Angleški jezik za angleško skupino

This is an advanced course in English for specific purposes.

 

We will focus on:

• academic vocabulary and vocabulary related to computer science (derivation, collocations);
• discussion skills (participating in discussions and debates, giving and asking for opinions, etc.);
• presentation skills (structuring your presentation, using signposting phrases);
• reading skills (academic prose: finding information, summarising, giving opinions);
• academic writing (citing sources, using reporting verbs, structuring your writing, using linking words, summarising, writing abstracts);
• most common grammatical errors (tenses, the passive, conditionals, relative clauses, modal verbs, reported speech).

TOPICS

• Studying computer science
• Computer essentials, computer architecture
• Computer advertisements and reviews
• Software (software development, software solutions)
• Networks, the Internet, websites
• AI
• Information security, cybercrime
• Careers in ICT (CVs, application letters, job interviews)
• Recent developments and emerging technologies

 CLASS MATERIALS

• English CS Textbook 
• Interactive exercises (e-classroom)

COURSE OBLIGATIONS 

Attendance and active participation

• Students who attend class sessions regularly, actively participate in class discussions and complete the interactive exercises are exempt from taking the oral exam.
• If you miss more than 5 class sessions, you will need to take the oral exam. 

Seminar assignment

• Give a freely-spoken presentation on a topic from the field of computer science and equip it with a few slides.
• Prepare a collaborative activity for your fellow students.
• Submit an analytical report on your seminar assignment.
• In case of late submission, please contact the teacher.
• You will be awarded points for the seminar assignment. A positive grade in the seminar is a prerequisite for taking the final exam.

Oral exam