English language 1

Garant předmětu:

Petra Jennings

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Petra Jennings, Michal Lucki

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course revises general English from previous studies, further develops speaking skills, listening and recalling spoken English as well as note-taking skills. Provides basic scientific terminology (cause-effect relationship, definitions, classification, basic information on composing written documents ).

Requirements:

B2 level

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Guidelines for scientific papers, using templates

2-3. Describing figures, tables and graphs, figure captions

4-5. English Tenses and Passive Voice in technical works

7. The use of articles in technical works (a, an, the)

8. Referencing guidelines and Reported Speech

9. Capitalisation and punctuation guidelines

10. Technical manuals and reports

11. How to rewrite your paper from British English to American English

12. Guidelines to preparing technical presentation

13. Giving presentations

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Guidelines for scientific papers, using templates

2-3. Describing figures, tables and graphs, figure captions

4-5. English Tenses and Passive Voice in technical works

7. The use of articles in technical works (a, an, the)

8. Referencing guidelines and Reported Speech

9. Capitalisation and punctuation guidelines

10. Technical manuals and reports

11. How to rewrite your paper from British English to American English

12. Guidelines to preparing technical presentation

13. Giving presentations

Study Objective:

The subject is offered as part of PhD language preparation and is aimed at students who can use more practice of their English skills.

Study materials:

Lane, S.: Instant Academic Skills. A Resource Book of Advanced-Level Academic Skill Activities. Cambridge Univesrity Press.

Jordan, P.R: Academic Writing Course

De Haaff, J., Štěpánek, L. a kol.: Akademická angličtina. Grada Publishing, a.s., 2011.

Hewings. M.: Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press.

P. Dunkel: Intermediate Listening Comprehension (Understanding and recalling spoken English) other materials

Note:

Further information:

Course may be repeated

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/XP04A1

Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured combined studies (compulsory elective course)