English language 2

The course is a substitute for:

English language 2-2 (X04A2L)

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Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course is suitable for students who have a good knowledge of the material covered in secondary school. Course objective: The course focuses on technical English and practising difficult grammar concepts.

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Course objective: The course focuses on technical English and practising difficult grammar concepts. Listening: Authentic texts, exercises from the texts, argumentation. Reading: Technical texts, newspaper articles, advertisements. Speaking: Stress on pronunciation and intonation. Discussion of technical topics, commentary, deduction, expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, ending a discussion. Writing: Letters , Curriculum Vitae, seminars on specialised topics. Grammar: Revision of tenses, participles, gerund, relative clauses, word composition. Syntax of specialised texts. Using a monolingual dictionary.

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[1] materials K 304

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Computer Science and Engineering (combined language and humanities course)