FI:VV066 Keep up your English - Course Information

VV066 Keep up your English

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 0 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kateřina Nečasová, M.A. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Ivana Tulajová
Language Centre, Faculty of Informatics Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Ivana Tulajová

Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:50 C525

Prerequisites (in Czech)

VB001 Specialist English &&(!(NOW( VB037 English III )))&&(!(NOW( VV064 English for IT )))

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Informatics (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.) (programme FI, N-AP)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
• Social Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-FY)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-GK)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-MA)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-TV)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to: use appropriate functional expressions in common social situations; have effective conversations which build rapport and mutual understanding; consider social etiquette and be sensitive when communicating with different cultures; use advanced grammar correctly; incorporate advanced vocabulary into their speech efficiently.

Syllabus

• Varieties of English
• Formal and informal language styles
• Networking
• Advanced grammar points
• Advanced vocabulary

Literature

• BARRETT, Barney and Pete SHARMA. Networking in english : informal communication in business. 1st pub. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2010, 112 s. ISBN 9780230732483. info
• SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xxx, 658. ISBN 9780194420983. info

Teaching methods

in-class presentations, discussions

Assessment methods

regular attendance and active participation in seminars, in-class presentations, homework, end-of-course test

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~repova/?section=teaching&category=vv066

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