Academic year 2018/2019 |
Supervisor: | Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D. | |||
Supervising institute: | ÚJ | |||
Teaching language: | English | |||
Aims of the course unit: | ||||
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. | ||||
Learning outcomes and competences: | ||||
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at pre-intermediate level. |
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Prerequisites: | ||||
Course is intended for students within the combined study programmes who are familiar with the language at elementry level. They are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding secondary school courses. | ||||
Course contents: | ||||
The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also deals with ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace. | ||||
Teaching methods and criteria: | ||||
The course is intended for the combined form of study, indivudual work of students is directed by lectures and exercises taught en bloc. | ||||
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes: | ||||
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test. Students' work in the e-learning support of the course is also reflected in the overall course assessment. Altogether it is required to collect at least 36 points out of 60 (i.e. 60%). In case the benchmark of 60% is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test. | ||||
Controlled participation in lessons: | ||||
Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher and is recommended to get the credit. | ||||
Type of course unit: | ||||
Guided consultation | 1 × 13 hrs. | optionally | ||
Controlled Self-study | 1 × 13 hrs. | compulsory | ||
Course curriculum: | ||||
Guided consultation | 1. Introduction. U1: Present simple (do, be) and question words. Talking about companies and jobs. First meetings. 2. U2. Present continuous and Present simple. Jobs, make, do, have. Emails. Talking about schedules and arrangements, going to. 3. U3: Past simple. Travelling. Telephoning. Asking for and giving advice. 4. U4: Passives. Describing people and objects. Meetings. Asking for and giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing. 5. U5: Countable and uncountable nouns. Quantity. Presentations. Eating out. 6. Revision. 7. Credit test. |
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Controlled Self-study | 1. self-study and elearning revisions for unit 1 2. self-study and elearning revisions for unit 2 3. self-study and elearning revisions for unit 3 4. self-study and elearning revisions for unit 4 5. self-study and elearning revisions for unit 5 6. self-study and preparing for the credit test 7. final revision |
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Literature - recommended: | ||||
2. MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7. |
The study programmes with the given course: | |||||||||
Programme | Study form | Branch | Spec. | Final classification | Course-unit credits | Obligation | Level | Year | Semester |
B3S-K | combined study | B-KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety | -- | Cr | 0 | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | W |
B3S-K | combined study | B-S1R Engineering | -- | Cr | 0 | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | W |
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology
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