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English I

Data is displayed for the academic year: 2025./2026.

Lecturers

dr. sc.
Tea Glavaš

Seminar

dr. sc.
Tea Glavaš

Course Description

Further development of basic language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), acquisition and development of both general and specific vocabulary, as well as the development of intercultural competence with the aim of preparing students for successful fulfillment of professional duties in international surroundings. The focus is placed on the knowledge of grammar structures (the use of tenses and conditional sentences), the acquisition of reading strategies and further development of writing skills (paragraph organization, narrative essay, report).

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Military Engineering - study
(1. semester)
Military Leadership and Management - study
(1. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. understand the main ideas of a long speech in standard English on concrete and abstract topics
  2. understand main ideas of a linguistically more complex written text on more elaborate concrete and abstract topics
  3. acquire the skills of note taking while reading and listening
  4. improve writing skills in English
  5. be familar with the norms in writing a CV
  6. accurately use tenses and conditional sentences in more complex communicative situations

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Exercises

Independent assignments

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Introductory session Exercises: Introductory class
  2. Lectures: MILITARY ORGANISATION, the verb aspect in English, comparison of verb aspects in English and Croatian, use of present tenses Exercises: MILITARY ORGANISATION, use of present tenses, military alphabet, vocabulary acquisition (military ranks, services and branches of the army, describing military units)
  3. Lectures: MILITARY UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT, use of tenses, comparison of adjectives Exercises: MILITARY UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT, comparison phrases, describing specifications
  4. Lectures: MILITARY CAREER, past tenses in English and Croatian, use of Present Perfect Exercises: MILITARY CAREER, note-taking while reading, writing a military CV
  5. Lectures: DESCRIBING HISTORICAL FIGURES, revision of tenses, phrasal verbs Exercises: DESCRIBING HISTORICAL FIGURES, phrasal verbs, note-taking while reading, writing a biographical profile
  6. Lectures: LIFE ON A BASE, tvorba riječi Exercises: LIFE ON A BASE, vocabulary acquisition (places on a military base)
  7. Lectures: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM Exercises: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM
  8. Lectures: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT GRADES AND FEEDBACK Exercises: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT GRADES AND FEEDBACK
  9. Lectures: LIFE IN THE ARMY, present and past tenses Exercises: LIFE IN THE ARMY, vocabulary acquisition( collocations: military routine)
  10. Lectures: DESCRIBING A MILITARY OPERATION IN THE PAST, revision of tenses, note-taking Exercises: DESCRIBING A MILITARY OPERATION IN THE PAST, revision of tenses, note-taking
  11. Lectures: LIFE ON A BASE, modal verbs Exercises: LIFE ON A BASE, vocabulary acquisition
  12. Lectures: LIFE IN THE ARMY, modal verbs Exercises: LIFE IN THE ARMY, modal verbs
  13. Lectures: WAR , reading a newspaper article, collecting information from various sources Exercises: WAR, practising strategies of reading a long text
  14. Lectures: REVISION Exercises: REVISION
  15. Lectures: SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM Exercises: SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM

Literature

(.), Mellor-Clark, S. Baker de Altamirano, Y. (2004): Campaign 2, Oxford: Macmillan Education (Student's Book + Workbook),
(.), Murphy, R. (2012): A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English, Fourth edition, Cambridge University Press,
(.), Reader with exercises (u pripremi),

For students

General

ID 282174
  Winter semester
2.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
15 Lectures
15 Seminar