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Course Information

VB038 IT-related English conversation

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2006

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 0 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Alternate Types of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martin Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Ivana Tulajová (lecturer)

Supervisor

PhDr. Ivana Tulajová
Language Centre, Faculty of Informatics Division - Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Ivana Tulajová

Timetable

Mon 18:00–19:50 C511

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

VB038/1 M. Dvořák

Prerequisites

! V038 English conversation &&( V001 English || VB001 English )
It is only the students who have passed the VB001 examination that are allowed to enroll in the course.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 1/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course strives to teach students to give a fluent academic paper on an IT-related subject and increase their potential to readily react to their audience's questions and comments. Special attention is paid to sentence connectors, pronunciation, persuasive force of the message projected, advanced grammar structures typical of academic speech, and other related areas.

Syllabus

• Topics discussed: successful and persuasive paper, cryptography, operating systems, Web services, viruses and malware, Java, WIFI Grammar: Subjunctives, sentences with negative openings, mixed conditionals, sentence connectors, phrases A paper on an IT-related topic is given every lesson.

Literature

• SWEENEY, Simon. English for business communication : a short course consisting of five modules: cultural diversity and socialising, telephoning, presentations, meetings and negotiations., Teacher's book. 1. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. vii, 120 s. ISBN 0-521-44621-. info
• ELLIS, Mark and Nina O'DRISCOLL. Giving presentations. 6. impr. Harlow: Longman, 1997. 96 s. ISBN 0-582-06441-4. info

Language in which the course is taught

English

Further Comments

The course is taught each semester.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010.

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