Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: English language - intermediate (17.EJ2Z)

Native organizations units: Department of Fundamentals Sciences

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Engineering Animation (Godina: 2, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Computing and Control Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Software Engineering and Information Technologies (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Engineering Management (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Industrial Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Power Software Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Anglistika i jezik struke
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	3

Educational goal:

Knowledge about the basics of English for Specific Purposes related to students’ future profession. Students read a selection of engineering and scientific texts covering different areas of computing and control engineering in order to learn professional terms in accordance with definitions, classifications, terms and notions adopted by contemporary European and international standards. The knowledge of the English language is expanded by including new vocabulary, compounds, use of prefixes and suffixes, grammatical and syntax structures characteristic of English for specific purposes in this area.

Educational outcome:

Students acquire enough knowledge and skills to use professional English in simple communication with clients, colleagues and employers.

Course content:

A selection of texts from professional engineering areas. Systematization of verb tenses, conditional sentences, direct and indirect speech, passive.

Teaching methods:

Teaching is done using communicative method of language learning. After a short introduction about a topic, the students read the text and find new words in a dictionary. This is followed by a discussion about the topics mentioned in the text and the conclusions offered there. A part of the class is devoted to learning and practicing new vocabulary through oral and written exercises as well as to revision and expansion of knowledge related to certain grammar structures. Students are encouraged to communicate in English through group discussions and pair work.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Soars, J., Soars, L.	New Headway English Course Pre-Intermediate	2000	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English
Glendinning, E.H., McEwan, J.	Basic English for Computing	2002	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English
Coe, N., Harrison, M., Paterson, K.	Oxford Practice Grammar - Basic	2006	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English