Course details
English for IT
AIT Acad. year 2014/2015 Summer semester 3 credits
The course is aimed at the development of language competencies required by the students’ future professional environment. Seminars are focused on the means, functions and style of professional language in IT and practising its correct use in professional contexts. IT topics may be discussed in their relations to humanities and business. Speaking, listening and reading (skimming and scanning) skills are practiced. Professional topics for discussion are based on the textbook materials and are aimed at the development of specific vocabulary learned within listening and reading activities.
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Time span
- 26 hrs exercises
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
A student is able to discuss the basic subjects of IT he/she describes technical functions and applications and explains how the particular technologies work lists and describes various types of technical problems and causes of faults and is able to discuss possible solutions verbalizes mathematical expressions and graphs is able to work with professional texts and find the required information has the knowledge of professional language functions and their manifestations and uses them correctly
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to develop all language competences and the presentation of the language functions characteristic for the professional language in IT. Understanding specific technical information in both spoken and written forms. The ability to communicate in specific situations related to the development and presentation of devices and their parts and components. The ability to express one´s ideas and discuss the issues and current trends in technology.
Recommended prerequisites
- New Headway Intermediate 2 (BAN4)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A student has passed BAN4 English for Bachelor Students – Intermediate 2 exam at UJAZ FEKT. This exam corresponds to the level B1 CEFR level.
Syllabus of seminars
IT and IT users Peripherals Operating Systems Multimedia Networks The Internet and Websites Communication Systems Data Security Programming Mathematical Expressions and Graphs People in IT Development in IT
Progress assessment
75% attendance and active participation at classes, fulfilment of given assignments, semester test (semester test may be repeated only once), exam.
Controlled instruction
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Course inclusion in study plans