PřF:JAZ01 English for Geographers I - Course Information
JAZ01 English for Geographers I
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová (assistant)
Mgr. Eva Čoupková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- JAZ01/01: Tue 14:00–15:50 J5, D. Dlabolová
JAZ01/02: Thu 12:00–13:50 J5, D. Dlabolová - Prerequisites
- The knowledge of English - B1 level CEFR
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 24/80, only registered: 0/80 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied Geography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-AG)
- Applied Geography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-AG, specialization Geoinformatics and Regional Development)
- Applied Geography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-AG, specialization Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development)
- Applied geography and geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-AGG)
- Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Descriptive Geometry with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Physics with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-FY)
- Physics with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Cartography and geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-GKG)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-FY)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-UCZ) (2)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Physical Geography)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Human Geography)
- Geoinformatics and Regional Development (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Chemistry with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Chemistry with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Mathematics with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Social Geography and Regional Development (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Social geography and regional development (programme PřF, N-SGR)
- Social Geography (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-EB)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-UCZ) (2)
- Course objectives
- After completing this course the student will be able to:
understand authentic geographical texts/lectures
identify the main ideas
formulate the main ideas
interpret the information
discuss general and geographical topics
present simple geographical topics using basic presentation techniques
summarize a simple geographical text
classify
compare and contrast
identify causes and effects
describe a process - Learning outcomes
- After completing this course the student will be able to:
understand authentic geographical texts/lectures
identify the main ideas
formulate the main ideas
interpret the information
discuss general and geographical topics
present simple geographical topics using basic presentation techniques
summarize a simple geographical text
classify
compare and contrast
identify causes and effects
describe a process - Syllabus
- Tertiary Education
- Earth System
- Processes on Earth
- Map and Globe terms
- Describing countries
- Urbanization
- Demography
- Literature
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- PETERS, Sarah and Tomáš GRÁF. Nová cvičebnice anglické gramatiky : 8500 příkladů s řešením na protější straně. 1. vyd. Praha: Polyglot, 1998, 437 s. ISBN 8086195007. info
- PLUMMER, Charles C. and David MCGEARY. Physical geology :with interactive plate tectonics CD-ROM. 7th ed. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Communications, 1996, 539 s. +. ISBN 0-697-26676-1. info
- Teaching methods
- English for specific purposes course: text analysis, reading/listening comprehension exercises, pronunciation and grammar exercises, field and academic vocabulary exercises, presentations using basic presentation technique and discussion terminology, academic vocabulary
- Assessment methods
- - attendance 80% - completed class assignments, active coursework
- 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. - Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/sci/podzim2022/JAZ01/index.qwarp
Regular updates to be found in the interactive syllabus of the course.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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