PřF:JA001 Examination in English for Spe

JA001 Examination in English for Specific Purposes - Science

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2020

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Eva Čoupková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Dudová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Anjuli Pandavar, PhD (seminar tutor)
Luis Carlos Rodriguez, M.Phil. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Eva Čoupková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre

Prerequisites

FAKULTA(PřF)
The knowledge of English - B1 level CEFR - English for specific purposes

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The exam assesses student´s ability to
understand specialized texts/discourse
identify key ideas
formulate key ideas
transfer information from the text
talk on common topics and those related to their field of study
use argumentation
summarize a simple text related to their field of study
classify, descibe cause and effect, compare, define

Learning outcomes

Exam verifies these skills:
Ability to understand a spoken utterance containing simple factual information; to understand the main idea and significant details.
Ability to understand main ideas of simple factual texts, to find there significant details, to follow logical connections and coherence within such type of texts.
Knowledge of specific and academic vocabulary, and grammar structures at B1 level according to CEFR (direct questions, transition phrases, sentence transformation).
Capability of written communication in home or foreign academic environment (regarding an internship, collaboration with a foreign partner institution, course requirements, etc.)

Syllabus

1.Written part:
listening
reading
grammar and lexis
writing
2.Oral part:
The exam assesses student´s ability to communicate in English and to talk on specific topics related to their field of study with the use of functional language. Students pick one of the following questions: 1. Define two terms from your field of study and support them with relevant examples. 2. Present a (controversial) problem related to your field of study. 3. Describe and explain a process / notion / experiment within your field of study. 4. Compare and contrast phenomena from your field of study. 5. Classify systems in your field of study. 6. Describe a cause and effect relationship from your field of study. 7. Speculate on an issue from your field of study.

Literature

MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
Science.Keith Kelly.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
Academic writing course :study skills in English. Edited by R.R Jordan. 1st ed. Essex: Longman, 1999, 160 s. ISBN 0-582-40019-8. info
DONOVAN, Peter. Basic English for Science. 10. vyd. Oxford: University Press, 1994, 153 s. ISBN 0-19-457180-7. info
Nucleus ; English for science and technology. Edited by Martin Bates - Tony Dudley-Evans. info
English for science. Edited by Fran Zimmerman. New Jersey : Regents/Prentice Hall, 1989
Physics:Reader.Ivana Tulajová, Masarykova univerzita Přírodovědecká fakulta 2000
STRAHLER, Alan H. and Arthur Newell STRAHLER. Introducing physical geography. 4th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley, 2006, xxv, 728. ISBN 047167950X. info
PLUMMER, Charles C. and David MCGEARY. Physical geology :student study art notebook. 7th ed. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Communications, 1996, 161 s. ISBN 0-697-28732-7. info
DEAN, Michael and Anna SIKORZYŃSKA. Opportunities., Intermediate., Language powerbook. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2000, 112 s. : i. ISBN 0-582-42142-X. info
CUNNINGHAM, Sarah and Bill BOWLER. Headway : intermediate : pronunciation. 1. vyd. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, xi, 112 s. ISBN 1-943396-88-4. 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
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
+Any materials aimed at preparation for B1 level examinations (e.g.PET).

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