The study course provides the study and consolidation of professional lexis, the development of professional language skills, the practical application of terminology in written and oral speech. Students have to acquire special terminology, specifics of grammatical constructions characteristic of technical literature in the relevant special field. The texts are selected by language instructor depending on the special field (Adaptronics, Clothing and Textile Technology, Architecture, Automation and Computer Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aviation Transport Business Informatics, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Civil Construction and Real Estate Management, Human Resource Management, Occupational Safety, Computer Systems, Digital Humanities, Safety Engineering, Railway Electrical Systems, Railway Transport, Economics, Electronics and Mobile Communication, Computerized Control of Electrical Technologies, Power and Electrical Engineering, Financial Engineering, Geomatics, Industrial Design, Information Technology, Innovations and Entrepreneurship, Innovative Road and Bridge Engineering, Innovative Solutions in Geomatics, Intelligent Robotic Systems, Engineering Technology, Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Applied Chemistry, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Mechanical and Instrumental Engineering, Material Technology and Design, Materials Science, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Mechatronics, Administration of Customs and Taxes, Creative Industries, Engineering of Regional Development and Urban Economics, Heat, Gas and Water Technology, Heat Power and Thermal Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Management, Information and Electronic Systems of Transport, Transportation Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Management, Environmental Science).
Course contents:
- Different texts in special field, terminology exercises, Discussion based on the texts.
- Terminology exercises, work with text (summary, commentary, lexical exercises, discussions.
- Work with terminological databases.
- Glossary, thesaurus, ontology: types, structure, layout.
- Terminology standardization. ISO standards.
- Compilation and presentation of professional glossary.
- Tests: terminology exercises, text analysis (summary, commentary, lexical exercises).
