FI:VB001 Specialist English - Course Information
VB001 Specialist English
Faculty of InformaticsAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- 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 - Prerequisites
- Enrollment pre-requisite for this course is the completion of the VB035 and VB036 courses or the knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary, and phrases taught at these + specialized vocabulary of the texts specified in the syllabi of VB035 and VB036.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 22 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Exam requirements:
All the grammar and vocabulary as specified in VB035 and VB036 syllabi.
All the phrases in Angličtina pro jazykové školy I and II.
VB035 English 1 Textbook and VB036 English 2 Textbook available in the Study Materials.
All the handouts available in the Study Materials. - Syllabus
- N.B. All page numbers refer to Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate.
- VB035 Syllabus
- Week 1 entrance test
- Week 2 course requirements, set materials, email basics grammar: present simple, present continuous (pp. 14-15) vocab: basic IT vocabulary (HO in IS) text: Access Control HW: 15/1, 17/4,5
- Week 3 grammar: present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, present perfect vs past (pp. 18-19) vocab: studies-related vocabulary (pp. 270-273, HO in IS) text: Audio HW: 19/1, 20/2
- Week 4 grammar: past simple, past continuous, past perfect (would, used to) (p. 21) vocab: prepositions of time, place and movement – pp. 246-248 text: Data Encryption HW: 21/1, 22/2
- Week 5 grammar: future 1 – will, going to, present simple, present continuous (p. 32) vocab: phrasal verbs time and change – p. 36 text: Decision Tree Classification HW: 31/1, 33/1,2,3
- Week 6 mid-term test
- Week 7 grammar: modals 1 – obligation, necessity, ability, permission (pp. 46-47) vocab: have, take, bring – pp. 55-56 text: Steganography HW: 48/1,2
- Week 8 grammar: questions, question tags, phrases of agreement (pp. 62, 64-65, 66-67) vocab: do and make – pp. 69-70 text: Web Spam Detection HW: 63/1, 65/1, 68/4
- Week 9 grammar: articles, determiners, countable/uncountable nouns (pp. 204-206, 208-210, 212-214, 216-217) vocab: prepositions after verbs and nouns – p. 250 text: Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks HW: 207/1, 211/1, 215/2, 218/2
- Week 10 grammar: adjectives, comparisons, so/such..., quite/rather... (pp. 152-153, 170-171, 173-174) vocab: adjectives followed by prepositions – p.155, adjs of size...pp. 158-161, compound adjs – p. 164, similar adjs pp. 176-177 text: XML HW: 154/2, 172/4, 174/1
- Week 11 grammar: adverbs, it/there (pp. 191-192, 194-195, 200-201, 252-253) vocab: seeing and hearing – pp. 196-197 text: Web Advertising HW: 193/2, 195/1, 201/1
- Week 12 revision
- Week 13 final test
- VB036 Syllabus
- 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
- VB035 - English 1 Textbook
- VB036 - English 2 Textbook
- recommended literature
- 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, presentations
- Assessment methods
- The examination consists of two parts: a written test and an oral examination. The written test iThe examination consists of two parts: a written test and an oral examination. To be able to sit for the oral part of the exam, you need to reach a minimum of 60% in the test.
The written test is based on upper intermediate grammar and IT vocabulary and consists of the following parts: a cloze test, key word transformations, word formations, multiple choice and explanation of IT vocabulary based on the materials recommended. To prepare for the task types of the written part of the exam, we recommend using any FCE-focused practice materials.
The oral examination is a presentation on an IT-related topic and a discussion, and also includes translating phrases/grammar and IT vocab focused sentences from Czech into English.
The level of the exam is at B2 of the Common European Framework (Upper Intermediate). s based on upper intermediate grammar and IT vocabulary and consists of the following parts: a cloze test, key word transformations, word formations, multiple choice and explanation of IT vocabulary based on the materials recommended. To prepare for the task types of the written part of the exam, we recommend using any FCE-focused practice materials. The oral examination is a presentation on an IT-related topic and a discussion, and also includes translating phrases/grammar and IT vocab focused sentences from Czech into English. The level is B2 of the Common European Framework (Upper Intermediate). - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: zápis studentů v alespoň 4. semestru studia je možný bez prerekvizit - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/~repova/?section=teaching&category=vb001
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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