| Course Unit Code | 712-2247/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 2 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Optional |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| LAN20 | Mark Landry |
| CHU01 | Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová |
| WLO74 | Mgr. Andrea Wlochová, Ph.D. |
| JUR21 | Mgr. Radka Juříčková, Ph.D. |
| PEL12 | Mgr. Barbara Kratochvílová |
| ZUB0006 | Mgr. Pavla Zubková |
| SMU0007 | Mgr. Kateřina Smutná |
| TRA0015 | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská |
| ZAP0042 | Mgr. Andrea Zapletalová |
| PRE0053 | Ing. Radim Pretsch |
| SPU0044 | Mgr. Kateřina Spurná |
| SWI0018 | Mgr. Eva Swiechová |
| MAT0433 | Mgr. Gabriela Matyášková, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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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.
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| 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 |
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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
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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Bonamy, David: Technical English 4 Course Book and eBook, 2nd Edition. Pearson, 2022. ISBN: 9781292424491.
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Bonamy, David: Technical English 4 Course Book and eBook, 2nd Edition. Pearson, 2022. ISBN: 9781292424491.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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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)
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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)
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