712-2242/02 – English Language b/II for USP (pre-intermediate) (Ab/II-USP)

Gurantor department	Institute of Languages	Credits	2
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová	Subject version guarantor	Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type B
Year	1	Semester	summer
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2018/2019	Year of cancellation	2021/2022
Intended for the faculties	FS, USP, FEI, FMT	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
TRA0015	Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit	0+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

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 A2 – B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

The instruction focuses on managing vocabulary, grammar and phrases within the set range. Students able to explain how a mechanism works, explain the difference between products, he/she understands and uses numbers and quantities accurately. He/she knows key terms for security equipment and describes its function. He/she differentiates between common manufacturing processes and treatments and learns to describe a manufacturing process. The student specifies different means of transport and is able to talk about skyscraper construction.

Compulsory literature:

HARDING, Keith a Alastair LANE. International express. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-441825-6. MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007. ISBN 978 0521 67580 2.

Recommended literature:

GLENDING, H. Technology 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2007. ISBN 978 0 19 4569507. MCCARTHY, M., O'DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use Elementary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010. ISBN 9780521136174. IBBOTSON, M. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN 9780521715188. IBBOTSON, M. Professional English in Use Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009.

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 1, 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 1: Units 5 - 8 1. Inventions, Murphy: 10 - 11 2. Mechanism of the clockwork radio, Murphy: 12 3. Time clauses, Murphy: 98 4. Numbers and quantities 5. Customer care – Explaining the difference between products 6. The function of equipment 7. Writing – short report and linking words 8. Manufacturing processes and treatments, alloys, raw materials 9. Present Passive, Murphy: 21 10. The injection moulding machine, Water jet abrasive cutting, Murphy: 23 - 24 11. The car of the future, Murphy: 25 - 26 12. Prediction: will, may, might, Murphy: 27, 28 13. Customer care – Making and acknowledging apologies, Murphy: 103 14. Credit test

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Winter semester, validity until: 2021/2022 Summer semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit	Credit	10	5	3

Valid from	Valid until	Mandatory attendence participation
Feb 13, 2018 12:47:52 AM	Dec 15, 2022 5:48:39 PM	Active class participation and 80% attendance are compulsory.

Mandatory attendence participation: - active participation in the lessons - compulsory attendance - 80 % - passing e-learning course successfully (75% of each module)

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - active participation in the first and the last seminar - self-study of the relevant units from the textbook - passing e-learning course successfully (75% of each module) - self-study of the technical texts and exercises posted on LMS

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2021/2022	(B0588A170002) Applied Sciences and Technologies		P	English	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2020/2021	(B0588A170002) Applied Sciences and Technologies		P	English	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2019/2020	(B3942) Nanotechnology	(3942R001) Nanotechnology	P	English	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(B0588A170002) Applied Sciences and Technologies		P	English	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2018/2019	(B3942) Nanotechnology	(3942R001) Nanotechnology	P	English	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan

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