Course detail
English 4
FSI-A4Acad. year: 2020/2021
The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at intermediate level.
Prerequisites
Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level / A2 (CEFR) as minimum, as well as with grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course A3.
- compulsory co-requisite
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
CLARE, Antonia, J. J. WILSON a Stephanie DIMOND-BAYIR. Speakout: intermediate. 2nd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-292-11594-8. (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7. (EN)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test (at least 30 points out of 50). For the computer assisted part, students are required to collect 60% in the elearning activities and submit an individual written task. There is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
Language of instruction
English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. It is intended to consolidate the knowledge obtained at secondary school and practice all four language skills.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two language seminars and one seminar of computer assisted language learning. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B3A-P Bachelor's
branch B-MTI , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-MET , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional - Programme B3S-P Bachelor's
branch B-AIŘ , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-STI , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-SSZ , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-STG , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-EPP , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
branch B-KSB , 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. U5: Technology, information. Comparatives and superlatives, question tags.
2. U5: Asking experts. Polite requests. Present and answer questions on your area of expertise. Explain and solve problems.
3. U5: Talk about inventions. Advantages/disadvantages.
4. U6: Real conditionals, hypothetical conditional: present/future, giving news.
5 U6: -ing/-ed adjectives, verb-noun collocations, life events.
6. U6: Talk about emotions, discuss what you would do in different situations.
7. U7: Success: verb phrases. Present perfect simple versus continuous.
8. U7: Present and past ability. Qualifications.
9. U7: Give/clarify opinions. Describe an achievement.
10. U8: Communities, social situations.
11. U8: Articles and quantifiers, relative clauses.
12. U8: Internet, real-world/online activities.
13. Credit test.
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
A targeted individual teaching which derives benefits from the electronical support - introduction to technical English with the use of authentic videos.
eLearning
eLearning: currently opened course