English (UNICERT ? advanced prep. course 1)
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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104XA1U | Z | 0 | 3C | Czech |
- Garant předmětu:
- Sandra Giormani
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Sandra Giormani, Kateřina Konečná, Raquel Nogueira Rizzotto Falcäo
- Supervisor:
- Department of Languages
- Synopsis:
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CERTIFIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES
UNIcert® Certificate
- English for Civil Engineers and Architects, UNIcert® II (level B2)
General information
- Enhance language skills useful for professional employment
- Focus on skills: scientific writing, presentation skills, reading comprehension and Use of English
- Current professional topics in the world of civil engineering
- After completing the two-semester course, it is possible to apply for the B2 level certified exam
The B2 level course is suitable for:
- PhD students and students already in the Bachelor's degree programme
- students who are going on a internship abroad
- future researchers
- prospective employees of foreign construction companies
- if you want to deepen and improve your professional English, you can take only one semester without taking the certificate
- Requirements:
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necessary B1+ language level in English
- Syllabus of lectures:
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This course is not a lecture but practical session:
Course code: 104XA1U
Duration: 3 hours / 1 semester
For more information see Outline and Syllabus of Exercises
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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UNICERT II – Syllabus
This course consists of 3 parts:
1- Introduction to academic English and grammar
2- Presentation skills
3- Introduction to professional English for architects and CE
1-Introduction to academic English and grammar
0)Placement; Introduction to presentation skills; overview of the principles of academic English
1)Placement test correction; Introduction to presentation skills; overview of the principles of academic English
●GR – Placement test correction; basic principle of presentation skills; making a presentation: vocabulary
●AE – the specifics of academic English (U1);
SELF-STUDY Key nouns (U2)
●SPEAKING SKILLS: presentations: brainstorm questions; making a presentation (video)
2)The basics of formal and informal language 1+2
•GR – nominalization; using It…; There… and I, we, you, one; formal verbs, nouns, adjectives; other formal phrases and structures; Being formal review (challenge yourself)
•AE - Academic writing 1 – Academic vocabulary + IELTS vocabulary sets Academic writing 2 – Paragraphs + Organising your writing (U39)
SELF-STUDY Key verbs (U3)
Listening: the properties of materials (Mr G)
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
3)The language of argumentation and persuasion 1
•GR – Scope; thesis statement; presenting , supporting arguments and counterarguments ; expressing advantages and disadvantages; conclusions and recommendations
•AE – Academic writing 3 – Writing assignments + Sources (U23)
SELF-STUDY Key adjective (U4)
•SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
4)The language of argumentation and persuasion2
•GR – the language of argumentation review (challenge yourself)
•AE – Academic writing 4 – Argumentation + Facts, evidence and data (U24)
SELF-STUDY Key adverbs (U5)
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
5)Tense review 1
●GR – present; past
●AE – Academic writing 5 – Citation skills + reporting what others say (U32)
SELF-STUDY Phrasal verbs in AE (U6)
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
6)Tense review 2
●GR – future; review
●AE – Verbs and the words they combine with (U12)
Listening, speaking: Phrases that express speculation/hypothesis
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
7)Comparing and contrasting
●GR – comparative and superlative adj/adv; comparisons; modifying adj/adv; expressing similarity and contrast;
●AE Key quantifying expressions (U7)
SELF-STUDY Words with several meanings (U8)
Listening, speaking: What are the differences and similarities between architects and civil engineers?
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
8)Noun phrases 1
●GR – articles and quantifiers
●AE – Academic writing 6 – Essay writing + nouns and the words they combine with (U10)
SELF-STUDY Adjective and noun combinations (U11)
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
9) Noun phrases 2
●GR – ADJ+nouns; noun+noun; noun+prep. Phrases; noun+ noun clauses
●AE – nouns and prepositions (U15)
SELF-STUDY Prepositional phrases (U13)
Listening, vocab, written assignment: tackling environmental issues
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
10)Stating facts and opinions
●GR – facts and figures and giving others´/own opinions
●AE – statistics (U26)
SELF-STUDY Fixed expressions (U16)
Listening, speaking: Comparing thermosets and thermoplastics
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
11) Stating facts and opinions
●GR – facts and figures and giving opinions
●AE –graphs and diagrams (U27)
SELF-STUDY Verbs and prepositions (U14)
Paragraph matching; gap fill Design
●SPEAKING SKILLS: individual students’ presentations
2 and 3 - Presentation skills and
Introduction to professional English
2- Presentation skills and introduction to professional English
A)Sustainable Architecture and Engineering
1)Architecture and Indoor Environment
•Indoor environment quality – current problems & possible solutions
•Residential buildings sustainable design – principles & examples
2) Renewable Sources of Energy and Alternative Materials
•Renewable and alternative sources of energy
•Off-grid houses – principles, solutions & examples
•Building materials in terms of sustainability – alternative and green materials
3) Building Services
•Water management in buildings – current approaches and possibilities
•Smart solutions & technologies – possibilities & examples
4) Urban Design
•Smart cities – principles & examples
•Urban planning - heat islands, greenery and water management
•Brownfields redevelopment
B)Civil Engineering - Structures and Technology
5) Transportation Engineering
•Transportation Infrastructure – roads, railways, bridges, harbours, airports
•Use of concrete and steel in transportation engineering
•Reconstruction and maintenance of road and railway Structures
6) Hydraulic and Offshore Structures
•Dams and reservoirs – architecture, structure, materials
•Offshore structures – issues and examples (oil rigs, artificial islands, etc.)
7) Technologies and Innovations
•High rise buildings – structures, materials & construction process
•Innovative materials & technologies - 3D & 4D printing, permeable concrete, biomimetics etc.
C)Development of Architecture and Civil Engineering
8) History of Architecture
•History of masonry structures
•Most influential buildings of 19th & 20th century in terms of architectural and structural development
9) Restoration and Maintenance of Historical Buildings
•Historical buildings in the Czech Republic – renovation & maintenance, refurbishment & retrofitting
10) Modern Technologies and Approaches
•Building information modelling (BIM)
•Virtual reality and laser scanning in civil engineering
11)Into the Future
•Space architecture – space stations and space hotels, a long-term stay in space influence on human body
•Mars and Moon colonies – outer worlds colonisation related problems, architectural conceptions
- Study Objective:
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The aim of the course is to consolidate all the necessary skills in both academic and professional language; to promote students' ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice
- Study materials:
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Specific resources in the area of Civil engineering and Architecture
K. PATERSON, R. WEDGE: Oxford Grammar for EAP (English for Academic Purposes), OUP, 2013
M. MCCARTHY, F. O´DELL: Academic Vocabulary in Use, CUP, 2007
- Note:
- Further information:
- http://departments.fsv.cvut.cz/k104/index.php/certifikat-unicert/
- Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans: