English Language II

• Terminology revisited / Bridges
• Nominal compounds
• Phrasal verbs / How bricks are made
• Idioms / Types of concrete, video and terminology workout
• Soil and geotechnical engineering, video and terminology workout
• Building green for less green 1st
• Pre-exam – exercises
• Modals / Vocabulary quiz
• Conditionals / Cool constructions technologies, video and terminology workout
• Reading skill – basics
• Relative clauses / Text workout
• American vs
• British
• English / Text workout
• Documentary – Burj
• Khalifa, video and terminology workout
• Documentary – Burj
• Khalifa, video and terminology workout 2nd
• Pre-exam

1. demonstrate to have acquired terminology and to be able to use it efficiently at B2 level of linguistic competence
2. analyse technical text by verifying hypotheses set in advance in order to motivate students to develop a critical attitude to the text
3. analyse composite words syntactically and semantically by contrasting them with Croatian translation equivalents
4. solve grammatical structures aimed at testing phrasal verbs, passive voice, modal verbs, and conditionals, and use them more efficiently in oral communication
5. develop language skills in professional communications and use basic business terminology

Required reading

• English for Civil Engineers, Špiranec, I., TVZ, Zagreb.
  Engleski jezik u graditeljstvu 1 i 2, Grammar and additional articles, TVZ, 2019., dodatni materijali
  Preporučena dopunska literatura:
  Reading Technical English for Academic Purposes, Hercezi-Skalicki, M., Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1993.
  Ilustrirani rječnik arhitekture i građevinarstva, Vulelija, Z. Masmedia, Zagreb, 2008.
  Trojezični građevinski rječnik, Prager A., 2003.