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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

English Language b/I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 712-2181/01
Abbreviation Ab/I-HGF
Course title English Language b/I
Credits 1
Coordinating department Institute of Languages
Course coordinator Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská

Subject syllabus

Technology 1: Units 1 - 4

1. Ways in which technology affects how we live, Grammar Introduction
2. Comparisons with adjectives and adverbs, Murphy: U 87 - 88
3. Branches of technology, Murphy: U 89 - 90
4. Technological innovations, Murphy: U 1 - 4
5. Studying technology – various courses, Murphy: U 5 - 7
6. Present Simple v Present Continuous, Murphy: U 8 - 9
7. Design
8. Question types, Murphy: U 44, 45
9. Customer care – using non-specialist language, Murphy: U 47
10. Famous designers, Murphy: U15
11. Technology in sport, material properties
12. Used to, used for, made of, made from
13. Customer care – Making recommendations
14. Credit test

Literature

GLENDING, H. Technology 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2007. ISBN 978 0 19 4569507.
MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007. ISBN 978 0521 67580 2.

Advised literature

MCCARTHY, M., O'DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use Elementary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010. ISBN 9780521136174 .
IBBOTSON, M. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN 9780521715188.
IBBOTSON, M. Professional English in Use Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009.ISBN 9780521734882.