712-1102/01 – English Language c/II for FAST (Ac/II-FAST)
Gurantor department | Institute of Languages | Credits | 2 |
Subject guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Technology 2:
The aim is to create a grounding of ESP language with respect to communication skills, i.e. reading, writing, speaking and listening with the output level B1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
Technology 2:
The instruction focuses on managing vocabulary, grammar a phrases within the set range and preparing for presentation. A student is able to assess advantages and disadvantages of generating alternative energy, describes parts of the plane, distinguishes forces affecting the plane during the flight, ecplains a principle of a hovercraft, describes design and technical conveniences of future buidings, talks about security at work, he/she is able to write a formal e-mail.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit test
E-learning
Translation of technical texts
Practice testing of technical terminology
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation during tutorials, the completion of assigned written and oral tasks, chosen chapters from Technology 1, translation of technical texts. 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%.
Students are required to translate the given texts and learn new vocabulary based on them. Students will master both vocabulary and knowledge needed for their future careers. Teachers will check the progress by tests.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Technology 2: Units 5 - 8
1. Sources of renewable energy
2. Past continuous vs. past simple
3. Wave energy, wind power and solar energy
4. Aeronautics: forces, parts of a plane and their functions
5. Making telephone calls and understanding technical details over the
phone
6. First and second conditionals
7. Earth homes
8. Obligation and necessity (modal verbs), instructions, health and
safety
9. Talking about engines
10. Compound adjectives and nouns
11. Comparatives and superlatives, writing reports
12. Presentations: body of a presentation
13. Writing effective emails
14. Credit test
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction