammar, difficult words and expressions, academic English, scientific/technical writing
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences:
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Recommended reading:
S. Philpot, L. Curnick : New Headway Academic Skills, OUP 2007
Electronic materials produced by the Department of Languages, FEEC VUT Brno
Writing Professional English, Leonardo da Vinci project, VUT v Brně 2005
R. Murphy: English grammar in use for intermediate students (new), CUP 2004

Type of course unit:
Language exercise: 26 hours, compulsory
Teacher: PhDr. Dagmar Malíková
PhDr. Ludmila Neuwirthová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Milan Smutný, Ph.D.