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Professional English Language II - N834009

Title:	Odborný anglický jazyk II
Guaranteed by:	Department of Languages (834)
Faculty:	Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual:	from 2020 to 2020
Semester:	both
Points:	2
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination:	0/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	winter:unknown / unknown (unknown) summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Is provided by:	B834002
Additional information:	http://předmět je vyučován pouze v zimním semestru
Note:	you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	Pokorná Markéta Mgr. Ing.
Interchangeability :	N834009A
Is interchangeable with:	N834002A, N834011, B834002

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation -

The aim of the course is to develop communication skills with a special focus on the specific features of professional language, to enhance the acquired knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. The covered topics include food processing, drug production and administration, and materials and their properties.

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Literature -

R: Materials prepared by the Department of Languages (see the deparment´s web site)

A: Sowton C., Hewings M., Cambridge Academic English, Student´s Book, Cambridge University Press, 2012, 9780521165204

A: Jacques C., Technical English 4, Course Book, Pearson Education Limited, 2011, 9781408229552

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Syllabus -

1. Introdution. Guide to presentations.

2. Food: Food preservation methods.

3. Food: Additives. Expressing different degrees of agreement/disagreement.

4. Food: Genetically modified food.

5. Food: Nanotechnology in food production and processing. Countable and uncountable nouns, quantifiers.

6. Drugs: Pharmacology - pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. If clauses.

7. Drugs: Administration of drugs.

8. Drugs: Pharmaceutical industry, drugs and their development. Irregular plurals of nouns of Greek and Latin origin.

9. Drugs: Drug addiction, the effect of drugs on human body. Description of drugs.

10. Materials: Polymers and smart materials - definition, description.

11. Materials: Aerogels. Instructions on how to make a material.

12. Materials: Graphene. Comparison of different materials in terms of their properties.

13. Materials: Restoration. Shapes and description of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. Interpretation of graphs.

14. General revision.

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Learning resources -

www.vscht.cz/kj/page/odkazy.html

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Process information provided both in written and spoken forms and respond adequately

Describe a process, work with data using graphs and diagrams

Give a presentation on a topic related to their field of study

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Registration requirements -

No study prerequisites.

Last update: Pokorná Markéta (12.02.2020)

Teaching methods
	Activity	Credits	Hours
	Obhajoba individuálního projektu	0.5	14
	Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování	0.5	14
	Účast na seminářích	1	28
		2 / 2	56 / 56

Coursework assessment
Form	Significance
Regular attendance	30
Defense of an individual project	20
Examination test	20
Continuous assessment of study performance and course -credit tests	15
Oral examination	15