COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD ENGLISH COURSE Architecture

COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD
The name of the course/module
code
xxx
ENGLISH COURSE
Major
Educational profile
(general academic, practical)
Architecture and Urban Planning
year / term
I/II
general academic
Specialty
Course offered in the language:
xxx
Course
English
obligatory
Didactic hours:
Lectures
:
XX
Level of the
studies:
Points nr
classes: 60
Module
(full-time/extramural)
extramural
I
Laboratories:
XX
XX
Projects / seminars:
xxx
Educational area(s)
ECTS distribution (nr i %)
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xx
xx
xx
Status of the course in the studies’ program
xx%
xx%
xx%
(general academic, from a different major)
Liczba punktów
XXX
xxx
Lecturer responsible for the course:
xx
xxx
mgr Wiktoria Tyszka-Ulężałka
e-mail: [email protected]
Centrum Języków i Komunikacji PP
ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań
tel.: 061 665 24 91
Prerequisites defined in terms of knowledge, skills and social competencies:
1
Knowledge:
2
Skills:
3
Social
competencies:
The already acquired language competence compatible with level B1 (CEFR)
The ability to use vocabulary and grammatical structures required on the high
school graduation exam with regard to productive and receptive skills
The ability to work individually and in a group; the ability to use various sources of
information and reference works.
Course objectives:
1. Advancing students’ language competence towards at least level B2 (CEFR).
2. Development of the ability to use academic and field specific language effectively in both receptive and
productive language skills.
3. Improving the ability to understand field specific texts (familiarizing students with basic translation
techniques).
4. Improving the ability to function effectively on an international market and on a daily basis.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: As a result of the course, the student ought to acquire field specific vocabulary related to the
following issues:
1
2
Ancient architecture – ancient Egypt: mastaba, pyramid, temple
ancient Greece: Greek cities, temple, Classical orders
ancient Rome: concrete, structural solutions, pilaster
Gothic architecture – cathedral, flying buttress, windows, tracery
Mathematics – algebra: algebraic expressions, equations, formulae
geometry: lines, angles, flat figures, solids
3
Graphs – describing processes graphically, interpreting graphs and diagrams
4
and to be able to define and explain associated terms, phenomena and processes.
Skills: As a result of the course, the student is able to:
1
give a talk on field specific or popular science topic (in English), and discuss general and field specific
issues using an appropriate linguistic and grammatical repertoire
2
express basic mathematical formulas and to interpret data presented on graphs/diagrams
3
conduct business correspondence in English
Social competencies:
1
As a result of the course, the student is able to communicate effectively in a field specific/professional
area, and to give a successful presentation in English.
2
The student is able to recognize and understand cultural differences in a professional and private
conversation, and in a different cultural environment.
The evaluation methods


Formative assessment: grades for presentations, tests, MT test
Summative assessment: credit
Program
Reaching high degree of academic, business and social communication. Revising and extending vocabulary
within the scope of specific language for architecture. They study texts: ‘Ancient Egypt’, ‘Ancient
Greece’, ‘Ancient Rome’, ‘The Gothic World’. Preparation and delivery of presentations on
architectural topics. Getting acquainted with the ways of describing and interpreting graphs and
diagrams. Learning vocabulary of algebra and geometry to express fundamental mathematical
operations and to describe shapes, flat figures and solids.
Main literature:
Glancey, J. 2003, The Story of Architecture. London: A Dorling Kindersley Book.
Hanf, B. 2001, Angielski w technice. Poznan: LektorKlett (Pons)
Grzegożek, M. / Starmach, I. 2004, English for Environmental Engineering. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej nauki
Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Harding, K. / Taylor, L. 2005, International Express Intermediate New Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Supplementary literature:
Wojewódzka-Olszówka, I. 2004, Architecture in English-English for Architecture. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej
nauki Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Dooley J, / Evans, V. 2001, Grammarway 4. London: Express Publishing.
Romaniuk, E. / Wrana, J. 2007, Modern Wonders of Civil Engineering. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej nauki
Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Otto, B. / Otto, M. 2007, Here is the News. Warszawa: Poltext.
Student workload
Form of activity
hours
ECTS
120
4
Classes requiring an individual contact with the teacher
60
2
Practical classes
60
2
Overall expenditure
COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD
The name of the course/module
code
xxx
ENGLISH COURSE
Major
Educational profile
(general academic, practical)
Architecture and Urban Planning
year / term
II/III
general academic
Specialty
Course offered in the language:
xxx
Course
English
obligatory
Didactic hours:
Lectures
:
XX
Level of the
studies:
Points nr
classes: 60
Laboratories:
Module
(full-time/extramural)
extramural
I
XX
Projects / seminars:
XX
xxx
Educational area(s)
ECTS distribution (nr i %)
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xx
xx%
xx
xx%
xx
xx%
Status of the course in the studies’ program
(general academic, from a different major)
Liczba punktów
XXX
Lecturer responsible for the course:
xxx
xx
xxx
mgr Wiktoria Tyszka-Ulężałka
e-mail: [email protected]
Centrum Języków i Komunikacji PP
ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań
tel.: 061 665 24 91
Prerequisites defined in terms of knowledge, skills and social competencies:
1
Knowledge:
2
Skills:
3
Social
competencies:
The already acquired language competence compatible with level B1 (CEFR)
The ability to use vocabulary and grammatical structures required on the high
school graduation exam with regard to productive and receptive skills
The ability to work individually and in a group; the ability to use various sources of
information and reference works.
Course objectives:
1. Advancing students’ language competence towards at least level B2 (CEFR).
2. Development of the ability to use academic and field specific language effectively in both receptive and
productive language skills.
3. Improving the ability to understand field specific texts (familiarizing students with basic translation
techniques).
4. Improving the ability to function effectively on an international market and on a daily basis.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: As a result of the course, the student ought to acquire field specific vocabulary related to the
following issues:
1
New Technologies and developments in architecture
2
Great architects – F.L.Wright, L.Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier
3
Modern and contemporary architecture – High-tech, Deconstructivism
4
Urban planning – the distribution of towns in a region, the city image, problems of transport in a city
5
Business correspondence – letter of complaint
and to be able to define and explain associated terms, phenomena and processes.
Skills: As a result of the course, the student is able to:
1
give a talk on field specific or popular science topic (in English), and discuss general and field specific
issues using an appropriate linguistic and grammatical repertoire
2
express basic mathematical formulas and to interpret data presented on graphs/diagrams
3
conduct business correspondence in English
Social competencies:
1
As a result of the course, the student is able to communicate effectively in a field specific/professional
area, and to give a successful presentation in English.
2
The student is able to recognize and understand cultural differences in a professional and private
conversation, and in a different cultural environment.
The evaluation methods


Formative assessment: grades for presentations, tests, MT test
Summative assessment: credit, final exam (written and oral)
Program
Reaching high degree of academic, business and social communication. Revising and extending vocabulary
within the scope of specific language for modern and contemporary architecture and urban planning.
They study texts: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’, ‘Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’, ‘Le Corbusier’, ‘High-tech’,
‘Deconstructivism’, ‘The Distribution of Towns’, ‘Local Transport Areas’, ‘Web of Shopping’ and ‘The
City Image and its Elements’. Preparation and delivery of presentations on architectural topics.
Translation and analysis of field specific text. Getting acquainted with the ways of writing
compositions and learning the ways of conducting business correspondence.
Main literature:
Glancey, J. 2003, The Story of Architecture. London: A Dorling Kindersley Book.
Lynch, K. 1992,The Image of the City. Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
Alexander, Ch. 1977, A Pattern Language. New York: Oxford University Press.
Supplementary literature:
Wojewódzka-Olszówka, I. 2004, Architecture in English-English for Architecture. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej
nauki Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Dooley J, / Evans, V. 2001, Grammarway 4. London: Express Publishing.
Romaniuk, E. / Wrana, J. 2007, Modern Wonders of Civil Engineering. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej nauki
Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Otto, B. / Otto, M. 2007, Here is the News. Warszawa: Poltext.
Student workload
Form of activity
hours
ECTS
Overall expenditure
120
4
Classes requiring an individual contact with the
teacher
60
2
Practical classes
60
2