Technical English II (FSI-TEN2)

Academic year 2025/2026
Supervisor: Mgr. Jaroslav Trávníček  
Supervising institute: ÚJ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Course type: departmental course
Aims of the course unit:

The aim of the course is to teach the language skills needed by university students and company employees in a range of engineering branches.

A student who successfully completes the TEN2 course has the capability of working with specialist vocabulary and has acquired skills necessary for understanding the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialisation. They have the ability to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, present various topics, describe facts and explain procedures with an emphasis on technology-specific functions.
Learning outcomes and competences:
 
Prerequisites:

The course is intended for students who are capable of using the vocabulary and grammatical structures dealt with in Technical English I (TEN1).

Links to other subjects:
compulsory prerequisite: English 4 [A4]
compulsory co-requisite: English 5 [A5]
compulsory co-requisite: Technical English I [TEN1]
Course contents:
 
Teaching methods and criteria:
 
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:

The credit requirements are based on student’s work during the semester and a credit test. During the semester the student can earn 4 marks for active participation in class and fulfilment of optional assignments, and at the end of the semester they take a credit test, in which they can earn 40 marks. In order to fulfil the credit requirements, the student must earn a minimum of 24 marks in total. In case this benchmark is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test once in the exam period.

Active participation in class is one of the credit requirements. Attendance is systematically checked by the teacher and students are allowed to miss two seminars.
Controlled participation in lessons:
 
Type of course unit:
    Language exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Language exercise

  1. Introduction, U7 - vocabulary: electronics and ICT, comparison and contrasting

  2. U7 - giving explanations, rephrasing and using analogies

  3. U8 - speculating about past, modals with perfect infinitive

  4. U8 - vocabulary: security, indirect questions

  5. U8 - expressing degrees of agreement, revision - Review Unit

  6. U9 - vocabulary: smart or automated systems, making proposals and recommendations

  7. U9 - vocabulary: sensors and mechatronics, technical definitions

  8. U9 - vocabulary: contracts, stipulating conditions

  9. U10 - technical writing, compound nouns and adjectives

  10. U10 - vocabulary: NDT, problem-solving, revision - Review Unit

  11. U11 - vocabulary: power engineering, third conditional

  12. U11 - summarising, writing an abstract, presenting findings, revision

  13. credit test
Literature - fundamental:
1. BONAMY, David. Technical English 4: Course Book and eBook. Second Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2022. ISBN 978-1-292-42449-1.
Literature - recommended:
2. IBBOTSON, Mark. Professional English in Use: Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-73488-2.
3. BRIEGER, Nick a Alison POHL. Technical English Vocabulary and Grammar. Andover: Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2002. ISBN 978-1-902741-76-5.
4. MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-108-45765-1.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-VKP-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
C-AKR-P full-time study CLS -- Cr 0 Elective 1 1 S
B-ENE-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-FIN-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-KSI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-MAI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-MET-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STI-A full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STR-P full-time study AIŘ Applied Computer Science and Control -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STR-P full-time study KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STR-P full-time study SSZ Machine and Equipment Construction -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STR-P full-time study STG Manufacturing Technology -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-ZSI-P full-time study STI Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-ZSI-P full-time study MTI Materials Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 2 S