Course detail
General English II
FSI-GEN2-K Acad. year: 2020/2021 Summer semester
The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Language of instruction
English
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at the intermediate level.
Prerequisites
Course is intended for students within the combined study programmes who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level / A2 (CEFR) as a minimum. It follows up on vocabulary and grammar learnt in course GEN1-K.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is intended for the combined form of study, individual work of students is directed by lectures and exercises taught en bloc.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
To pass this course it is necessary, apart from working out the assigned tasks and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test. Students' work in the e-learning support of the course is also reflected in the overall course assessment. Altogether it is required to collect at least 30 points out of 50 (i.e. 60%). In case the benchmark of 60% is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. It is intended to consolidate the knowledge obtained at secondary school and practice all four language skills.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is voluntary. However, students are strongly advised to attend the classes regularly to get the credit.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STR: Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. U5: Technology, information. Comparatives and superlatives, question tags. Asking experts. Polite requests. Present and answer questions on your area of expertise.
2. U5: Explain and solve problems. Talk about inventions. Advantages/disadvantages.
3. U6: Real conditionals, hypothetical conditional: present/future, giving news. -ing/-ed adjectives, verb-noun collocations, life events. Talk about emotions, discuss what you would do in different situations.
4. U7: Success: verb phrases. Present perfect simple versus continuous. Present and past ability. Qualifications.
5. U8: Communities, social situations. Articles and quantifiers, relative clauses. Internet, real-world/online activities.
6. Revision.
7. Credit test.
Guided consultation
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Self-study and e-learning for U5: Technology, information. Comparatives and superlatives, question tags. Asking experts. Polite requests. Present and answer questions on your area of expertise.
2. Self-study and e-learning for U5: Explain and solve problems. Talk about inventions. Advantages/disadvantages.
3. Self-study and e-learning for U6: Real conditionals, hypothetical conditional: present/future, giving news. -ing/-ed adjectives, verb-noun collocations, life events. Talk about emotions, discuss what you would do in different situations.
4. Self-study and e-learning for U7: Success: verb phrases. Present perfect simple versus continuous. Present and past ability. Qualifications.
5. Self-study and e-learning for U8: Communities, social situations. Articles and quantifiers, relative clauses. Internet, real-world/online activities.
6. Self-study and e-learning, Review units.
7. Revision.