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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Introduction to Company English I

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 712-0130/02
Abbreviation UFA/I
Course title Introduction to Company English I
Credits 2
Coordinating department Institute of Languages
Course coordinator Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská

Subject syllabus

1.Activities with selected texts (reading, translating, conversation)
2.Practising problematic grammar
3.Practising chosen general topics for conversation
4.Practising and enriching basic professional topics for the Faculty of Metallurgy and Material Engineering
5.Veryfing the acquired knowledge
Cílem je získání řečové dovednosti v anglickém odborném jazyce na úrovni B1-B2 Společného referenčního rámce pro jazyky.Výuka probíhá jednou týdně 90 minut a je zaměřena na následující témata:
1. Unit 1-2
Present Simple – Questions
Pillar 1 – Heavy Machinery and Engineering
2. Units 3-4
Making Comparisons
Pillar 1 – Heavy Machinery and Engineering
3. Units 5-6
Past Simple
Pillar 2 – Metallurgy
4. Units 7-8
Present Continuous
Pillar 3 – Steel Cylinders and Vessels
5. Units 9-10
Modal verbs
Pillar 3 – Steel Cylinders and Vessels
6. Units 11-12
Modal verbs
Pillar 4 – Power Systems Engineering
7. Units 13-14
Adverbs
Pillar 5 – Transport Engineering
8. Units 15-16
Passive
Pillar 6 – Steel Structures
9. Units 17-18
Quantifiers
Pillar 6 – Steel Structures1)
10. Units 19-20
First Conditional and Time Clauses
Pillar 7 – Extinguishing Technology
11 Unit 21
Present Perfect and Past Simple
Pillar 8 – Services



Literature

Selected basic professional topics for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TT-Contact,s.r.o. company materials

Advised literature

IBBOTSON, 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.