Course: Foreign Language - Professional Terminology and Communication

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Course title Foreign Language - Professional Terminology and Communication
Course code KKV/KECOT
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Raková Zuzana, Mgr.
  • Cajthamlová Alžbeta, Mgr.
  • Běhal fabbri Lara, Dr.
Course content
Conversational topics, listening exercises, vocabulary on a range of topics, professional terminology. To successfully complete the course, all assignments and written colloquium must be completed. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
Emphasis is placed on communication and work with the text - creating a professional article and presentation on a pre-selected topic. To fulfill the requirements: Students have to gain 10 credits. Students choose combinations of subjects and examination according to their language proficiency: Option A - pre-intermediate: KMS/KECJ1 (1 credits) + KMS/KECJ2 (1) + KMS/KECMP (3) + KMS/KECOT (3) + KMS/KECJA (2) Option B - intermediate: KMS/KECMP (3) + KMS/KECOT (3) + KMS/KECJB (4) Option C - perfect knowledge of the foreign language: KMS/KECJC (10)
After finishing the course students will have managed predetermined conversational areas, including listening exercises, a significant amount of new vocabulary, including the basics of professional terminology.
Prerequisites
The course is designed for students who have completed subjects KMS/KECJ1, KMS/KECJ2 and KMS/KECMP.
KKV/KECMP

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Active participation during lessons, pass the test successfully (70%), work with predetermined texts - reading, analysis, translation.
Recommended literature
  • DRMLOVÁ, Dana et al. (2011). Německy s úsměvem nově. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • Esselborn-Krumbiege, H. Von der Idee zum Text. Eine Einleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben.
  • McCarthy, M., O´Dell, F. Academic Vocabulary in Use with Answers.
  • Raymond Murphy. (2004). English Grammar in Use. A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English, 3rd edition (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2004). Cambridge.


Study plans that include the course
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