Text Analysis and Comprehension

Relations:

It is a condition for enrolment in course 04APO1 that the student must have received credit for the course 04APS2 in a previous semester

In order to register for the course 04APO2, the student must have received credit for the course 04APO1 in a previous semester.

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Jana Kovářová

Supervisor:

Department of Humanities and Languages

Synopsis:

The course is a sequel to the 04APU1 and 04APU2 courses and students will have successfully passed the 04APS2 course. It focuses on further written functions specific to English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Increasing attention is given to extending subtechnical vocabulary, text grammar and text comprehension. Students are taught how to use formal language in written and oral communication.

Requirements:

Students will have passed the 04APS2 course.

Syllabus of lectures:

Specific features of academic English, words of Latin and Greek origin, abbreviations in academic language, linking ideas into sentences and paragraphs, prepositional phrases, conjunctions and other linking expressions, expressing instructions (formal and informal), definitions, classification and existence. Professional formal written communication (CV, polite request, letter of application).

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course is run as a series of seminars following the topics and scope of the syllabus mentioned above.

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Morphology, syntax, and lexis at the level appropriate to the course, namely: modal verbs and structures, prepositional phrases, conjunctions and other linking expressions, irregular plurals of words of Latin and Greek origin, extended more professional vocabulary.

Skills:

To search specific information in written texts or in listening, use various reading strategies depending on purpose, speak briefly on a topic from the student´s field using formal language. To write a CV and a letter of aplication.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] materials prepared by the Department of Languages

[2] M. McCarthy, F. O´Dell, Academic Vocabulary in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2008

Recommended references:

[1] M. Hewings, Cambridge Academic English (upper intermediate), Cambridge University Press, 2012

[2] K. Paterson, Oxford Grammar for EAP, 2017

[3] dictionaries

Teaching aids:

language classroom, audiovisuals, PC lab

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	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
Wed
Thu	roomTR:301 Kovářová J. 10:00–11:50 (parallel nr.101) Trojanova 13 posluchárna nad schody
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Aplikovaná informatika (compulsory course in the program)