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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1. Introduction, information on the course. 7.1 Prototypes; Week 2. 7.2 Comparisons; 7.3 Products Week 3. How to Give a Presentation; Additional material: Apps to Support Ergonomics Week 4. 8.1 Theft; 8.2 Security Week 5. 8.3 Emergency; HW (self-study): Review UNIT D Week 6. 9.1 Proposals; 9.2 Definitions Week 7. 9.3 Contracts; 10.1 Plans Week 8. 10.2 Reports; Additional material: Describing and Interpreting Visual Information Week 9. 10.3 Methods; HW (self-study): Review UNIT E Week 10. 11.1 Investigations; 11.2 Reports Week 11. 11.3 Communication; 12.1 Projects Week 12. 12.2 Performance; 12.3 Innovations; HW (self-study): Review UNIT F Week 13. Final test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Students' self-study, Practicum
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to form passives of modals (e.g., should be done; have to be made) |
| - to form and use the Past Simple tense |
| - to write a sentence including a relative clause |
| - to form and use the gerund |
| - to form and use the present and past participles |
| - to form and use the past passive |
| - to form and use first conditional clauses |
| - to make wh-questions |
| - to identify the individual parts of an abstract |
| - to form and use the Future Simple Tense |
| - to form and use the Present Perfect Simple tense |
| - to form and use the Present Progressive/Continuous tense |
| - to form and use the Present Simple tense |
| Skills |
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| - to describe events that are currently in progress |
| - to compare and contrast properties of objects in simple terms |
| - to explain the aims of some activity and reasons why something is done |
| - to give suggestions, safety precautions and warnings |
| - to describe a sequence of events |
| - to describe a function of a device |
| - to list components a machine consists of |
| - to give instructions on the use of a machine |
| - to express cause and effect in simple terms |
| - to describe completed past events |
| - to discuss work safety |
| - to talk about new technologies and recent developments in electrical engineering |
| Competences |
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| Master´s study programme: Students communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to form and use the Present Perfect passive modals: may/might/could/must/should/ought (not) to have been done |
| - to distinguish between direct and indirect questions |
| - to form and use noun phrases containing hyphenated word combinations |
| - to distinguish between the defining and non-defining relative clauses |
| - to form more complex noun phrases using pre-/post- modifiers |
| - to form and the third conditional |
| - to form and use the past tense of modals |
| - to analyze a structure of a short spoken presentation |
| Skills |
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| - to compare and contrast properties of objects using a variety of phrases |
| - to explain technical principles to lay persons |
| - to use analogies and rephrasing to provide additional explanations |
| - to talk about security and safety in a workplace |
| - to speculate about possibilities, impossibilities and probabilities in the past |
| - to express regret |
| - to give incident reports |
| - to express degrees of agreement and disagreement |
| - to make proposals, give suggestions and recommendations |
| - to define a technical term |
| - to describe a test method |
| - to participate in a pre-contract discussion |
| - to give test reports |
| - to process data |
| - to write an accident report |
| - to write an abstract |
| - to identify a problem and suggest a solution |
| - to express necessity in the past |
| - to evaluate their progress in English |
| - to use complex phrasal verbs |
| - to rephrase a conditional clause |
| - to predict future trends in electrical engineering |
| - to give a short presentation on a technical topic; to answer follow-up questions |
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| Master´s study programme: Graduates communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language. |
| teaching methods |
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| Practicum |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Discussion |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| assessment methods |
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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, David. Technical English 4 : course book. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4082-2955-2.
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Jacques, C. Technical English 4 Workbook with Key. UK: Pearson Longman, 2013.
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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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