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Lecturer(s)
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Linhartová Yveta, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bester Zaan, MPhil
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Course content
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Technology and Management in Transport and Telecommunications. Transport Means and Transport Infrastructure. - Getting started in research - Finding a direction for your research - Designing an experiment - Describing an experiment - Materials and methods - Presenting data - Results and discussions - Writing up research: Difference between Czech and English writing styles; Writing conventions in English - The structure of an argument in English writing; Sentence structure; Paragraph structure and cohesion; Students' assignments - Feedback to students' assignments; Introductions and conclusions; Academic writing style; - Final draft submissions and feedback - Presenting research at a scientific conference
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The DDADW course focuses on the development of communicative competence in a professional language for advanced users. The aim is to expand vocabulary in professional terminology, develop speaking skills applied to professional language, including presentation skills, and improve professional written expression (differences between Czech and English academic writing styles, conventions of written English, structure of argumentation in written expression, and coherence of text). Entry level B2.
Upon a successful completion of the course, the student uses the language effectively and independently in complex, professionally oriented situations and is able to work independently with specialized, field oriented literature. Target level B2+.
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Prerequisites
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Communicative competence: CEFR B2 in general English and in ESP.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Students must write and submit an academic text of approximately 1200 words by the deadline. The text must comply with the principles of writing addressed during the course and the task requirements: not AI-generated (referencing is needed), a minimum of 5 academic sources, formal language, appropriate text structure, introduction and conclusion in the triangle format, and correct referencing according to the relevant referencing style. The student must obtain a mark of 60% to successfully complete the task. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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Recommended literature
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Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary.
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Armer, Tamzen. Cambridge English for scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-15409-3.
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Ibbotson, Mark. Cambridge English for engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-71518-8.
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Tryml, Sergej. Moderní učebnice angličtiny : (angličtina pro hospodářskou praxi I). Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1987.
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