712-2165/01 – English Language c/I for FS (intermediate) (Ac/I-FS)
Gurantor department | Institute of Languages | Credits | 0 |
Subject guarantor | Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course aims to deepen general language knowledge and to create the foundations of professional English within all language skills, i.e. speaking, writing, reading and listening with the output level of B2-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
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 managing professionals within an international working environment.
A student will be able to discuss discoveries and inventions (smart wells, lasers) using the present perfect continuous tense, learn to use terminology appropriate for describing a product´s specifications and properties, and also write a product recall report using the correct terms.
As part of the course, students also work with online lecture modules created for selected professional texts according to the faculty's focus and thus develop their knowledge of terminology in their field.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Mobile application: English Grammar in Use (iOS & Android)
Mobile application: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit test
E-learning
E-learning
Compulsory e-learning course available at: lms.vsb.cz
Other requirements
The completion of assigned written and oral tasks, chosen chapters from Technology 2, active participation during tutorials. 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Technology 2: Units 1 - 4
1. Products and courses
2. –ing form and to infinitive
3. Presentations: ordering a presentation (making notes, creating
questions and preparing for an audience)
4. Famous agricultural inventions
5. What is precision agriculture?
6. Special technologies for testing fruit
7. Presentations: beginning a presentation
8. Irrigation system in Africa and Asia
9. Bridges and tunnels
10. The passive
11. Properties of plastics
12. Presentations: reading graphs and charts
13. Packaging technology, writing memos
14. Credit test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction