Course: English for Electrical Engineering 6

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Course title English for Electrical Engineering 6
Course code UJP/AEL6N
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hamarová Jitka, Mgr.
Course content
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

Learning activities and teaching methods
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
prerequisite
Knowledge
- 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
- 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
N/A
Master´s study programme: Students communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- 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
- 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
N/A
Master´s study programme: Graduates communicate their specialist knowledge, skills and general competencies in at least one foreign language.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Skills
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
Cooperative instruction
Collaborative instruction
Individual study
Discussion
Competences
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Individual study
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Bonamy, David. Technical English 4 : course book. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4082-2955-2.
  • Jacques, C. Technical English 4 Workbook with Key. UK: Pearson Longman, 2013.
  • 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.


Study plans that include the course
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