English Language 2-1

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Jitka Procházková (gar.), Alena Havlíčková, Markéta Havlíčková, Naděžda Němcová, Irena Petra Nováková, Pavla Péterová, Dana Saláková

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course is designed for students attending the bachelor´s program Software Technologies and Management, who study English as a compulsory subject and whose knowledge of English corresponds to Level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are supposed to reach Level C1. Course objective: The course focuses on consolidating communicative skills, covering selected topic-related technical texts and practising difficult grammar points.

Requirements:

Requirements for „zápočet“

Academic Achievement - students are due to:

-Take an active part in the language instruction.

-Meet the requirements for writing assignments - Summary/Abstract, Argumentation Paper.

-Succeed in both the midterm and the final term tests with the success rate set at 70%.

-80% and over in BOTH tests means ORAL EXAM ONLY (no written part).

Attendance - Students are allowed to be absent twice during the semester.

Requirements will be specified by individual teachers during the first class of the term.

Requirements for the Examination in English - Advanced Level (Y04A2) - see:

http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/.

Syllabus of lectures:

SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED ENGLISH - Y04A2L; A7B04A2L

Summer Term 2012/2013

Materials K 13104:

-Texts and Grammar (Available at http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/)

-English Grammar in Use; Raymond Murphy

Recommended materials:

-English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises; Murphy & Naylor

Week 1Introduction, General Information

Writing: Note-Taking

Grammar: Relative Clauses

Week 2Everyday Encryption

Writing: Paragraph Structure, Commonly Used Transitions

Grammar: Future Tenses

Week 3Cheating the Search Engines

Writing: Summary

Grammar: -ing and -ed Clauses

Week 4OpenGL

Writing: Abstract

Grammar: -ing / Infinitive Forms

Week 5Web Content Management System

Grammar: Mixed Tenses

Revision for Midterm Test

Week 6Midterm Test (60 minutes)

Grammar: Prepositions; Make - Do

Week 7Midterm Test Evaluation

Current Style in Graphic Design for the Web

Grammar: Object + Infinitive

Week 8Database Models

Writing: Argumentation Paper

Grammar: Subject + Infinitive

Week 9Wikipedia

Grammar: Linking Words; Articles (revision)

Week 10Revision for Final Term Test

Grammar: Conditionals

Week 11Final Term Test = zápočtový test

Week 12Test Evaluation

Week 13Zápočty

Requirements for „zápočet“

Academic Achievement - students are due to:

-Take an active part in the language instruction.

-Meet the requirements for writing assignments - Summary/Abstract, Argumentation Paper.

-Succeed in both the midterm and the final term tests with the success rate set at 70%.

-80% and over in BOTH tests means ORAL EXAM ONLY (no written part).

Attendance - Students are allowed to be absent twice during the semester.

Requirements will be specified by individual teachers during the first class of the term.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

The course objective is to consolidate skills aimed at gathering information from technical texts, studying and developing topic-related vocabulary, and processing information in guided presentations.Grammar: Revision of tenses, making questions (direct, indirect, subject), modal verbs with emphasis on past modals, passives,gerunds and infinitives in complex sentences, subject-verb agreement, articles, adjectives and adverbs, verbs+prepositions, time clauses, prepositions of time and place. Reading: Topic-related technical texts, interpreting graphs and diagrams, mathematical expressions. Writing: Developing presentation skills and techniques, summarizing the content of an article, writing short essays. Vocabulary:terminology based on informatics, graphics, economics and management. Translating technical texts using monolingual and online dictionaries.

Study materials:

Compulsory materials:

ESP for STM students, see http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/

Recommended:

English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, CUP

Advanced Grammar in Use, Martin Hewit,CUP

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Společný 1. ročník (language course)
• Softwarové inženýrství (language course)
• Web a multimedia (language course)
• Manažerská informatika (language course)
• Inteligentní systémy (language course)