712-0143/01 – English Language b/III for FEI - intermediate (BME) (Ab/III-FEI)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Languages | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Jana Adámková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Jana Adámková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim is to create a grounding of general and professional language with respect to communication skills, i.e. reading, writing, speaking, and listening with the output level B2-C1 (full-time) and B1-B2 (part-time) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
The lessons focus on mastering the lexicon, grammar, and phraseology within the given scope. Students will acquire complex language skills, they will be able to use terminology related to the course topics, so that they will be able to apply them once they are working as professionals within an international working environment.
Students will be able to discuss the types and uses of biomaterials in biomedicine, deepen their vocabulary and knowledge of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, and be able to describe and explain the principles of how medical devices are used to measure the relevant parameters of the heart (ECG) and brain (EEG). Students will deepen their knowledge of the principles of forming compound words whose use is typical of professional language. They will also become familiar with idiomatic expressions the acquisition of which can enhance their spoken English.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. 5th edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2019.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit test
E-learning
Compulsory e-learning course available at: lms.vsb.cz
Other requirements
The completion of assigned written and oral tasks, active participation during tutorials. 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
English for the Bachelor’s Degree Students of Biomedical Engineering Part 3:
1) Biomaterials 1
2) Agreeing and disagreeing
3) Biomaterials 2 (infinitives and gerunds)
4) Chemical elements, idioms 1
5) The Cardiovascular system (nouns)
6) ECG – part 1, compound adjectives
7) ECG – part 2, describing medical devices
8) Idioms 2
9) ECG, giving and following instructions
10) The nervous system, idioms 3
11) Brainwaves, compound nouns
12) Summary and revision
13)Credit test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction