N_AJS_1 English for Mechanical Engineering I.

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libuše Turinská
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_AJS_1/S01: Mon 11:25–12:55 D516, Fri 11:25–12:55 D215, L. Turinská
N_AJS_1/S02: Mon 13:05–14:35 D516, Fri 13:05–14:35 D215, L. Turinská
Prerequisites
required level B1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The objective is to acquire knowledge of English for specific purposes, specifically English for mechanical engineering. Upon successful completion of the course, students are able to discuss a professional topics (within the topics discussed in seminars), understand authentic texts in English, look up information in English texts, and look up information for preparation and delivery of professional presentation. they are able to write a formal mail related to the topics discussed in the seminars, describe a problem and suggest solutions. They are able to describe mechanisms, causes and results of certain phenomena and processes.
Learning outcomes
The student - masters the vocabulary related to the field of study - is able to understand a technical text in English - is able to critically evaluate a technical text concerning their firel of study in English - is able to create and give a professional presentation on a selected topic - is able to describe a professional problem and propose different solutions - is able to express orally and in writing a formal and informal email describing a specific problem with only a minimum of grammatical errors and inaccuracies - can describe professional mechanisms, causes and consequences of phenomena.
Syllabus
  • Seminars:
  • 1. Jobs – vocabulary, interviews, formal and informal emails.
  • 2. Revision of tenses – present simple vs. present , present perfect.
  • 3. Measurement and dimensions, technical vs. persuasive description.
  • 4. Giving instructions, mechanisms. Machine parts.
  • 5. Describing fixes, explaining processes.
  • 6. Active vs. passive – resent and past passive forms.
  • 7. Welcoming visitors – greetings and farewells, requests, offers, apologies.
  • 8. Quantifiers, countable and uncountable nouns.
  • 9. Planning. First and Second Conditional.
  • 10. Rules and regulations. Equipment documentation.
  • 11. Causes and results, cause-effect verbs, negative prefixes.
  • 12. Reporting accidents, past simple vs. past continuous.
  • 13. Materials – material properties inventions.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLLET, V. a J. SYDES, 2009. Tech Talk Intermediate, Student´s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 120 s. ISBN 978-0-19-457541-6.
    recommended literature
  • HOLLET, V. a J. SYDES, 2009. Tech Talk Intermediate: Workbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 80 s. ISBN 019457542x.
  • POHL, A. a N. BRIEGER, 2002. Technical English. Vocabulary and Gramnmar. Boston: Cengage. 192 s. ISBN 1902741765.
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
E-learning
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial2036
Preparation for the Final Test2040
final test11
seminar exam11
preparation for seminar exam (presentation)1010
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion5216
Total:104104
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Presentation 30 %
Exam conditions
Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B1+ level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (from both parts of tests).

Semester exam

Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)

Final test

Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except for the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % of the lessons on the subject in a semester. The continuous and final assessment shall also apply to students with ISP. The information about the approved ISP must be announced to the teacher/guarantor no later than the second week of the instruction period. The student and teacher will agree on the specific date of the continuous assessment. The date must be set no later than two weeks before the end of the semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2021, winter 2022, winter 2023.
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