English language 2-2

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Alan Harvey Cook, Alena Havlíčková, Markéta Havlíčková, Václava Jarská, Vlasta Křečková, Naděžda Němcová, Irena Petra Nováková, Pavla Péterová, Eva Poncová, Jitka Procházková, Dana Saláková, Bronislava Sochorová, Eva Vernerová, Zuzana Vlačihová

Supervisor:

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.

Requirements:

see websites

http://jazyky.felk.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/04A2L

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.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Course objective: The course focuses on technical English and practising difficult grammar. Listening: Authentic texts, exercises from the texts, argumentation. Reading: Technical texts, CV/Resume, Cover Letters. Speaking: Discussion, agreeing and disagreeing in a discussion, expressing opinion, presentations, commentary. Writing: CV/Resume, Cover Letters, presentations. Grammar: Revision of tenses, infinitives, nominative and accusative + infinitive, gerund, participles, relative clauses, connectors, determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, word formation. Syntax of technical texts. Use of dictionaries.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Technical texts /at disposal on the web/ http://jazyky.felk.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/04A2L

Grammar packet /at disposal on the web/ http://jazyky.felk.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/04A2L

Supplementary grammar packet /at disposal on the web/ http://jazyky.felk.cvut.cz/vyuka/A/04A2L

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:

• Elektrotechnika, energetika a management - Aplikovaná elektrotechnika_162957 (compulsory course in the program)
• Elektrotechnika, energetika a management - Elektrotechnika a management_163134 (compulsory course in the program)
• Kybernetika a robotika - Robotika_163230 (compulsory course in the program)
• Kybernetika a robotika - Senzory a přístrojová technika_163253 (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimedia a elektronika - Komunikační technika_163439 (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimedia a elektronika - Multimediální technika_163458 (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimedia a elektronika - Aplikovaná elektronika_163524 (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimedia a elektronika - Síťové a informační technologie_163540 (compulsory course in the program)
• Elektrotechnika, energetika a management, před rozřazením do oborů (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimedia a elektronika, před rozřazením do oborů (compulsory course in the program)
• Kybernetika a robotika, před rozřazením do oborů (compulsory course in the program)
• Komunikace, multimédia a elektronika (compulsory course in the program)