English (UNICERT ? advanced prep. course 2)
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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104XA2T | Z | 0 | 4C | Czech |
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- Department of Languages
- Synopsis:
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CERTIFIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES
UNIcert® Certificate
- English for Civil Engineers and Architects, UNIcert® III (level C1)
The course is a follow-up course to the winter semester. It further extends the content of compulsory English courses by mastering professional language knowledge and skills necessary both in the university environment and in the construction industry. It is mainly designed for Master’s and Doctoral degree students
General information
- Enhance language skills useful for professional employment
- Focus on skills: scientific writing, presentation skills, reading comprehension and Use of English
- Current professional topics in the world of civil engineering
- After completing the two-semester course, it is possible to apply for the C1 level certified exam
The C1 level course is suitable for:
- PhD students and students already in the Bachelor's degree programme
- students who are going on a internship abroad
- future researchers
- prospective employees of foreign construction companies
- if you want to deepen and improve your professional English, you can take only one semester without taking the certificate
- Requirements:
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necessary B2+ language level in English
- Syllabus of lectures:
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This course is not a lecture but practical session:
Course code: 104XA2T
Duration: 4 hours / 1 semester
For more information see Outline and Syllabus of Exercises
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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UNICERT II – Syllabus (SUMMER)
This course consists of 2 main parts:
1- Applied skills- paraphrasing/summarising/presenting in professional English
2- Presentation skills and professional English for Architects and CE
1- Applied skills
Utilizing learnt grammar features and academic vocabulary in semi-professional texts, videos and recordings.
1)Writing skills:
•Layout and paragraphing
•paraphrasing
•Summarizing
2)Reading comprehension:
•Multiple matching
•Gap fill
•Multiple choice
•Paragraph matching
3)Listening comprehension:
•Multiple matching
•Gap fill
•Multiple choice
•Paragraph matching
4)Aspects of style:
•register
•connecting
•hedging
•nominalization
5)Speaking skills:
•Argumentation
•Ordering
•Clarifying/ amending
•paraphrasing
2- Presentation skills and Professional English
A)Sustainable Architecture and Engineering
1)Architecture and Indoor Environment
•Indoor environment quality – current problems & possible solutions
•Residential buildings sustainable design – principles & examples
2) Renewable Sources of Energy and Alternative Materials
•Renewable and alternative sources of energy
•Off-grid houses – principles, solutions & examples
•Building materials in terms of sustainability – alternative and green materials
3) Building Services
•Water management in buildings – current approaches and possibilities
•Smart solutions & technologies – possibilities & examples
4) Urban Design
•Smart cities – principles & examples
•Urban planning - heat islands, greenery and water management
•Brownfields redevelopment
B)Civil Engineering - Structures and Technology
5) Transportation Engineering
•Transportation Infrastructure – roads, railways, bridges, harbours, airports
•Use of concrete and steel in transportation engineering
•Reconstruction and maintenance of road and railway Structures
6) Hydraulic and Offshore Structures
•Dams and reservoirs – architecture, structure, materials
•Offshore structures – issues and examples (oil rigs, artificial islands, etc.)
7) Technologies and Innovations
•High rise buildings – structures, materials & construction process
•Innovative materials & technologies - 3D & 4D printing, permeable concrete, biomimetics etc.
C)Development of Architecture and Civil Engineering
8) History of Architecture
•History of masonry structures
•Most influential buildings of 19th & 20th century in terms of architectural and structural development
9) Restoration and Maintenance of Historical Buildings
•Historical buildings in the Czech Republic – renovation & maintenance, refurbishment & retrofitting
10) Modern Technologies and Approaches
•Building information modelling (BIM)
•Virtual reality and laser scanning in civil engineering
14)Into the Future
•Space architecture – space stations and space hotels, a long-term stay in space influence on human body
•Mars and Moon colonies – outer worlds colonisation related problems, architectural conceptions
- Study Objective:
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The aim of the course is to consolidate all the necessary skills in both academic and professional language at C1 level; to promote students' ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice
- Study materials:
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Bibliography:
Specific resources in the area of Civil engineering and Architecture
YULE, G., Oxford Practice Grammar Advanced, OUP 2015
PATERSON K., WEDGE R., Oxford Grammar for EAP, OUP 2017
CHAZAL de E., MOORE, J., Oxford EAP (Advanced), OUP 2017
IBBOTSON, M., Cambridge English for Engineering, CUP 2009
IBBOTSON, M., Professional English in Use, CUP 2009
M. MCCARTHY, F. O´DELL: Academic Vocabulary in Use, CUP, 2007
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- Further information:
- http://departments.fsv.cvut.cz/k104/index.php/2019/03/11/unicert-pokrocily-pripravny-kurz-3/
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans: