VB036 English II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Nečasová, M.A. (lecturer)
PhDr. Ivana Tulajová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Tulajová
Language Centre, Faculty of Informatics Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Ivana Tulajová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VB036/01: Mon 14:00–15:50 C525, I. Tulajová
VB036/02: Mon 16:00–17:50 C525, I. Tulajová
VB036/03: Mon 18:00–19:50 C525, I. Tulajová
VB036/04: Tue 8:00–9:50 C511, I. Tulajová
VB036/05: Tue 10:00–11:50 C511, I. Tulajová
VB036/06: Wed 8:00–9:50 C511, I. Tulajová
VB036/07: Mon 8:00–9:50 C525, K. Nečasová
VB036/08: Mon 10:00–11:50 C525, K. Nečasová
VB036/09: Mon 12:00–13:50 C525, K. Nečasová
VB036/10: Tue 8:00–9:50 C525, K. Nečasová
VB036/11: Tue 10:00–11:50 C525, K. Nečasová
VB036/12: Wed 8:00–9:50 C525, K. Nečasová
Prerequisites
VB035 English I ||SOUHLAS
The course represents a follow-up to the VB035 one and its successful completion is a prerequisite for VB036.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
VB036 aims to further broaden the knowledge of English grammar and phrases and to focus on specialized language in the area of IT. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand specialized articles; obtain information from highly specialized sources; give clear presentations; provide relevant explanations and arguments; interact fluently and spontaneously.
Syllabus
  • Before coming to your seminar, you are expected to read the relevant pages from Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate specified in the grammar sections of the syllabus (e.g. for Week 1 you are supposed to read pp. 34, 99) and then complete the exercises specified in the homework section (again e.g. for Week 1 p. 35/ex.1,2, p. 99/ex.1).

    Also, before the seminar you need to read the Specialist Reading text specified for the given week and familiarise yourselves with the vocabulary (for Week 2 it is Annotation-based Image Retrieval, etc.).

    Great emphasis is placed on your out-of-class preparation as there is a lot to cover to prepare you well for the tests and for VB001: coming to seminars without having done your homework equals being marked absent, and there is only a limited number of allowed absences if you wish to complete the course.

    Everything that is in the syllabus (including the vocabulary sections and various handouts placed in the Study Materials section of the IS) is essential for passing mid-term/final tests (and also for VB001).

    N.B. All page numbers refer to Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate and it is necessary that you bring the book to every seminar to allow us to do more practice.

  • Week 1

    grammar: futures 2 – future continuous, future perfect, other future forms (pp. 34, 99)
    vocab: prepositional phrases – pp. 254-255
    HW: 35/1,2, 99/1

  • Week 2

    grammar: modals 2 – certainty, probability, possibility (pp. 49-50)
    vocab: put – p. 257
    text: Annotation-based Image Retrieval
    HW: 50/1, 51/3

  • Week 3

    grammar: passive, have something done (pp. 114, 117, 120)
    vocab: compound nouns – p. 124
    text: Client-Server DBMS
    HW: 115/2, 119/3, 120/1

  • Week 4

    grammar: relative clauses, participles (pp. 230-232, 234)
    vocab: get – p. 238
    text: Image Representation
    HW: 232/1, 235/1,2

  • Week 5

    grammar: gerunds and infinitives after verbs (pp. 137-138)
    vocab: say, tell, talk..... – pp. 140-141
    text: Processor Cache
    HW: 139/1,2,3

  • Week 6

    mid-term test

  • Week 7

    grammar: conditionals (zero, first, second, third, mixed) (pp. 82, 84)
    vocab: want, expect, love, bear – pp. 89-90
    text: Spatial Data Mining
    HW: 83/3, 84/1

  • Week 8

    grammar: wish clauses, time clauses (pp. 86, 96-97)
    vocab: phrases with time – p. 106
    text: Stemming
    HW: 87/1, 88/3, 98/2

  • Week 9

    grammar: reported speech (pp. 130-132, 134)
    vocab: prefixes – pp. 38, 92
    text: Storage Devices
    HW: 132/1, 135/1, 136/4

  • Week 10

    grammar: expressions of time and preference, linking words and phrases (contrasts) (pp. 101, 236)
    vocab: suffixes 1 – pp. 26, 58, 73, 179-180
    text: Storage Protection
    HW: 102/1, 103/4, 237/1

  • Week 11

    grammar: reason and purpose clauses (pp. 52-53)
    vocab: suffixes 2 – pp. 219-221, 240-241, maths vocab (HO in IS)
    text: Video
    HW: 54/2,3

  • Week 12

    revision

  • Week 13

    final test

Literature
    required literature
  • PRODROMOU, Luke. Grammar and vocabulary for first certificate : with key. Essex: Longman, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 9780582400184. info
  • VB036 - English 2 Textbook
    not specified
  • Zábojová, Peprník, Nangonová: Angličtina pro jazykové školy I. Fortuna 2000. ISBN: 80-7168-732-4
  • Zábojová, Peprník, Nangonová: Angličtina pro jazykové školy II. Fortuna 2000.I SBN: 80-7168-733-2
Teaching methods
lectures, drills, homework, reading, discussions
Assessment methods
Every student attending the seminar has to sit for two tests - a mid-term test (multiple choice) submitted on one of the days of Week 6 and the final VB036 one (submitted in the last week of the term) which has the following parts - a cloze test, key word transformations, word formations, multiple choice and explanation of IT vocabulary based on the materials recommended. To complete the course, you need to reach at least 60 percent of the total number of points that can be attained for the tests.
You are allowed to be absent from seminars for up to four times: two of these must be properly excused (a letter of excuse signed by a person of authority (doctor, judge) and submitted to the Studies office).
One of the prerequisites for the completion of the course is home preparation and doing assignments.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~repova/?section=teaching&category=vb036
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