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DS2EJ - English Language

Course specification
Course title English Language
Acronym DS2EJ
Study programme Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module
Type of study doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 6.0 Status elective
      Condition Students should possess knowledge of English at the advanced level.
      The goal Acquisition of transferring information from a text to a diagram and sharing it with other students. Training to exchange electrical engineering-related information orally. Organising and writing a detailed description of a process. Training students to make inferences by linking what they read with what they already know. Linking facts and ideas to form a short explanation.
      The outcome Upon the completion of this module students should be able to: - transfer information from a text to a diagram and share it with other students, - exchange electrical engineering-related information orally, - organise and write a detailed description of a process, - make inferences by linking what they read with what they already know, - link facts and ideas to form a short explanation
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Relative clauses, compounds, connectors. Revision of countable and uncountable nouns, articles, noun phrases, phrasal verbs, modals. Using causal verbs. Transferring information from graphics to a table. Comparing and contrasting in writing audio and video recording. Rules for reading a diagram and text for an explanation of a process.
      Contents of exercises Talking and writing about computer applications in the field of electrical engineering. Oral practice: classifying different devices, enquiring about computers and computer performances. Presentation on the principles of operation of oscilloscope, or some other device. Group discussion about a topic concerning electrical engineering. Group work: presentations and homework.
      Literature
      1. Eckersley, C. E. and J. M. Eckersley (1967): A Comprehensive English Grammar for Foreign Students, London: Longman (Original title)
      2. Quirk, R. et al. (1972): A Grammar of Contemporary English, London: Longman (Original title)
      3. Brook-Hart, G. and S. Haines (2009): Complete CAE - Student's Book, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Original title)
      4. Ibbotson, M. (2008): Cambridge English for Engineering, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Original title)
      5. Esteras, S. R. and E. M. Fabre (2007): Professional English in Use for Computers and the Internet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Original title)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      6
      Methods of teaching Critical thinkg methods, active methods, methods which develop higher-order thinking skills. “Flipped Classroom” methods. Methods of Humanistic Psychology.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 10 Test paper 50
      Practical lessons 0 Oral examination 20
      Projects 20
      Colloquia
      Seminars 0