Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1. Introduction, information on the course. 7.1 Prototypes; Week 2. 7.2 Comparisons; 7.3 Products Week 3. How to Give a Presentation; Additional material: Apps to Support Ergonomics Week 4. 8.1 Theft; 8.2 Security Week 5. 8.3 Emergency; HW (self-study): Review UNIT D Week 6. 9.1 Proposals; 9.2 Definitions Week 7. 9.3 Contracts; 10.1 Plans Week 8. 10.2 Reports; Additional material: Describing and Interpreting Visual Information Week 9. 10.3 Methods; HW (self-study): Review UNIT E Week 10. 11.1 Investigations; 11.2 Reports Week 11. 11.3 Communication; 12.1 Projects Week 12. 12.2 Performance; 12.3 Innovations; HW (self-study): Review UNIT F Week 13. Final test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Students' self-study, Practicum
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 20 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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Knowledge |
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- to form passives of modals (e.g., should be done; have to be made) |
- to form and use the Past Simple tense |
- to write a sentence including a relative clause |
- to form and use the gerund |
- to form and use the present and past participles |
- to form and use the past passive |
- to form and use first conditional clauses |
- to make wh-questions |
- to identify the individual parts of an abstract |
- to form and use the Future Simple Tense |
- to form and use the Present Perfect Simple tense |
- to form and use the Present Progressive/Continuous tense |
- to form and use the Present Simple tense |
Skills |
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- to describe events that are currently in progress |
- to compare and contrast properties of objects in simple terms |
- to explain the aims of some activity and reasons why something is done |
- to give suggestions, safety precautions and warnings |
- to describe a sequence of events |
- to describe a function of a device |
- to list components a machine consists of |
- to give instructions on the use of a machine |
- to express cause and effect in simple terms |
- to describe completed past events |
- to discuss work safety |
- to talk about new technologies and recent developments in electrical engineering |
Competences |
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N/A |
Master´s study programme: Students communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language. |
learning outcomes |
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Knowledge |
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- to form and use the Present Perfect passive modals: may/might/could/must/should/ought (not) to have been done |
- to distinguish between direct and indirect questions |
- to form and use noun phrases containing hyphenated word combinations |
- to distinguish between the defining and non-defining relative clauses |
- to form more complex noun phrases using pre-/post- modifiers |
- to form and the third conditional |
- to form and use the past tense of modals |
- to analyze a structure of a short spoken presentation |
Skills |
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- to compare and contrast properties of objects using a variety of phrases |
- to explain technical principles to lay persons |
- to use analogies and rephrasing to provide additional explanations |
- to talk about security and safety in a workplace |
- to speculate about possibilities, impossibilities and probabilities in the past |
- to express regret |
- to give incident reports |
- to express degrees of agreement and disagreement |
- to make proposals, give suggestions and recommendations |
- to define a technical term |
- to describe a test method |
- to participate in a pre-contract discussion |
- to give test reports |
- to process data |
- to write an accident report |
- to write an abstract |
- to identify a problem and suggest a solution |
- to express necessity in the past |
- to evaluate their progress in English |
- to use complex phrasal verbs |
- to rephrase a conditional clause |
- to predict future trends in electrical engineering |
- to give a short presentation on a technical topic; to answer follow-up questions |
Competences |
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N/A |
Master´s study programme: Graduates communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language. |
teaching methods |
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Knowledge |
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Practicum |
Cooperative instruction |
Self-study of literature |
Discussion |
Skills |
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Practicum |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Cooperative instruction |
Collaborative instruction |
Individual study |
Discussion |
Competences |
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Practicum |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Collaborative instruction |
Cooperative instruction |
Individual study |
Discussion |
assessment methods |
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Knowledge |
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Test |
Skills |
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Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Portfolio |
Competences |
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Skills demonstration during practicum |
Portfolio |
Recommended literature
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Bonamy, David. Technical English 4 : course book. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4082-2955-2.
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Jacques, C. Technical English 4 Workbook with Key. UK: Pearson Longman, 2013.
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Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English. 3rd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53289-2.
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