SPR06630 – English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)

Module
English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)
English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)
Module number
SPR06630
Version: 1
Faculty
Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer and Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
Ines.Busch.Lauer(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

FG Sprachen

Course language(s)

English
in "English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

90.00 hours
45.00 hours Self-study - English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)
45.00 hours Online-Tutorium - English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)

Pre-examination(s)

Paper
in "English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)"

Examination(s)

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Poster mit Präsentation
Module examination | Examination time: 15 min | Weighting: 100%
in "English in Road Traffic Engineering (Advanced)"

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure

Developing expertise in domain-specific English communication 

  •  State-of-the-art in vehicle design and functionality
  •  Current road transportation systems, traffic engineering, traffic management and infrastructures
  • Mobility in society (e.g. autonomous and intelligent transportation systems, localization and navigation systems, logistics, virtual reality and transportation)
  • Designing future-oriented transport services and infrastructures
  • Enquiry, analysis and interpretation of data concerning traffic engineering and safety
  • Economics, safety and management of road transport-related issues
  • Environmental issues (e.g. pollution, noise) 

Working in the global business environment of traffic engineering 

  •  Major company organization patterns and department developments (R&D, production, QA)
  • Job search and developing your career (recruitment, applications, interviews, relocation)
  • Developing the project- and product life-cycle, projects and follow-up
  • Handling business-related communication settings (negotiations, meetings, dealing with customers, presentations) 

Developing Intercultural awareness 

  • Cultural values at work and in society (theoretical models and case studies)
  • Intercultural parameters, e.g. time, space, body language, distance  Discussing hotspots and critical incidents 

Qualification objectives

Having successfully completed this module, the students will be able to efficiently cope with the global communicative demands in their professional domain on level C1+ (CEFR).

  • Efficient communication in professional, business and project-oriented communicative settings of road traffic engineering
  • Strategies to solve communicative problems in multicultural contexts through intercultural awareness
  • Effective handling of academic, technical and business-related oral and written genres of the field 

Special admission requirements

Minimum English level B1+ (CEFR)

Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options

Advanced English language courses

Literature

Current professional websites of road traffic engineering and corporate websites, further material will be announced at the beginning of the course 

Business Vocabulary Handbook (by Paul Emmerson), business website material: http://www.paulemmerson.com 

Social media for group interactions,

Intercultural communication websites

e-platform for self-instructed study 

Notes
No information