COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD ENGLISH COURSE Architecture
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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