Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

English Language 1/I

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	712-2261/01
Abbreviation	A/I-AVaT
Course title	English Language 1/I
Credits	2
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: 87 - 88
3. Branches of technology, Murphy: 89 - 90
4. Technological innovations, Murphy: 1 - 4
5. Studying technology – various courses, Murphy: 5 - 7
6. Present Simple v Present Continuous, Murphy: 8 - 9
7. Design
8. Question types, Murphy: 44, 45
9. Customer care – using non-specialist language, Murphy: 47
10. Famous designers, Murphy: 15
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. .
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.

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