Professional English Course code: T11052 | 5 ECTS credits
Basic information
Level of Studies:
Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study:
1
Semester:
2
Requirements:
Goal:
Reading and translating professional English texts, acquiring professional terminology related to information and communications technologies.
Outcome:
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to read and translate professional English texts and use ICT terminology at work.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
- Computers today
- Input/Output devices
- Storage devices
- Basic software
- Faces of the Internet
- Creative software
- Programming / Jobs in ICT
- Computers tomorrow
- EXTENSIVE READING: Object oriented programming. Web-programming. Web-design. Databases. Computer architecture. Computer networks: TCP/IP protocols. Network devices. Internet
- LANGUAGE WORK: Collocations, word formation (prefixes, suffixes), the passive voice, irregular plural, countable/uncountable nouns
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
- Oral and written translation, vocabulary activities, reading and writing tasks
- Homework, self-study, pair work, seminar papers
- Online workbook, interactive internet research tasks
Textbooks and References
- S. R. Esteras: Infotech: English for Computer Users, Fourth Edition, Student’s Book, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- S. R. Esteras and E. M. Fabré: Professional English in Use ICT, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- R. Murphy et al.: English Grammar in Use with Answers and CD-ROM: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures:
3
Practical classes:
2
Other types of classes:
0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
20
colloquium
20
Final exam
Points
Written exam
50
Oral exam
0