English Technical Language

Major: Information and Communication Systems
Code of subject: 6.126.02.O.26
Credits: 5.00
Department: Applied Linguistics
Lecturer: O. Kulyna, M. Yanisiv, O. Flys, O. Dobosh
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: By the end of the study learners are expected to be able to: • communicate in second language. • communicate with non-specialists of the same field. • use different language skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing according to the future profession; • maintain a conversation on familiar study and specialism-related topics, expressing and exchanging opinions and factual information on study and job - related events; • read original literature in the specialty to obtain scientific and technical information; • demonstrate understanding of clear and simple notices, including details on warning, announcements and instructions in academic and job-related events; • make arrangements on the telephone in academic or professional environment, including getting connected, leaving and taking messages, provided the interlocutor’s speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent; • write e-mails for educational purposes conveying simple straightforward information of immediate relevance /close to academic environment and everyday life; • fill in correctly application and registration forms for accommodation and / or for a conference with an appropriate degree of accuracy and adequacy
Required prior and related subjects: Foreign Language, part 1
Summary of the subject: Multimedia; Networks; The Internet; The World Wide Web; Websites; Webpage Creator.
Assessment methods and criteria: Current control: listening, monologic and dialogic speech, reading, writing. -40% Control test.- 60% Final control: Examination test.- 100%
Recommended books: 1. Glendinning E. H. Oxford English for Information Technology / E. H. Glendinning, J. McEvan. – Oxford University Press, 2006. – 222 p. 2. Oxenden C. English File: Intermediate / C. Oxenden, J. Hudson. - Oxford University Press, 2012. – 167 p. 3. Getting on in English. Upper-Intermediate. Спілкуємось англійською мовою. Вищий рівень / Байбакова І. М., Гасько О. Л., Федоришин М.С. та ін. – Львів: Растр-7, 2009. – 173 с.