Foreign Language for Specific Purposes

Major: Telecommunications and Radio Engineering
Code of subject: 6.172.00.M.34
Credits: 3.00
Department: Foreign Languages
Lecturer: associate-professor Fuchyla O.M., Dmytruk V.A., Shainer A.I., Rak N.V.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: By the end of the study, learners are expected to be able to: • maintain a conversation on familiar study and specialism-related topics, expressing and exchanging opinions and factual information on study-related events; • 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; • make public presentations on a number of general issues in the political, economic and cultural spheres using appropriate linguistic and non-linguistic means of communication; • write e-mails for educational purposes conveying simple straightforward information of immediate relevance/close to academic environment and everyday life; • write forum posts and comments, expressing their own opinion and commenting on other opinions, agreeing/disagreeing on what can be found in social media and virtual learning environment; • 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: The level of knowledge A2-B1 Foreign language for specific purposes.
Summary of the subject: Computer Users: noting specific information, exchanging information, writing a brief description. Computer Architecture: exchanging technical information, sequencing instructions. Computer Applications: reading diagrams, ignoring irrelevant info, describing a process; Peripherals: describing functions, comparing and contrasting. Operating Systems: exchanging technical information. Applications programs: exchanging technical information, making recommendations. Networks: providing explanations, describing advantages and disadvantages (developing skimming and scanning skills: extracting main and detailed information. Distinguishing between factual/non-factual, important/ less important. Listening for main and detailed information).
Assessment methods and criteria: Current control: listening, monologue and dialogic speech, reading, writing. Control test. Final control: differentiated test/credit. The distribution of points according to a 100-point scale Current control (CC) Total for the discipline 100 Classroom work 70 Listening 5 Reading 5 Speaking 5 Writing 5 Control test 50 Self-study 30 Exercises from textbooks. 5 Lexical and grammatical tests in Virtual Educational Environment (VEE) 5 Extracurricular reading. 5 Vocabulary of educational and special professional vocabulary. 5 Monologic speech. 5 Dialogic speech 5
Recommended books: English: 1. Getting on in English (Upper Intermediate). За ред. І.Байбакової, О.Гасько, М.Федоришина, Львів – 2009. 2. Eric H. Glendinning, John McEwan. Oxford English for Information Technology. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 3. Santiago Remacha Esteras. Infotech. English for computer users. Student’s book. Cambridge. 2008 – 168c. 4. Murphy R., English Grammar in Use. CEF Level: B1 Intermediate - B2 High Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 5. Readings in Computing. Доц. Байбакова І.М., Гавран М.І. та ін. – Львів: ТзОВ «Простір-М», 2008. 6. Dictionaries. German: 1. Kommunikatives Deutsch. Redaktionelle Leitung: Dr. V. Sadoroshnyj, Dr. Th. Seifert, Dr. F. Spitzner, M. Vesna. Lviv, 1998. 2. Весна М. Українсько-німецький розмовник. Растр-7, Львів – 2010. 3. Sprich richtig aus- Практичні завдання з розвитку фонетичних навичок з німецької мови для студентів І-ІІ курсів усіх спеціальностей, Львів 2004. 4. Lernziel Deutsch- Deutsch als Fremdsprache- Max Hueber Verlag- 1998 5. Becker, Braunert, Eisfeld. Dialog Beruf I. Max Hueber- Verlag, 1997. 6. Stalb H. Deutsch fur Studenten. Verlag fur Deutsch, 1995. 7. Dictionaries. French: 1. Попова И.Н., Козакова Ж.О. Французька мова- 21-ше вид., виправлене. Х,: ТОВ « Нестор Академік Паблішерз», 2008.- 576 с. 2. Даутель К. Французька граматика коротко і легко . К.: Методика,2011. – 192с 3. Дучин С. English+Le francais.- Суми: ИТД « Университетская книга», 2006.-508с. 4. Boulares M., Grand-Clement O. Conjugaison progressive du francais. CLE Internatonal, 2000-223p. 5. Gregoire M, Thievenaz O. Grammaire progressive du francais. CLE International, 2002-255p. 6. Miquel C. Vocabulaire progressif du francais. CLE International, 2001-192p. 7. Dictionaries.