Bachelor's degree study

Road Transport

English/German/Russian in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semesters of study.
Emphasis on academic and professional vocabulary in the field of study Road Transport.

Study material:
English language
- English for Students of the University of Žilina
- NORMAN WHITBY: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to Intermediate, Cambridge English, 2013, ISBN: 9781107693999  Buy
- MURPHY, R.: English Grammar in Use, CUP, 1994, ISBN: 9780521537629.
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

German language
- Mueller, A., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland,
ISBN 978-3-19-101190-1
- Hagner, V., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland
ISBN 978-3-19-131190-2
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Russian language
- Korchagina. E.L, Stepanova, E.M: Priglashenie v Rossiju. Uchebnik. Vyp. I. Moskva: Russkij jazyk. 2010.-288 s., ill. ISBN 978-5-88337-048-8
- Medvedeva,S.V.: Russkaya grammatika v illjustrirovannych uprazhnenijach. Uchebno-metodicheskoye posobiye dlja inostrannych uchashschichsja. Moskva/MADI,2019.
- Terry Culhane and Roy Bivon: Russian Language and people. BBC Worldwide Ltd.2006. ISBN 978-0-563-51975-4
- Terence Wade. A Comprehensive Russian Grammar. 2011
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Air Transport

English language in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th semesters of study.
Emphasis on academic and professional vocabulary in the fields of study Professional Pilot and Air Transport.

Study material according to the field of study:
Professional Pilot: Shawcross P.: Flightpath, Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-17871-6
Air Transport: Emery H., Roberts A.: Aviation English for ICAO compliance, Macmillan, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-230-02757-2

Forwarding and Logistics

English/German in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th semesters of study.
Emphasis on academic and professional vocabulary in the field of study Forwarding and Logistics.

Study material:
English language
- English for Students of the University of Žilina
- NORMAN WHITBY: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to Intermediate, Cambridge English, 2013, ISBN: 9781107693999.
- MURPHY, R.: English Grammar in Use, CUP, 1994, ISBN: 9780521537629.
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

German language
Mueller, A., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland,
ISBN 978-3-19-101190-1
Hagner, V., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland
ISBN 978-3-19-131190-2
professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Railway Transport

English/German/Russian in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semesters of study.
Emphasis on academic and professional vocabulary in the field of study Railway Transport.

Study material:
English language
- English for Students of the University of Žilina
- NORMAN WHITBY: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to Intermediate, Cambridge English, 2013, ISBN: 9781107693999.
- MURPHY, R.: English Grammar in Use, CUP, 1994, ISBN: 9780521537629.
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

German language
- Mueller, A., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland,
ISBN 978-3-19-101190-1
- Hagner, V., Schlueter, S.: Im Beruf. Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland,
ISBN 978-3-19-131190-2
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Russian language
- Korchagina. E.L, Stepanova, E.M: Priglashenie v Rossiju. Uchebnik. Vyp. I. Moskva: Russkij jazyk. 2010.-288 s., ill. ISBN 978-5-88337-048-8
- Medvedeva,S.V.: Russkaya grammatika v illjustrirovannych uprazhnenijach. Uchebno-metodicheskoye posobiye dlja inostrannych uchashschichsja. Moscow/MADI, 2019.
- Terry Culhane and Roy Bivon: Russian Language and people. BBC Worldwide Ltd.2006. ISBN 978-0-563-51975-4
- Terence Wade. A Comprehensive Russian Grammar. 2011
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Engineering degree study

Road Transport

English/German/Russian in the 1st and 2nd semesters of study.
Emphasis on language production of students in the field of study Road Transport.

Study material:
English language
- Whitby, N.: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to Intermediate, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2013.
- Grussendorf, M. 2009. English for Logistics. Oxford: OUP, 2009. 94 s. ISBN 978-0-19-457945-2.
- D´Acunto, E.: Flash on English for Transport and Logistics. Italy, 2012. 49 s. ISBN 978-88-536-1451-3.
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

German language:
- Mueller, A.: Im Beruf. Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland ISBN 978-3-19-101190-1
- Hagner, V.: Im Beruf. Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland,
ISBN 978-3-19-131190-2
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Russian language
- Korchagina. E.L, Litvinova, N.D: Priglashenie v Rossiju. Uchebnik. Vyp. II. Moscow: Russkij jazyk. 2011.-276 s., ill. ISBN 978-5-88337-036-5
- Medvedeva, S.V.: Russkaya grammatika v illjustrirovannych uprazhnenijakh. Uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie dlja inostrannych uchashhikhsja. Moskva/MADI, 2019
- Terry Culhane and Roy Bivon: Russian Language and people. BBC Worldwide Ltd.2006. ISBN 978-0-563-51975-4
- IVANOVA, E.I., BOGOMOLOVA, I.A. Nazemnye transportno-tekhnologicheskie sredstva. Moskovskijj avtomobilno-dorozhnyjj gosudarstvennyjj tekhnicheskijj universitet, Moscow/MADI 2014
- Popova, I.M, Patrakeeva, E. B., Glazkova M. M. RUSSKIJJ JAZYK DLJA EKONOMISTOV, Tambov, Izdatelstvo FGBOU VPO «TGTU» 2014
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Air Transport 

English language in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semesters of study.
Emphasis on language production of students in the fields of study Air Transport and Aircraft Maintenance Technology.

Study material according to the field of study:
Air Transport: Baade K., Holloway Ch., Scrivener J.,Turner R.: Business Result Advanced, Oxford University Press
Tomová, A.: Economics od Air Navigation Services, EDIS UNIZA
Holloway, S.: Straight and Level: Practical Airline Economics. 2016.
Cullivane, K.: Airline Economics in Europe. 2019.
Doganis, R.: Airline Business, 2004
Aircraft Maintenance Technology: Baade K., Holloway Ch., Scrivener J., Turner R.: Business Result Advanced, Oxford University Press
MAINTENANCE PRACTICES – Aviation Maintenance Technician Certification Series, 2014, Contributing author: Ken Fietz, Printed in the USA
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Forwarding and Logistics

English language in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semesters of study.
Emphasis on language production of students in the field of study Forwarding and Logistics.

Study material:
Pilbeam, A. – O´Driscoll, N.: Logistics Management Market Leader. England: Longman, 2010. 97 p. ISBN 978-1-408-22006-1.
professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Railway Transport

English/German/Russian in the 1st and 2nd semesters of study.
Emphasis on language production of students in the field of study Railway Transport.

Study material:
English language
- Whitby, N.: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to Intermediate, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2013.
- Grussendorf, M. 2009. English for Logistics. Oxford: OUP, 2009. 94 s. ISBN 978-0-19-457945-2.
- D´Acunto, E.: Flash on English for Transport and Logistics. Italy, 2012. 49 s. ISBN 978-88-536-1451-3.
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

German language
- Mueller, A.: Im Beruf. Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland ISBN 978-3-19-101190-1
- Hagner, V.: Im Beruf. Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Zweitsprache. Hueber Verlag 2013, Ismaning, Deutschland
ISBN 978-3-19-131190-2

Russian language
- Korchagina. E.L, Litvinova, N.D: Priglashenie v Rossiju. Uchebnik. Vyp. II. Moscow: Russkij jazyk. 2011.-276 s., ill. ISBN 978-5-88337-036-5
- Medvedeva,S.V.: Russkaya grammatika v illjustrirovannych uprazhnenijakh. Uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie dlja inostrannych uchashhikhsja. Moscow/MADI,2019.
- Terry Culhane and Roy Bivon: Russian Language and people. BBC Worldwide Ltd.2006. ISBN 978-0-563-51975-4
- IVANOVA, E.I., BOGOMOLOVA, I.A. Nazemnye transportno-tekhnologicheskie sredstva. Moskovskijj avtomobilno-dorozhnyjj gosudarstvennyjj tekhnicheskijj universitet, Moskva MADI 2014.
- Popova, I.M, Patrakeeva, E. B., Glazkova M. M. RUSSKIJJ JAZYK DLJA EKONOMISTOV, Tambov, Izdatelstvo FGBOU VPO «TGTU» 2014
- professional texts developed by the Institute of Lifelong Learning

Doctoral degree study

English/German in the 1st and 2nd semesters of study.
Emphasis on academic and professional foreign language in the context of doctoral degree study in the field of study Transport.

Study material:
English language
1. Presentations: Opening and closing – basic vocabulary and phrases used in introduction/opening, techniques of capturing your audience’s interest, model situations; Introduction to Academic vocabulary
2. Presentations: Smooth structure – logical collocations, fillers and phrases used while talking, listening to examples; Academic vocabulary: Key nouns
3. Presentations: Visual aids – effective objects or ‚props‘in presentation, strategies used in creating visual aids; Academic vocabulary: Key verbs
4. Presentations: Facts and figures – amount of data expected in presentation on one slide, practising of saying facts and describing figures, practising fluency with figures, describing graphs and charts; Academic vocabulary: Phrasal verbs
5. Presentations: Rapport building – Building a sort of relationship among the presenter and its audience + TED talks, Criteria for successful presentation: assessment grid, Guide for Academic presentations; Academic vocabulary: Prepositional phrases

German language
1. Eröffnung und Schluss einer Präsentation – grundlegendes Vokabular und Phrasen, die in der Einleitung/Eröffnung verwendet werden. Techniken, um das Interesse Ihres Publikums zu wecken, Modellsituationen; Einführung in den akademischen Wortschatz.
2. Präsentationsstruktur - logische Kollokationen, Füller und Phrasen, die beim Sprechen verwendet werden - Hörbeispiele; Akademischer Wortschatz: Schlüsselnomen.
3. Visuelle Hilfsmittel beim Präsentieren, effektive Objekte oder „Requisiten“ in der Präsentation, Strategien zur Erstellung visueller Hilfsmittel; Akademischer Wortschatz: Schlüsselverben.
4. Fakten und Zahlen – erwartete Datenmenge bei einer Präsentation, Fakten angeben und Zahlen beschreiben, flüssigen Umgang mit Zahlen üben, Grafiken und Diagramme beschreiben; Akademischer Wortschatz: Funktionsverbgefüge.
5. Rapportaufbau – Aufbau einer Beziehung zwischen dem Präsentierten und seinem Publikum. Aufbau von TED talks. Kriterien für eine erfolgreiche Präsentation: Bewertungsraster, Leitfaden für akademische Präsentationen; Akademischer Wortschatz: Präpositionalphrasen.

Lecturer team:

Mgr. Katarína Smolková

Coordinator of higher education of professional foreign language at the Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications UNIZA - transport fields
Office AC110
E-mail: katarina.smolkova@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6152

Mgr. Zuzana Gavorová, PhD.
Office AC110
E-mail: zuzana.gavorova@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6152

Mgr. Olga Khrastinová
Office AC112
E-mail: olga.khrastinova@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6173

Mgr. Silvia Poľaková, PhD.
Office AC112
E-mail: silvia.polakova@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6164

Mgr. Marek Valica
Office AC121
E-mail: marek.valica@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6177

Mgr. Andrea Záhorcová Gavláková
Office AC114
E-mail: andrea.zahorcova@uniza.sk
Phone: +421 41 513 6165