Developing the reading competency and teaching technical foreign languages at technical universities

The project and its planned outputs are focused on improving the quality of teaching foreign languages and facilitating the reading competency of students. The project is being carried out in cooperation of the Technical University in Zvolen and Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University. Its main outputs will be in the form of electronic course books for six university study programmes: Forestry (English, German), Timber Frame Structures (English), Fire Protection and Safety (English), Furniture and Interior Design (English), Ecology and Environmental Studies (English) and Mechanical Engineering (English). Bilingual glossaries of professional word stock and further supporting electronic materials aimed at developing the reading competency of students will be an important part of the outputs.