Course detail

Advanced Technical English

FEKT-MPC-TAPAcad. year: 2023/2024

The aim of the course is to practise grammatical features typical in technical translations and scientific texts, supported by expanding specialised technical vocabulary skills.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Langerová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

The expected and required entrance skills are at the B2 CEFR level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

70% presence, continuous assessment throughout the semester
Semestral test (max.40 points, min.24)
Exam: technical presentation during the semester (60 points max.)

Aims

The course focuses on advanced grammar and vocabulary and its practical usage at the B2-C1 CEFR level, specialising in electrical engineering and information technology texts.
Students will expand their technical vocabulary skills and they will be able to understand the differences in meaning of technical terms based on the context and to use them correctly. Students will learn to understand formal and stylistic nuances of various technical texts. They will also be able to produce and organise ideas in a coherent technical style. They will polish their knowledge of grammar and they will be able to apply it to various technical texts.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Badecka-Kozikovska, M. (2015) English for Students of Electronics and Telecommunications: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)
Gójska, G. (2004) Technical Grammar: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)
Maciejewska, J., Kucharska-Raczunas, A. (2012) Information Technology for Students of Technical Studies: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej. Gdańsk (CS)

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Langerová

Syllabus

Automated design, focus on vocabulary, verbs of cause and effect, practise based on individual´s field of study
Automated design, training pronunciation, video: how a microwave oven works, focus on verbs of movement, differences in meaning
Students´ small presentations explaining how things work, feedback, focus on presentation skills
Verbs of cause and effect, conjunctions, rephrasing
Nominalisation rephrasing, video" How self-driving cars see?", group work based on students´ field of study, presentation of the group task
Electronic measurement: reading comprehension tasks, vocabulary pronunciation practice, video: "What if satellites stopped working", pair work task: develop similar catastrophic scenarios
Optoelectronics: reading comprehension tasks, expressing purpose, vocabulary building
Optoelectronics: text lead-in, Task: describe an instrument, its components and parameters, its use, potential hazards and how to prevent them
Audio coding: reading comprehension + vocabulary, not only…but also, inversion
Inversion: practice, video: Siri, Alexa, what comes next..., discussion
Students´ presentations, inversion, cleft sentences
Students´ presentations, cleft sentences in formal and informal language
Semester test

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course