JALS02 English for Life Sciences 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Dudová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Čoupková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course is primarily for students of biology, biochemistry, anthropology and students from the RECETOX centre. The objective of this course is to familiarize students with topics that are related to their field of study. Students will work with scientific topics to improve their grammar, enhance their vocabulary and writing skills to be able to communicate in academia. The course is focused on communication skills (discussion, paraphrasing, presentations), on writing skills (academic email, summary), listening skills (videos and podcasts on scientific topics) and reading skills (articles related to science).
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to: - to use and put into context scientific vocabulary; - to understand a popular science/scientific text; - to identify important information in a scientific text; - to summarize a scientific text; - to be able to use language functions: defining, description of a process, explaining a cause and effect relationship, classifying, and comparing and contrasting; - to prepare a poster presentation; - to understand a lecture and take notes; - to discuss general and scientific topics related to biology or biochemistry - to apply selected grammar phenomena in a scientific context
Syllabus
  • Language functions: Defining; Speaking about a controversial problem; Describing and explaining a process; Describing an experiment; Comparing and contrasting; Classifying systems; Describing a cause and effect relationship; Speculating on an issue. Academic skills: Critically evaluating sources; Writing a summary/annotation; Writing an academic email; Presenting;
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DE CHAZAL, Edward and Louis ROGERS. Oxford EAP : a course in English for academic purposes. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 223 s. ISBN 9780194002011. info
Teaching methods
Pair and group work (discussions, mini talks, paraphrasing) and project work (poster presentation); weekly assignments (short oral summaries of a video/article on a selected topic); games and quizzes to practise grammar and vocabulary.
Assessment methods
1. Completing in-term tasks: - presenting in a team - writing an academic email - summarising a source 2. mock test 3. 80% attendance 4. active preparation for classes (completing short weekly assignments)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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