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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1: Introduction, information on the course. 7a: Statements (reported speech) Week 2: 7bc: Incidents and Progress (present and past tenses) Week 3: 8a: Electric Motors (numbers, dimensions, Present Perfect Simple); Presentation basics Week 4: Additional material: Electrical Circuits; Presentation basics Week 5: 8bc: Projects (describing a method and purpose) Week 5: 9ab: Inventions (comparison, comparatives, superlatives) Week 6: 9bc: Buildings and Sites (shapes) Week 7: Additional material: E-mobility Week 8: 12bc: Priorities (comparison and contrast) Week 9: 10a: Incidents and Reports (past tenses revision) Week 10: 10bc: Investigation and Speculation (passive modals, third conditional) Week 11: 11ab: Equipment (materials and their use); 11c: Properties (suggesting improvements) Week 12: 12a: Threats (describing graphs; talking about the future) Week 13: Final test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Discussion, Instruction based on dialogue, Students' self-study, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 15 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to form and use the Present Simple tense |
| - to identify the "to" infinitive |
| to reduce a clause using the present participle |
| - to form and use the present participle |
| - to form and use the Past Simple tense |
| to identify the main sections of a formal letter |
| - to distinguish between formal and informal language |
| to identify the main sections of a CV |
| - to form and use the Present Perfect Simple tense |
| to form and use the Past Simple Tense and to distinguish it from the Present Perfect tense |
| - to form and use the imperative for the second person singular and plural |
| to form and use relative clauses |
| to form and use the passive voice |
| - to form and use yes-no and wh- questions |
| to form and use a variety of future forms |
| - to identify the morphological structure of English words |
| - to form and use the Present Simple passive and the Past Simple passive |
| to form and use the Present Perfect tense |
| - to convert an active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence |
| to form and use the first and second conditional |
| to form and use time clauses |
| - to specify the agent in passive sentences if this is necessary to make the sentence clear |
| to form and use comparative and superlative adjectives |
| - to form and use comparative and superlative forms of adjectives |
| - to convert adjectives into adverbs |
| to form and use passive modals |
| to form and use the imperative form |
| - to form and use first conditional clauses |
| to distinguish between the Present Simple and Continuous tenses |
| - to recognize and use modals in verb phrases |
| to form and use wh-questions |
| Skills |
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| to describe previous and current studies, including the plans for the future |
| - to describe events that are currently in progress |
| to talk about routine business or study duties |
| - to describe a procedure |
| - to give warnings, commands and suggestions |
| to describe what is the student involved in within his/her study/work |
| - to give dimensions and specify quantities |
| to find a suitable job advert and to respond to it |
| to write a CV and a cover letter |
| - to figure out the meaning of an unknown word within a word family based on the meaning of the root word and its morphological structure |
| to take part in a job interview |
| - to describe the location of an object, its appearance and components |
| - to compare and contrast properties of objects |
| to talk about one´s strenths and weaknesses |
| to skim and scan a text in order to identify the main ideas of a professional article |
| - to express cause and effect in simple terms |
| - to describe completed past events |
| to use various cause/effect expressions to explain how a machine works |
| - to describe materials´ properties using appropriate adjectives |
| to describe events that started in the past but have just stopped or will be still happening in the future |
| - to skim and scan a text |
| to describe a technical problem and to suggest its solution |
| - to ask about any unknown sentence element in order to get the desired information |
| to give future predictions using the degrees of certainty |
| to describe a process |
| to compare/contrast and weigh alternatives |
| to give instructions |
| to participate in a meeting; to express agreement/disagreement |
| to talk over the phone |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| Bachelor's study programme: uses the vocationally-oriented English language. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to form various types of purpose clauses (with the subject identical or different from that of the main clause) |
| to form and use the reported speech |
| - to identify the individual parts of an abstract |
| to form and use the Past Continuous tense |
| - to identify collocations in a text |
| to form and use the Present Perfect passive and the Past Simple passive |
| - to write a sentence including a relative clause |
| to modify comparatives |
| - to form the Future Simple passive and the Present Perfect passive |
| to modify superlatives |
| - to form passives of modals (e.g., should be done; have to be made) |
| to form and use complex noun phrases |
| - to form the Past Progressive/Continuous tense |
| to form and use the perfect infinitive + modals |
| - to distinguish between concurrent and sequential past events/actions |
| to form and use the third conditional |
| - to distinguish among various types of graph |
| to form and use phrasal modals |
| - to label various electrical components |
| to form and use the Future Perfect tense |
| Skills |
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| to report an incident |
| - to explain the aims of some activity and reasons why something is done |
| - to describe an experiment and report about it |
| to talk about past events |
| to describe a process and a method |
| - to describe a sequence of events |
| to describe shapes, technical drawings and specifications |
| - to write an abstract |
| to report on damage |
| - to describe the principle, function and application of a device |
| - to use various means to check effectively the correctness of some less-known collocations |
| to speculate and show various levels of certainty |
| to express regret |
| - to give instructions using the imperative mood |
| to give advice and suggest a solution |
| - to compare and contrast things |
| - to add more information to a text using suitable phrases of addition in order to achieve good coherence of the text |
| to describe materials properties |
| to participate in a meeting actively and to take minutes |
| - to describe a production process |
| - to give safety precautions and warnings |
| to describe abilities and skills |
| to make predictions about the future |
| - to express a complex formal rule or prohibition |
| to describe a graph and do a SWOT analysis |
| - to write a job accident report |
| - to rephrase a sentence to express the same meaning in a different way |
| to compare and contrast |
| to undestand and communicate issues related to the environment, electrical engineeing and the automotive industry |
| - to describe safety risks |
| - to describe simultaneous past actions |
| - to describe sequential past events |
| - to describe a graph |
| - to express approximations |
| - to describe an electrical circuit |
| Competences |
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| Bachelor's study programme: students communicate their knowledge, skills and competencies in at least one foreign language. Bachelor's study programme: through their self-study of theoretical background, their practical experience and its evaluation, students are able to acquire further specialist knowledge, skills and competencies. |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Practicum |
| E-learning |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Discussion |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| E-learning |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| E-learning |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Portfolio |
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Recommended literature
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Bonamy, D. Technical English 3. UK, 2018. ISBN 9781408229477.
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Hollett, Vicki. Tech talk : pre-intermediate student's book. 1st ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-457458-X.
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Jacques, C. Technical English 3 workbook with key + Audio CD pack. UK, 2018. ISBN 9781408267981.
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Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English. 3rd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53289-2.
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Sydes, John. Tech talk : pre-intermediate workbook. 1st pub. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-457460-1.
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