Course detail
Technical English I
FSI-TEN1-K Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The credit requirements are based on student’s work during the semester and a credit test. During the semester the student can earn 4 marks for fulfilment of optional assignments and at the end of the semester they take a credit test, in which they can earn 40 marks. In order to fulfil the credit requirements, the student must earn a minimum of 24 marks in total. In case this benchmark is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test once in the exam period.
Attendance is not compulsory.
Language of instruction
English
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, 0 credits, compulsory
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, 0 credits, compulsory
Programme B-STR-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch STG: Manufacturing Technology, 0 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
9 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Introduction, U1 – vocabulary: physics and scientific discoveries; past tenses, present perfect, and questions revision
- U1 – explaining the function of a device, past participle clauses
- U2 – product specifications, passive forms revision, expressing functions or purpose
- U2 – material properties
- U2 – participating in a meeting or discussion, revision – Review Unit
- U3 – vocabulary: automotive engineering; the continuous aspect, linking devices
- U3 – note-taking during a lecture, linkers of contrast
- U4 – vocabulary: networks and maintenance; phrasal verbs, using active or passive verb forms
- U4 – the outline of a presentation, describing stages of development, revision – Review Unit
- U5 – cause and effect links
- U5 – vocabulary: steelmaking; describing a process, purpose clauses
- U5 – describing a process: aluminium smelting, revision
- credit test
Guided consultation
17 hours, optionally
Syllabus
- Introduction, U1 – vocabulary: physics and scientific discoveries; past tenses, present perfect, and questions revision
- U1 – explaining the function of a device, past participle clauses
- U2 – product specifications, passive forms revision, expressing functions or purpose
- U2 – material properties
- U2 – participating in a meeting or discussion, revision – Review Unit
- U3 – vocabulary: automotive engineering; the continuous aspect, linking devices
- U3 – note-taking during a lecture, linkers of contrast
- U4 – vocabulary: networks and maintenance; phrasal verbs, using active or passive verb forms
- U4 – the outline of a presentation, describing stages of development, revision – Review Unit
- U5 – cause and effect links
- U5 – vocabulary: steelmaking; describing a process, purpose clauses
- U5 – describing a process: aluminium smelting, revision
- credit test