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English Language c/III for USP (intermediate)

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Course Unit Code712-2247/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
LAN20Mark Landry
CHU01Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová
WLO74Mgr. Andrea Wlochová, Ph.D.
JUR21Mgr. Radka Juříčková, Ph.D.
PEL12Mgr. Barbara Kratochvílová
ZUB0006Mgr. Pavla Zubková
SMU0007Mgr. Kateřina Smutná
TRA0015Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská
ZAP0042Mgr. Andrea Zapletalová
PRE0053Ing. Radim Pretsch
SPU0044Mgr. Kateřina Spurná
SWI0018Mgr. Eva Swiechová
MAT0433Mgr. Gabriela Matyášková, Ph.D.
Summary
The lessons focus on mastering the lexicon, grammar, and phraseology within the given scope. Students will acquire complex language skills, they will be able to use terminology related to the course topics, so that they will be able to apply them once they are working as managing professionals within an international working environment.
Students will be able to discuss technological developments and write a short report using language structures for comparing and contrasting. Students will become familiar with vocabulary that they can use to explain the technical terms to the laymen/laywomen and will also learn how to express the degree of possibility and probability in assessing risks. Students will become familiar with the vocabulary associated with product launches and language structures commonly used in contract discussions.
Students also work with online lecture modules created for selected professional texts according to the faculty's focus and thus develop their knowledge of terminology in their field.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to deepen general language knowledge and to create the foundations of professional English within all language skills, i.e. speaking, writing, reading and listening with the output level of B2-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Course Contents
Technical English 4: Units 7-9

1. Technological development
2. Comparing and contrasting in technical reports
3. Product launches
4. Incidents - theft
5. Expressing possibility and probability
6. Security, indirect questions
7. Emergency
8. Revision
9. Agreements, gerund forms
10. Defining a term
11. Language used in discussing contracts
12. Revision
13. Credit test

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Bonamy, David: Technical English 4 Course Book and eBook, 2nd Edition. Pearson, 2022. ISBN: 9781292424491.

Bonamy, David: Technical English 4 Course Book and eBook, 2nd Edition. Pearson, 2022. ISBN: 9781292424491.

Recommended Reading:
MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. 5th edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2019.
Mobilní aplikace: English Grammar in Use (iOS & Android)
Mobilní aplikace: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)

MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. 5th edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2019.
Mobilní aplikace: English Grammar in Use (iOS & Android)
Mobilní aplikace: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)


Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined