Information about the course

CONTENT OF THE COURSE:

English for Specific Purposes (for physics) - ESP - work with specialized texts, audio and video

Academic English  - EAP - language functions, presentations and  discussions, academic vocabulary 

No textbook. I have prepared materials - handouts which are available in this Osnova. I expect you to print them out and bring them to seminars. They will be available week by week. 

OBJECTIVES

moving towards B2 level skills needed for reading, listening, speaking and writing about physical topics, including presentation skills 

CREDITS - IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS:

• attendance, in case of an illness or unexpected duties you can miss max two seminars during the whole semester
• homework - completion of activities before and after sessions; coming unprepared for the lesson may result in counting an absence for this lesson
• giving a short presentation - any topic of your choice about physics or related disciplines that you find relevant or interesting, preparing an abstract for your presentation 
  
• a mini scientific conference 
  

• prepare a short tutorial (discussion) based on a topic of your choice (physics, applications), to be organized in  google.docs table

  •a) find an interesting video, play a part of it in class and prepare questions to answer
  •b) find an interesting text, bring it to class and prepare questions or topics for discussion
  •c) find a problem to solve – how to find the answer, calculate the result, explain it
  d) find an interesting question to be discussed in class, organize the discussion 
  

CONTACT : coupkova@sci.muni.cz - you can contact me any time by email.

• I will appreciate your corrections of misprints in my texts, dead links and I will be grateful for all good suggestions
• In case of technical problems contact etech@fi.muni.cz     

The course is not compulsory, though it is recommended  as a preparation for the JA002 exam. 
You can find information about JA002 exam at http://www.sci.muni.cz/cz/CJV/JA002