JAC01 English for Chemists I

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Andrea Rozkošná (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Ševečková, M.A.
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová
Prerequisites
Knowledge of English language at B1 level of CEFR.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
speak and write about oneself, life, his or her hometown and studies, Masaryk University;
use basic specialized chemical vocabulary;
understand simple authentic chemical texts, formulate the main ideas idetify specific information in a specialized text;
summarize a simple chemical text;
practise language functions in English: how to describe, classify and compare, to write a short text using the language functions;
prepare a presentation on simple chemical topics using basic presentation techniques;
understand authentic specialized audio materials;
discuss general and chemical topics;
apply acquired grammar skills in specialized contexts (tenses)
Syllabus
  • Introductory Lesson
  • At a University
  • Classifying in Chemistry
  • Properties of Matter
  • Plastics
  • Language Functions
  • DNA Discovery
  • Research on Influenza
  • Future Research
  • Periodic Table of the Elements
  • Elements – Comparing
  • Water
Literature
  • MINDL, Jaromír and Josef PANCHARTEK. Czech-English dictionary of chemistry and chemical technology. Vyd. 1. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta chemicko-technologická, 2007, xiii, 554. ISBN 8071948799. info
  • MINDL, Jaromír and Josef PANCHARTEK. English-Czech dictionary of chemistry and chemical technology. Vyd. 1. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta chemicko-technologická, 2007, xvi, 750. ISBN 8071948780. info
  • BLÁHA, Karel. English-czech chemical dictionary. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 550 s. URL info
  • BLÁHA, Karel. Czech-english chemical dictionary. 1. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989, 515 s. info
  • Dictionary of chemistry. Edited by John Daintith. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, 602 s. ISBN 0198609183. info
  • ORESKÁ, Alžbeta. English for chemists. 2. preprac. vyd. v Bratislave: Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8022724181. info
  • ORESKÁ, Alžbeta. Activity book English for chemists. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, 2005, 135 s. ISBN 8022724122. info
  • Doubravová, Charlotte, et al. Angličtina pro posluchače VŠCHT. Praha: VŠCHT 1999.
  • DONOVAN, Peter. Basic English for Science. 10. vyd. Oxford: University Press, 1994, 153 s. ISBN 0-19-457180-7. info
  • PONŤUCHOVÁ, Viera, Jolana MIŠKOVIČOVÁ and Eva TANDLICHOVÁ. Strategies for english of science. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1989, 255 s. ISBN 8022400025. info
  • Nucleus ; English for science and technology. Edited by Martin Bates - Tony Dudley-Evans. info
  • ZIMMERMAN, Fran. English for science :instructor's manual. New Jersey: Regents/Prentice Hall, 1989, iii, 40 s. ISBN 0-13-282187-7. info
  • JORDAN, R. R. Academic writing course. New ed. London: Collins ELT, 1990, 144 s. ISBN 0-00-370249-9. info
  • GRELLET, Françoise. Developing reading skills : a practical guide to reading comprehension exercises. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, 252 s. ISBN 0521283647. info
  • Keith Kelly.Science.Macmillan 2008
  • MASCULL, Bill. Key words in science & technology : helping learners with real English. 1st pub. London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997, xii, 210. ISBN 0003750981. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xi, s. ISBN 9780521675437. info
  • English Grammar in Use. 2004. info
  • Longman language activator : the world's first production dictionary. 2. ed. Harlow: Longman, 1994, 1586, 11. ISBN 0582040930. info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/PříF:JAC01!
Teaching methods
Course of English for Special Purposes; specialized text analysis (main idea, questions, comprehension, summary), listening comprehension, video materials, conversation and discussion in pairs and in groups, presentations in plenary; applying grammar in new contexts; group writing; homeworks; blended learning (interactive materials, listening, dril in IS MU).
Assessment methods
Active work in the course, doing homeworks and 85% seminar attendance are compulsory. Each course is concluded with a credit test. The passing grade of the credit test is 60%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1431/podzim2010/JAC01/index.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.