Course detail
English for bachelors 2
FEKT-CAN4Acad. year: 2018/2019
A standard course of English for intermediate students orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance).
Prerequisites
The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Taylor, Liz: International Express Intermediate.New edition. Student's Book. OUP 2005
Sada technických materiálů.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods include homework and active study of e-learning.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Written semester test.
Written final exam.
Language of instruction
English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Modal verbs. Differences between British and American English.
2. Giving presentations. Reading: International Outsourcing.
3. Future arrangements and intentions. Collocations.
4. Present Continuous and 'going to'. Business communication.
5. Temporal clauses. Writing e-mails.
6. 1st and 2nd Conditionals. Phrasal verbs.
7. Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous. Job descriptions.
8. Describing a process. Interviewing techniques.
9. 3rd Conditional. Confusing words.
10. Business correspondence. 'Should' + perfect infinitive.
11. Reported speech. Collocations.
12. Technical text. Social responses.
13. Semester test.
Aims
Acquisition of new vocabulary.
Developing grammar knowledge.
Developing the language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing)
Introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English.
Work with semi-technical texts.
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.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme EEKR-BC Bachelor's
branch BC-AMT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-EST , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-MET , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-SEE , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-TLI , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-AMT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-EST , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-MET , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge
branch BC-SEE , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, general knowledge