English language 1

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English language 1 - XP04A1

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Semesters Both
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Language of teaching Czech
Extent of teaching 4C
Annotation
The course revises general English from previous studies, further develops speaking skills, listening and recalling spoken English as well as note-taking skills. Provides basic scientific terminology (cause-effect relationship, definitions, classification, basic information on composing written documents ).
Study targets
The subject is offered as part of PhD language preparation and is aimed at students who can use more practice of their English skills.
Course outlines
1. Guidelines for scientific papers, using templates
2-3. Describing figures, tables and graphs, figure captions
4-5. English Tenses and Passive Voice in technical works
7. The use of articles in technical works (a, an, the)
8. Referencing guidelines and Reported Speech
9. Capitalisation and punctuation guidelines
10. Technical manuals and reports
11. How to rewrite your paper from British English to American English
12. Guidelines to preparing technical presentation
13. Giving presentations
Exercises outlines
1. Guidelines for scientific papers, using templates
2-3. Describing figures, tables and graphs, figure captions
4-5. English Tenses and Passive Voice in technical works
7. The use of articles in technical works (a, an, the)
8. Referencing guidelines and Reported Speech
9. Capitalisation and punctuation guidelines
10. Technical manuals and reports
11. How to rewrite your paper from British English to American English
12. Guidelines to preparing technical presentation
13. Giving presentations
Literature
Lane, S.: Instant Academic Skills. A Resource Book of Advanced-Level Academic Skill Activities. Cambridge Univesrity Press.
Jordan, P.R: Academic Writing Course
De Haaff, J., Štěpánek, L. a kol.: Akademická angličtina. Grada Publishing, a.s., 2011.
Hewings. M.: Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press.
P. Dunkel: Intermediate Listening Comprehension (Understanding and recalling spoken English) other materials
Requirements
B2 level