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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: control systems, electrical circuits and supply, current, voltage, resistance DESIGN: motion, simple machines, technical drawings and designs, shapes, technical drawings DISASTERS: forces, load, stress, strain, writing complaints (reporting on technical troubles and suggesting solutions) MATERIAL SCIENCE: materials and their properties, performance, and application in engineering systems. ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION: robot kinematics and dynamics, path planning, robotic actuators and sensors, industrial automation, machine learning applications in robotics, automated production lines OPPORTUNITIES: innovations - hydrogen fuel cells, comparing and contrasting
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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- to develop and strengthen lexical and phraseological units of the general language - to develop basic language competence, mainly listening and text comprehension - to develop different forms of the spoken performance - discussions, presentations - to continue with systematic strengthening of the specific vocabulary
The student acquires language skills at an advanced B2 level as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
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Prerequisites
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Student should possess an entry level of language competence that enables to achieve the target language level B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) upon completion of the semester.
KCJ/A1S
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam, Essay
Credit awarded upon completion: - active participation during seminars, active discussion involvement - preparation and in-class presentation of topics related to the study major - successful completion of all assigned tasks in the required scope and quality - successful completion of the final exam (both written and oral) - prerequisite: course credit awarded before the exam Written part: successful completion of the credit test (minimum 60%), which comprehensively assesses language proficiency and mastery of technical terminology Oral part: presentation and follow-up discussion over a scientific/technical article in English
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Recommended literature
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BONAMY, David. Technical english. 2nd impression. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Longman, 2008. ISBN 9781405845540.
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BONAMY, David. Technical English 3. 3th impression. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Longman, 2013. ISBN 9781408229477.
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