English 3 (FSI-A3)

Academic year 2020/2021
Supervisor: Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚJ all courses guaranted by this institute
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. It is intended to consolidate the knowledge obtained at secondary school and practice all four language skills.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at intermediate level.
Prerequisites:
Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level as minimum. They are expected to have the knowledge and skills corresponding to A2 level (CEFR).

Links to other subjects:
compulsory prerequisite: English 1 [A1]
povinná neslučitelnost : English 1 [A1]
compulsory co-requisite: English 2 [A2]
Course contents:
The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Teaching methods and criteria:
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test (at least 30 points out of 50). For the computer assisted part, students are required to collect 60% in the elearning activities and submit an individual written task. There is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two language seminars and one seminar of computer assisted language learning. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.
Type of course unit:
    Language exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Language exercise 1. Introduction. U1: Talking about yourself. Learning Languages. Question forms.
2. U1: Review of verb tenses. Talking about important dates in your life.
3. U1: Interview advice.
4. U2: Talking about facts. Narrative tenses.
5. U2: Present perfect and past simple.
6. U2: Talk about life stories. Say/tell.
7. U3: Future - plans and predictions. Future time markers, idioms.
8. U3: Discuss plans and arrangements.
9. U3: Dealing with misunderstandings.
10. U4: Jobs. Must/have to/should (obligation), used to, would.
11: U4: Personal qualities, adjectives, business.
12: U4: Participate in a meeting.
13. Credit test.
    Computer-assisted exercise A targeted individual teaching which derives benefits from the electronical support - introduction to technical English with the use of authentic videos.
Literature - fundamental:
1. CLARE, Antonia, J. J. WILSON a Stephanie DIMOND-BAYIR. Speakout: intermediate. 2nd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-292-11594-8.
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  
B3A-P full-time study B-MET Mechatronics -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3A-P full-time study B-MTI Materials Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-EPP Power Engineering, Processes and Environment -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-STI Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-AIŘ Applied Computer Science and Control -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-SSZ Machine and Equipment Construction -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W
B3S-P full-time study B-STG Manufacturing Technology -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 W