PřF:JAC01 English for Chemists I - Course Information
JAC01 English for Chemists I
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2011 - acreditation
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- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Andrea Rozkošná (lecturer)
PhDr. Hana Němcová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Hana Ševečková, M.A.
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre - 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
- there are 44 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- 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, compare and calculate, 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 - Syllabus
- Introductory Lesson
- At a University
- Classifying in Chemistry
- Properties of Matter
- Periodic Table of the Elements
- Elements – Comparing
- Numbers and Measurements
- DNA Discovery
- Future Research
- Plastics
- Literature
- ORESKÁ, Alžbeta. English for chemists. 2. preprac. vyd. v Bratislave: Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8022724181. info
- WEISE, Günter. Angličtina pro chemiky. Translated by Karel Habersberger. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 293 s. info
- DASTYCH, Milan, Ladislav ČERVENÝ and Ivo NAJMAN. English for Laboratory Technicians. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 164 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4241-4. info
- KELLY, Keith. Science. [Oxford]: Macmillan, 2008, 254 s. ISBN 9780230535060. info
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- BELL, Douglas. Passport to academic presentations : student's book. 1st pub. Reading: Garnet, 2008, 68 l. ISBN 9781859644003. info
- MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
- BLÁHA, Karel. Czech-english chemical dictionary. 1. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989, 515 s. info
- BLÁHA, Karel. English-czech chemical dictionary. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 550 s. URL info
- Dictionary of chemistry. Edited by John Daintith. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, 602 s. ISBN 0198609183. 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
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011 - acreditation, recent)
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