COURSE CONTENT AND INFORMATION:
English for Specific Purposes (chemistry students) - work with specialized texts, vocabulary build up; academic English - presentations and  discussions; general English and grammar -  only marginally!
The course is not obligatory, though it is recommended to study as a preparation for the JA001 and JA002 exams. The anticipated level of language proficiency for the students commencing the course is B1 according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (intermediate). The students are advised to take a diagnostic test (code JTEST; https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1431/podzim2011/JTEST/index/qwarp ) to verify their level.
There is a possibility to enroll for an on-line course, organized by the faculty (code: ONLINE_A; https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/podzim2011/ONLINE_A/index.qwarp ) as well as make use of on-line grammar exercises (code ZS1BK_AC2A) https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/jaro2010/ZS1BK_AC2A/index.qwarp
 
MATERIALS:
to be printed for the lesson in advance from this folder https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1431/jaro2012/JAF02/index.qwarp
 
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS:
ATTENDANCE: the students are allowed to miss two classes per semester, regardless the reason for their absence.
CREDIT TEST: to pass the course, the students need to score minimum 60% of the test given in the last seminar in the semester.
 
LITERATURE:
o    Angličtina pre fyzikov. Edited by Alena Zemanová. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského Bratislava, 2007. 98 s. ISBN 978-80-223-2272. info
o    Physics:Reader. Ivana Tulajová Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykova univerzita Brno 2000
o    Science. Keith Kelly. Macmillan 2008. ISBN 978-0-2305-3506-0
    Donovan, Peter. Basic English for Science. Oxford: University Press, 1994.
o    Key words in science & technology: helping learners with real English. Edited by Bill Mascull. London : Harper Collins Publishers, 1997.
o    Grellet, Françoise. Developing reading skills :a practical guide to reading comprehension exercises. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 252 s. ISBN 0-521-28364-7. info
o    Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use :a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. x, 379 s. ISBN 0-521-53762-2. info
o    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
o    Academic vocabulary in use. Edited by Michael McCarthy - Felicity O'Dell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 176 s. ISBN 978-0-521-68939. info
o    Česko-anglický a Anglicko-český chemický slovník, Praha: SNTL 1989.
o    Česko-anglický a Anglicko-český technický slovník, Praha: SNTL 1992.    
o    Lingea Lexicon 5. Technický slovník anglicko-český, česko-anglický (elektronický slovník na CD)

o    http://www.sciencenews.org
o    http://www.newscientist.com
o    http://www.sciencedaily.org
o    http://www.biochemlinks.com/bclinks/bclinks.cfm
o    http://www.nature.com

      
 
OFFICE HOURS:
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CONTACT:
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tel.: 549 49 6459
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