Syllabus and important data for JAM01
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Topics ESP: 1) Mental Arithmetic
2) Properties and Shapes
3) Location, angles
4) Structure, Operations on numbers
5) Measurement I., Solids
6) Function and Ability
7) Trigonometric functions
8) Approximations
9) Quadratic equations
10) Ratio and Proportion
11) Probability, Frequency
12) Credit test
Topics EAP: 1) Studying at University, Introductions
2) Student Life
3) Studying and Exams
4) Accommodation
5) British and American Universities, Admission to UNI
6) Masaryk University
7) Systems compared the UK and the USA
8) Academic courses, University degrees
9) Study and learning vocabulary
10) Borrowing books, library
11) Grammar review
12) Credit test
The course is not obligatory, though it is recommended to study as a preparation for the JAM01 and JAM02 exams. The anticipated level of language proficiency for the students commencing the course is B1 according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (lower/pre-intermediate).
LITERATURE:
- Science. Edited by Keith Kelly.
- Nucleus: English for Science and Technology, Mathematics. David Hall, Longman.
- Academic vocabulary in use. Ed. by Michael McCarthy - Felicity O'Dell. Cambridge: CUP, 2008.
- Douglas Bell: Passport to Academic Presentations. Reading: Garnet, 2008.
- Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995..
- Bláha, Karel. Česko-anglický / Anglicko-český chemický slovník, Praha: SNTL 1989.
- Lingea Lexicon 5. Anglický technický slovník (CD)
MATERIALS:
to be printed for the lesson in advance from this folder
CREDIT REQIREMENTS:
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 autumn semester.