Course detail
Technical English I
FSI-TEN1-K Acad. year: 2025/2026 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
Students are expected to have command of English at least at B1 level.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The credit requirements are based on student’s work during the semester and a credit test. During the semester the student can earn 4 marks for active participation in class and fulfilment of optional assignments, and at the end of the semester they take a credit test, in which they can earn 40 marks. In order to fulfil the credit requirements, the student must earn a minimum of 24 marks in total. In case this benchmark is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test once in the exam period.
Active participation in class is one of the credit requirements. Attendance is systematically checked by the teacher and 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 has the capability of working with specialist vocabulary and has acquired skills necessary for understanding the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialisation. They have the ability to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, present various topics, describe facts and explain procedures with an emphasis on technology-specific functions.
The study programmes with the given course
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
- Introduction, U1 – vocabulary: physics and scientific discoveries; past tenses, present perfect, and questions revision
- U1 – explaining the function of a device, past participle clauses
- U2 – product specifications, passive forms revision, expressing functions or purpose
- U2 – material properties
- U2 – participating in a meeting or discussion, revision – Review Unit
- U3 – vocabulary: automotive engineering; the continuous aspect, linking devices
- U3 – note-taking during a lecture, linkers of contrast
- U4 – vocabulary: networks and maintenance; phrasal verbs, using active or passive verb forms
- U4 – the outline of a presentation, describing stages of development, revision – Review Unit
- U5 – cause and effect links
- U5 – vocabulary: steelmaking; describing a process, purpose clauses
- U5 – describing a process: aluminium smelting, revision
- credit test
Guided consultation
17 hours, optionally
Syllabus
- Introduction, U1 – vocabulary: physics and scientific discoveries; past tenses, present perfect, and questions revision
- U1 – explaining the function of a device, past participle clauses
- U2 – product specifications, passive forms revision, expressing functions or purpose
- U2 – material properties
- U2 – participating in a meeting or discussion, revision – Review Unit
- U3 – vocabulary: automotive engineering; the continuous aspect, linking devices
- U3 – note-taking during a lecture, linkers of contrast
- U4 – vocabulary: networks and maintenance; phrasal verbs, using active or passive verb forms
- U4 – the outline of a presentation, describing stages of development, revision – Review Unit
- U5 – cause and effect links
- U5 – vocabulary: steelmaking; describing a process, purpose clauses
- U5 – describing a process: aluminium smelting, revision
- credit test