Course detail
Technical English II
FSI-TEN2-K Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer 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, as well as with the grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course Technical English I (TEN1).
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 TEN2 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
Syllabus
1. Introduction, U7 – describing developments, comparison and contrasting
2. U7 – explaining technology, phrases introducing explanations/analogies
3. U8 – speculating about past, present perfect passive modal, logistics
4. U8 – indirect questions, degrees of agreement, health and safety
5. 1st semester test, U9 – proposing, recommending, meeting with client
6. U9 – defining relative clauses, stipulating conditions, work contracts
7. U10- technical writing, report format
8. U10 – collaborative problem-solving, participating in a meeting (2)
9. 2nd semester test, U11 -data organisation, causation, third conditional
10.U11 – summarising, writing an abstract, phrases to signal communicative intent
11. U12 – sequence of events, perfect participle, past necessity and ability
12. U12 – debating, persuading, phrasal verbs
13. 3rd semester test
Guided consultation
17 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Introduction, U7 – describing developments, comparison and contrasting
2. U7 – explaining technology, phrases introducing explanations/analogies
3. U8 – speculating about past, present perfect passive modal, logistics
4. U8 – indirect questions, degrees of agreement, health and safety
5. 1st semester test, U9 – proposing, recommending, meeting with client
6. U9 – defining relative clauses, stipulating conditions, work contracts
7. U10- technical writing, report format
8. U10 – collaborative problem-solving, participating in a meeting (2)
9. 2nd semester test, U11 -data organisation, causation, third conditional
10.U11 – summarising, writing an abstract, phrases to signal communicative intent
11. U12 – sequence of events, perfect participle, past necessity and ability
12. U12 – debating, persuading, phrasal verbs
13. 3rd semester test