English Technical Language

Major: Distributed Information Systems and Technologies
Code of subject: 6.126.03.O.024
Credits: 5.00
Department: Applied Linguistics
Lecturer: Shvanova O.V., Bekhta-Hamanchuk M.P.
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Мета вивчення дисципліни: Formation of students' communicative competence, which is necessary for communication in English in familiar situations that occur in academic and general professional contexts.
Завдання: General competences: • Ability to communicate in English. • Ability to apply knowledge in practical situations. • Ability to search, process and summarize information from various sources. • Skills in using information and communication technologies. Professional competences: • Ability to demonstrate language and speech competence in the process of professional and interpersonal intercultural communication. • Ability to collect, analyze and systematize language facts, interpret and translate English texts. • Ability to analyze the object of design or operation and its subject area. • Ability to design, develop and use means of implementing information systems, technologies and information communications. • Ability to conduct computational experiments, compare the results of experimental data and obtained solutions.
Learning outcomes: Apply knowledge of fundamental and natural sciences, system analysis and modeling technologies, standard algorithms and discrete analysis when solving problems of designing and using information systems and technologies
Required prior and related subjects: Foreign language for specific purposes, parts 1-3
Summary of the subject: The course of the academic discipline "English technical language" has a practical direction, providing students with the opportunity to acquire general professional communicative competence in using the English language. As a result of successful study following the program of this course, the level of language proficiency is expected to increase to B1+, which is transitional between the borderline and advanced levels of an independent language user. The program of the "English technical language" course takes into account modern trends in language learning and teaching. It is aimed at the development and improvement of foreign language skills and abilities such as: listening, dialogic speech, monologue speech, reading, written speech, academic oral speech, academic written speech.
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Assessment methods and criteria: Assessment of language skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Discussions and questioning take place during practical classes. Testing of lexical-grammatical material in the VLE. The final test consists of both a written test and a discussion.
Критерії оцінювання результатів навчання: Continuous assessment - 40 points. Final test - 60 points.
Порядок та критерії виставляння балів та оцінок: 100-88 points - certified with an “excellent” grade - High level: the student demonstrates an in-depth mastery of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the discipline, systematic knowledge, skills and abilities of their practical application. The mastered knowledge, skills and abilities provide the ability to independently formulate goals and organize learning activities, search and find solutions in non-standard, atypical educational and professional situations. The applicant demonstrates the ability to make generalizations based on critical analysis of factual material, ideas, theories and concepts, to formulate conclusions based on them. His/her activity is based on interest and motivation for self-development, continuous professional development, independent research activities, implemented with the support and guidance of the teacher. 87-71 points - certified with a grade of “good” - Sufficient level: involves mastery of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the discipline at an advanced level, conscious use of knowledge, skills and abilities to reveal the essence of the issue. Possession of a partially structured set of knowledge provides the ability to apply it in familiar educational and professional situations. Aware of the specifics of tasks and learning situations, the student demonstrates the ability to search for and choose their solution according to the given sample, to argue for the use of a particular method of solving the problem. Their activities are based on interest and motivation for self-development and continuous professional development. 70-50 points - certified with a grade of “satisfactory” - Satisfactory level: outlines the mastery of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the discipline at the average level, partial awareness of educational and professional tasks, problems and situations, knowledge of ways to solve typical problems and tasks. The applicant demonstrates an average level of skills and abilities to apply knowledge in practice, and solving problems requires assistance, support from a model. The basis of learning activities is situational and heuristic, dominated by motives of duty, unconscious use of opportunities for self-development. 49-00 points - certified with a grade of “unsatisfactory” - Unsatisfactory level: indicates an elementary mastery of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the discipline, a general understanding of the content of the educational material, partial use of knowledge, skills and abilities. The basis of learning activities is situational and pragmatic interest.
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