Course detail

Professional Spanish – Part 2

FAST-BYS6Acad. year: 2020/2021

Practice in reading for information and understanding the argumentation at B1+/B2- level of the CEF which requires a student to be able to find out information, thoughts and opinions in highly professional resources within his/her field of study. The course focuses mainly in Building Construction. PowerPoint presentation practice within the given technical topic.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of general English at B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. It is recommended that the students have completed courses BYS1 to BYS4 general spanish. It is also recommended that the students have completed the BYS5 course.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1 Studying at university and the use of IT
2 Branches of civil engineering
3 Terminology of building construction
4 Most used construction materials
5 Building construction
6 Calculation of areas, volumes and simple geometry tasks.
7 Setting a construction site
8 Soil mechanics
9 The use of concrete in construction
10 The use of wood in construction
11 The use of steel in construction
12 Brief overview of bridges, roads and railways
13 Credits

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this course is to teach the Spanish language and the basic communicative skills that are necessary to achieve the level B1.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer