Course detail
Technical English I
FSI-TEN1-K Acad. year: 2024/2025 Winter semester
The course covers core language and skills at B2 level that students need to communicate successfully in technical specialisations.
Language of instruction
English
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
The course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at B1 level.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To pass this course it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation, to pass the credit test, which is divided into three parts taken on pre-set dates throughout the semester. The maximum score is 50 points and in order to fulfil the credit requirements students must earn a minimum of 30 points. In case this benchmark is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars.
Aims
The aim of the course is to teach the language skills needed by university students and company employees in a range of engineering branches.
A student who successfully completes the TEN1 course understands the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. They can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, explain and present various topics, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options with the focus on funcional language.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, compulsory
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, compulsory
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, compulsory
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
9 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, U1 – technical description, past tenses and questions revision
2. U1 – technical article, linking
3. U2 – function of a device, passive forms revision
4. U2 – describing properties, modal verbs
5. 1st semester test, U3 – expressing probability, automotive engineering text
6. U3 – note-taking, lecture, summarizing, linkers of contrast, relative clauses
7. U4 – engineering article, physics and mechanical vocabulary, phrasal verbs
8. U4 – instructions and feedback, conjunctions while/as
9. 2nd semester test, U5 – cause and effect links, describing a process
10. U5 – flow diagram, lecture, gerunds and nouns
11. U6 – degrees of certainty, plans, future forms
12. U6 – participating in a meeting, chairing a meeting
13. 3rd semester test
Guided consultation
17 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Introduction, U1 – technical description, past tenses and questions revision
2. U1 – technical article, linking
3. U2 – function of a device, passive forms revision
4. U2 – describing properties, modal verbs
5. 1st semester test, U3 – expressing probability, automotive engineering text
6. U3 – note-taking, lecture, summarizing, linkers of contrast, relative clauses
7. U4 – engineering article, physics and mechanical vocabulary, phrasal verbs
8. U4 – instructions and feedback, conjunctions while/as
9. 2nd semester test, U5 – cause and effect links, describing a process
10. U5 – flow diagram, lecture, gerunds and nouns
11. U6 – degrees of certainty, plans, future forms
12. U6 – participating in a meeting, chairing a meeting
13. 3rd semester test