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Professional German II

Course developers

Prior knowledge

ValoP212, Professional German I

Replaced course

ValoP076 [GVALP076] Professional German II

Course abstract

The course is aimed at the acquisition of knowledge and skills in a professional foreign language with the purpose of extending the students` professional qualification and improving the students` communication skills with foreign students and specialists (including work placement abroad, participation in guest lectures, work in joint venture companies, etc.). The study course envisages the mastering of language skills in various forms and levels of communication – reading, speaking, listening, and writing focusing on the terminology of machine design and manufacturing.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Students know terms from the field of:
- elastic and plastic deformation, elastic modulus; material hardness and testing methods – Rockwell’s, Brinell’s, Vickers’s tests; thermal expansion and contraction; heat treatment of metals – quenching, annealing, tempering (Test No 1);
- machine tools- turning machines, milling machines, presses, band saws, grinding machines, CNC systems; work safety; machine maintenance (Test No 2).
Students are able to apply professional terminology and skills: in writing an essay, summaries, business letters; orally in discussions, dialogues, role plays, giving a presentation.
The assessment according to the 10 point scale.

Course Content(Calendar)

1. Ecological problems. Impact of machine manufacturing on the environment.
2. Deformation and its degrees.
3. Material hardness. Testing and scales of material hardness. Testing procedures.
4. Impact of temperature on various materials.
5. Car safety systems. Active and passive safety.
6. Test 1. Equipment of machine manufacturing and its modernization.
7. Work safety. Major risks and consequences. Risk prevention.
8. Tools and equipment. Their description and use.
9. Material cracking and damage during manufacturing and exploitation.
10. Machine exploitation and safety.
11. Machine maintenance. Main operations of maintenance.
12. Main technical problems with machines, their determination and prevention.
13. Test 2. Business communication. Formal letters. Cover letter. Invitation to a conference. Request. CV.
14. Telephone conversations. Types of conversations, common phrases.
15. Presentation of independent work.
16. Presentation of independent work.

Requirements for awarding credit points

Assessment: Examination. The examination consists of: a terminology test, a presentation. A student is allowed to take the examination if there are: successfully written 2 tests, timely completed homework, completed individual work (reading of professional texts, the prepared PowerPoint presentation on the selected topic, the glossary of terms). Tests and homework are with a positive evaluation. The number of the missed classes shall not exceed 20%.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

1. Individual work:
a) reading of the independently chosen professional texts (the amount: 20 000 characters);
b) prepared PowerPoint presentation and oral presentation (8-10 minutes) in front of the class;
c) a written summary;
d) submitted glossary of terms (30 translations of terms, 20 definitions).
2. Pair or group work presentation (5 -7 minutes) on a topic related to the study course.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The examination grade is calculated as an arithmetic mean of grades obtained in two examination tasks. The grade in the terminology test is successful if at least 60% of the answers are correct.

Compulsory reading

1. Eder F.X. Arbeitsmethoden der Thermodynamik. Verlag Springer. 2011. 540 S. ISBN-10:3-642-93227-4.
2. Baumann H.G. Systematisches Projektieren und Konstruieren. Grundlagen und Regeln für Studium und Praxis. Verlag Springer. 2011. 337 S.ISBN-10:3-642-81745-9.
3. Lips W. Strömungsakustik in Theorie und Praxis. Anleitungen zur lärmarmen Projektierung von Maschinen und Anlagen. 4. Aufl. Verlag: Espert-Verlaga GmbH. 2008. 406 S. ISBN-10:3-8169-2807-2.
4. Schaefer C. Über den Einfluss der Temperatur auf die Elastizität der Metalle. Verlag Trapeza. 2012. 76 S. ISBN-10:3-86454-270-7.

Further reading

1. Wöhrmann H. Das Landwirtschaftserbrecht. 9. Aufl. Verlag Luchterhand. München. 2011. 754 S. ISBN-10:3-472-08021-3.
2. Riedl H. Das Lexikon der Kraftfahrzeugtechnik. Verlag: Motorbuch Verlag. 2010. 540 S. ISBN-10:3-613-02996-0.
3. Kornmeier M. Wissenschaftlich schreiben leicht gemacht: für Bachelor, Master und Dissertation. 4. Auflage. Verlag Utb GmbH. Stuttgart. 2010. 322 S. ISBN-10:3-8252-3154-2.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Profi:Magazin für professionelle Agrartechnik. -1997- Münster-Hiltrup Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH -1997- ISSN 0937-1583
2. Agrar- und Umweltrecht. - Zeitschrift für das gesamte Recht der Landwirtschaft der Agrarmärkte und des ländlichen Raumes. ISSN:0340-840X [Anotāciju līmenī pieejams CAB Abstracts datubāzē: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=lbh]
3. Der Spiegel. Publisher: SPIEGEL-Verlag. ISSN : 0038-7452

Notes

The course is included in the compulsory part of the professional Bachelor’s degree programme Machine Design and Manufacturing