712-3106/01 – English for Civil Engineers (ApSI)

Gurantor department	Institute of Languages	Credits	2
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Barbara Kratochvílová	Subject version guarantor	Mgr. Barbara Kratochvílová
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	1	Semester	summer
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2020/2021	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FAST	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
SLA14	Mgr. Karolina Slamová, Ph.D.
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 acquire communication skills in professional English with the output level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

Students will learn to network with colleagues and business contacts, deal with various situations on the phone, acquire phrases concerning clearing up information, planning a business trip, polite requests. He/she will learn to use the language of making decisions. The teacher reserves the right to modify, supplement and make changes, should the need arise.

Compulsory literature:

POWELL, M., In Company 3.0 Intermediate Student's Book. Macmillan Education 2014. ISBN 978-0-230-45520-7.

Recommended literature:

MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2004. ISBN 9780521537629. MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. UK. Cambridge University Press 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-77529-8.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit test

E-learning

Other requirements

Active participation during tutorials, working out of assigned written and oral tasks, 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%. Required level of English: B1 Required level of English: B1

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

U 1-6 . Making contacts 2. Discussing appropriate conversation topics 3. Present tenses 4. Business phrasal verbs 5. Rules for successful networking 6. Making the most of business networking events 7. Making polite requests 8. Using fixed expressions in meetings 9. Conditionals 10. Chairing a meeting 11. Negotiations 12. Handling calls 13. Job interviews, CV and a cover letter 14. Credit test The teacher reserves the right to modify, supplement and make changes, should the need arise.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)

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

Valid from	Valid until	Mandatory attendence participation
May 7, 2019 4:16:57 PM	Dec 30, 2022 2:23:48 AM	Active participation in the course, 80% attendance compulsory.
May 7, 2019 4:16:38 PM	May 7, 2019 4:16:57 PM	Active participation in the course, attendance at least 80%. Credit test at least 65% correct answers.

Mandatory attendence participation: - active participation in the lessons - working out of assigned written tasks - compulsory attendance - 80 %

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - active participation in the first and the last seminar - working out of assigned written tasks - self-study of the relevant units from the textbook

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2024/2025	(N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2021/2022	(N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2020/2021	(N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

Assessment of instruction

2022/2023 Summer