1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Engineering and Technical Sciences
3. winter term 2020/2021
4. Management and Production Engineering - Second-cycle studies leading to MSc degree
5. English

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English - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to get the student acquired knowledge of the foreign language in the field of technical communication.

Prerequisites

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Knowledge of the chosen foreign language on a minimum B2 level  B2.

Scope

Introduction of elements of technical and specialist language in the field of management and production engineering, including:

• Choosing a career: career selection criteria, characteristics of technical professions
• Organizations in business: entrepreneurs, types of businesses, organization of work and job responsibilities
• Production and production management systems
• Logistics Management in an enterprise
• Ecological aspects in a production process

Teaching methods

Conventional communication activities, group and individual work with the use of audio-visual and multimedia equipment.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Graded credit: Assessment is the average calculated on the basis of written tests including the verification of proficiency at the appropriate level according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages and a component which evaluates active participation in classes as well as skills related to the performance of specific tasks - carrying out of presentations, written work, individual work and group work.

Recommended reading

1. Vicky Hollet, John Sydes, Tech Talk Intermediate, Oxford University Press, 2005
2. Richardson K., Kabanagh M., Sydes J., Emmerson P., The Business Intermediate, Macmillan, Oxford, 2008
3. Mark Ibbotson, Cambridge English for Engineering, Oxford University Press 2008

Further reading

1. Nick Brieger, Alison Pohl, Technical English: vocabulary and grammar, Summertown Publishing, 2008
2. Longman Business Dictionary, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2007
3. Słownik Techniczny Angielsko-Polski, Polsko-Angielski, wyd. REA, 2005 
4. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, Paul Seligson, New English File Pre Intermediate, Oxford University Press, 2007
5. Michael Swan, Catherine Walter, The Good Grammar Book, Oxford University Press, 2009
6. http://www.onestopenglish.com/
7. http://www.insideout.net/
8. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/?cc=pl&selLanguage=pl

 

Notes

Modified by mgr Agnieszka Florkowska (last modification: 25-04-2020 11:57)