Course detail
English in Sport Tech
CESA-SESTAcad. year: 2025/2026
The course is designed to teach English as a foreign language at a general level, with an additional focus on English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It emphasizes Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach.
Most students who take this course enjoy the blended learning method based on student centered approach in which students learn about a subject by working in groups to solve an open-ended problems concerning studies and sport technology topics. It helps students to develop the critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities they need for academic study and success.
- Collaboration and self-management.
- Designing the project theme and making the project proposal, executing the tasks of project
- Final presentation of the project report (solving an open-ended problem).
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
The course will build upon the language skills students have acquired in secondary school, expanding them in the context of ESP and academic topics, with a particular focus on sports technology, enhancing their previous course called English skills
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
The course will build upon the language skills students have acquired in secondary school, expanding them in the context of academic topics. The primary aim of the course is to enhance students' competencies and skills in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at the B2 level of the CEFR. The course places particular emphasis on Project-Based Learning (PBL) skills. (Students spend sustained periods of study time exploring and solving real-work problems.)
Students will consolidate general vocabulary and grammar structures relevant to the workplace at an intermediate level, further extending these in the context of academic discussions and presentations. Cooperation and the final project is a mandatory component of the course.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
-BRIEGER, Nick a Alison POHL. Technical English Vocabulary and Grammar. Andover: Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2002. ISBN 978-1-902741-76-5. (EN)
Gold Standard: Project Design Elements. (n.d.). PBLWorks. Retrieved December 21, 2023, from https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl/gold-standard-project-design (EN)
-MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use: A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4. (EN)
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme SPC-STC Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Elearning