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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

English Language b/I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 712-0105/02
Abbreviation Ab/I
Course title English Language b/I
Credits 1
Coordinating department Institute of Languages
Course coordinator Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská

Subject syllabus

Cambridge English for Engineering: Units 1 - 3.8
Portfolio 2008 (1 - 6)

1. Global positioning system
2. Space elevators
3. OTIS – Unique Flat Belt
4. Emphasising technical advantages
5. Simplifying and illustrating technical explanations
6. Materials technology
7. Describing specific materials
8. Categorising materials
9. Specifying and describing properties
10. Kevlar
11. Discussing quality issues
12. Components and assemblies
13. Explaining and assessing manufacturing techniques
14. Credit test

Technology 2: Units 1 - 4 od ZS 2013/2014

1. Products and courses
2. –ing form and to infinitive
3. Presentations: ordering a presentation (making notes, creating
questions and preparing for an audience)
4. Famous agricultural inventions
5. What is precision agriculture?
6. Special technologies for testing fruit
7. Presentations: beginning a presentation
8. Irrigation system in Africa and Asia
9. Bridges and tunnels
10. The passive
11. Properties of plastics
12. Presentations: reading graphs and charts
13. Packaging technology, writing memos
14. Credit test

Literature

IBBOTSON, M. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN 9780521715188.

GLENDING, H., POHL, A. Technology 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008. ISBN 9780194569538.

Advised literature

MCCARTHY, M.,O´DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use Elementary. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press 2010. ISBN 9780521136174 .

MURPHY, R. Cambridge English Grammar In Use Elementary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.

IBTSON, M. Professional English in Use Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN 9780521734882.

MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2004. ISBN 9780521537629.