Description:

Grammatical structures and style. Selection of conversation topics relating to transportation sciences. Extending vocabulary, developing perceptive and communicative skills. Elementary stylistics forms. Oral and written presentation of original research. Academic text principles and reading comprehension. Principles of rhetoric.

Recommended literature:

C. Oxenden and C. Latham-Koenig, New English File ? elementary to advanced, OUP 2011-13
D. Crystal, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, CUP 2003
Collins Dictionaries, Easy Learning English Conversation, Collins 2011
R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use, CUP 2012
P. Sharma and B. Barrett, Vocabulary Organiser, Collins 2014

Keywords:

Grammatical structures, communicative skills, written and oral production, technical texts, vocabulary, technical terminology.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar