English VI
English VI
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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 fulfilment of professional duties in international surroundings.
Study Programmes
undergraduate
Air Defence - course
(6. semester)
Armour - course
(6. semester)
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence - course
(6. semester)
Engineers - course
(6. semester)
Field Artillery - course
(6. semester)
Monitoring and Guidance - course
(6. semester)
Signals - course
(6. semester)
Technical Support - course
(6. semester)
Learning Outcomes
- understand a spoken text even if it is not in standard English
- understand extended texts of various types on complex topics
- analyse a text (identify the author's point of view, the purpose of a text, identify the main ideas and implicit meanings)
- perceive stylistic characteristics of various text types
- infer logical arguments from a text and apply them to support one’s own opinion
- synthesise information received from various sources
- be familiar with literature citation norms in English academic texts
- speak accurately and fluently using common collocations and idiomatic expressions
- clearly and articulately presentat one’s own opinions and ideas in discussions and negotiations
Forms of Teaching
Lectures
Seminars and workshops
Exercises
Independent assignments
Seminars and workshops
Exercises
Independent assignments
Week by Week Schedule
- Lectures: Introductory session Exercises: Introductory class
- Lectures: ELECTRONIC WARFARE (INTRODUCTION), word formation Exercises: ELECTRONIC WARFARE (INTRODUCTION), word formation practice, listening exercise
- Lectures: ELECTRONIC WARFARE IN OPERATION DESERT STORM, text analysis (explicit and implicit meaning) Exercises: ELECTRONIC WARFARE IN OPERATION DESERT STORM, text argumentation practice
- Lectures: FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE AND TERRORISM, subordinating conjunctions, compound prepositions Exercises: FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE AND TERRORISM, expressing cause and effect
- Lectures: LEARNING COUNTERINSURGENCY, tenses in subordinate clauses Exercises: LEARNING COUNTERINSURGENCY, expressing wishes, importance and urgency
- Lectures: BIOTERRORISM, planning a formal talk Exercises: REVISION
- Lectures: CONTINUOUS ASSESSEMENT EXAM Exercises: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM
- Lectures: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION Exercises: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION
- Lectures: MILITARY ENGINEERING IN THE AIR FORCE, text analysis: extracting the main ideas Exercises: MILITARY ENGINEERING IN THE AIR FORCE, synthetising information
- Lectures: NATO, word formation: compound nouns Exercises: NATO, group discussion
- Lectures: NATO LANGUAGE POLICY / INTRODUCTION TO STANAG EXAM Exercises: NATO LANGUAGE POLICY / INTRODUCTION TO STANAG EXAM
- Lectures: EU (INTRODUCTION AND DISCUSSION) AND EU DEFENSE POLICY, collocations, prepositions Exercises: EU (INTRODUCTION AND DISCUSSION) AND EU DEFENSE POLICY, exchanging information through a discussion
- Lectures: ENGINEER: MILITARY OR CIVILIAN?, argumentation, disagreeing, quoting conventions Exercises: ENGINEER: MILITARY OR CIVILIAN?, debate
- Lectures: SECOND CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT Exercises: SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM
- Lectures: FEEDBACK ON SECOND CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT AND DISCUSSION Exercises: FEEDBACK ON SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION
Literature
(.), Advanced Military Modules (2006), MORH, Zagreb. ,
(.), READER with exercises (u pripremi),
(.), Defense Language Institute (2008): Topics in Counterinsurgency, Texas: DLIELC.,
(.), Swann, M. (2007): Practical English Usage, Third Edition, Oxford University Press,
For students
General
ID 282180
Summer semester
2.0 ECTS
L1 e-Learning
15 Lectures
15 Seminar