English Language I

Teachers in charge

Antonia Treselj, Lecturer

Study program

•   Undergraduate study Textile Technology and Engineering

module

•   Engineering Design and Management of Textiles
•   Textile Chemistry, Materials and Ecology
•   Clothing Engineering
•   Textile and Clothing Design for Industry

summary ∑ (L+s+p):

3 (1+0+2)

ECTS

2

Knowledge verification

Preliminary exam

Lecture type

Lectures, practice

Exercise type

Audio practice

Subject content

The aim of foreign language teaching at the university is to acquire special words or expressions used in relation to all textile technologies and to use language and grammatical structures of foreign language (English and German) properly. It shall enable students to read and use the textile terminology about basic topics from the field of main textile technologies: spinning, weaving, knitting, finishing, textile care, clothing production and fashion design. Most attention is paid to fashion design. Students shall acquire an appropriate command of Textile and Fashion Design English.

Aim of course

Acquisition of written and oral communication, acquisition of the most important language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, and language contents: vocabulary, communication patterns, phonological and orthographic features and the most important grammar units connected with technical literature.

Literature necessary for course

•   N. Vuljanić, N., Vuljanić, D.: English for Textile Engineers and Fashion Designers,
    Zagreb 2004. 

Supplement literature

•   Bujas, Ž., Veliki englesko-hrvatski rječnik, Globus, Zagreb, 1999.
•   Bujas, Ž., Veliki hrvatsko-engleski rječnik Globus, Zagreb, 1999. 
•   Vuljanić N., Vuljanić D.: Rječnik tekstilstva, Sveučilište u
    Zagrebu, Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet, Zagreb, 2008.
•   Filipović, R., An Outline of English Grammar, zadnja izdanja
•   Elektronički rječnici Cambridge, Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Glosbe,
    Dictionary.com