FI:VB001 Specialist English - Course Information

VB001 Specialist English

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

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Abstract

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.

Key topics

• • 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
    
    

Study resources and 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

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Lectures, presentations

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

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

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~repova/?section=teaching&category=vb001

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

• VV064 Academic and Professional Skills in English for IT
  VB001 || program(N-UCI)  

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