Technical English for Pre-Intermediate

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Dana Saláková (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

This course is set up for those pre-intermediate students who want to practise listening and speaking skills needed in technical branches. It is based on a multimedia PC course „Connections- Technical English“, held in a language laboratory of the Department of Languages. This course requires the participants to be at the pre-intermediate level (having finished A0 level, or attending A1 level).

Requirements:

A student is due to attend classes (75%), to work actively during classes and work on home assignments

Syllabus of lectures:

Week 1 - Opening questionnaire, introduction

Question making

Week 2 - Unit 1 - Job information

Telephoning

Week 3 - Unit 2 - The interview

Week 4 - Unit 3 - The first day at work

Reading of some letters + some useful expressions

Week 5 - Unit 4 - Starting work, meeting colleagues

Work positions

Week 6 - Unit 5 - Robots (discussing automation in production)

Computer uses + articles

Week 7 - Revision lesson

Week 8 - Unit 6 - Giving instructions about managing a project

How car computers work - reading

Week 9 - Unit 7 - Processes of technical testing

Prepositions of time

Week 10 - Unit 8 - Discussing project delivery

Batteries - listening

Week 11 - Unit 9 - Complaining about non-delivery of components

Sound engineer - listening

Week 12 - Unit 10 - Discussing a visit to a service provider

Week 13 - Leaving questionnaire

Week 14 - Credits

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	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
Fri
Thu	roomZ2:B1-407 Saláková D. 14:30–16:00 (parallel nr.101) Zikova ulice Cvičebna
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	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
Fri
Thu	roomZ2:B1-407 Saláková D. 14:30–16:00 (parallel nr.101) Zikova ulice CvičebnaroomZ2:B1-407 Saláková D. 16:15–17:45 (parallel nr.102) Zikova ulice Cvičebna
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: