English language 2-1

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Department of Languages

Synopsis:

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

Requirements:

Part-time students are supposed to get a „zápočet“ before taking the exam. In order to comply with the regulations, students should follow the information on the Department of Languages website and sign up for the respective credit test in KOS.

A0B04A2L - Requirements for the Examination in English - Advanced Level available at:

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

Syllabus of lectures:

A0B04A2Z SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED ENGLISH

Winter Term 2012/2013

Materials K 13104:

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

Recommended materials:

-Student?s Dictionary and Grammar

-English Grammar in Use; Raymond Murphy

-English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises; Murphy & Naylor

WEEK 1Introduction, General Information

How to Make a Good Presentation

G: Tenses

WEEK 2Text - Robotics

G: Tenses (continued)

WEEK 3Text - Electromagnetic Waves

G: Questions (Direct, Indirect, Subject, Object)

WEEK 4Text - How Nanotechnology Will Work

G: Prepositions of Time and Place

Revision for Midterm Test

WEEK 5Midterm Test (60 minutes)

G: Subject - Verb Agreement

WEEK 6Midterm Test Evaluation

Text - Data Communications

G: Modal Verbs

WEEK 7Text - GPS

G: Articles

WEEK 8Text - How Internet Censorship Works

G: Articles (continued)

G: -ing / Infinitive Forms

WEEK 9Text - Internet Fuels Boom in ID Theft

G: Passive

WEEK 10Revision for Final Term Test

WEEK 11Final Term Test (=zápočtový test)

WEEK 12 Test Evaluation

WEEK 13 Zápočty

Requirements for „zápočet“

Academic Achievement - students are due to:

-Take an active part in the language instruction.

-Deliver a presentation.

-Meet the requirements for home assignments.

-Succeed in two tests (midterm and final) and get 70% of the total points at minimum for each.

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

Requirements will be specified by individual teachers at the first lesson of the term.

*Teachers are allowed to and recommended to supplement each week with their own materials.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Course objective: The course focuses on technical English and practising difficult grammar concepts. Listening: Authentic texts, exercises on the text, interview,news. Reading: More difficult texts and newspaper articles, mathematical symbols and abbreviations and technical texts. Speaking: Discussion of technical drawings (graphs, diagrams) and texts, discussions, describing objects, leaving messages and stating preferences. Specialised terminology from the area of study. Writing: Advertisements, summaries, descriptions, technical specifications, stating preferences. Grammar: Revision of tenses, participles, subject and object questions, articles, countable and uncountable nouns, subject - verb agreement, passive, verb phrases - (verb + to- infinitive/ gerund/ preposition. Using a dictionary.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] materials K 304, available at:http://jazyky.feld.cvut.cz/vyuka

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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: