PřF:JAB04 Angličtina pro biology IV - Informace o předmětu
JAB04 Angličtina pro biology IV
Přírodovědecká fakultajaro 2020
- Rozsah
- 0/2/0. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
- Vyučující
- Anjuli Pandavar, PhD (cvičící)
Luis Carlos Rodriguez, M.Phil. (cvičící)
Mgr. Eva Čoupková, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová (pomocník)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (pomocník) - Garance
- Anjuli Pandavar, PhD
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Přírodovědecké fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Lenka Pavlíková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Přírodovědecké fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání - Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
- JAB04/01: Út 11:00–12:50 C15/227, A. Pandavar
JAB04/03: Čt 11:00–12:50 C15/227, A. Pandavar
JAB04/04: Út 13:00–14:50 J5, L. Rodriguez - Předpoklady
- Knowledge of English - B2 level CEFR ** NOTE THAT JAB04/01 IS DIFFERENT TO JAB04/02 AND /03. Please read the descriptions for each class carefully. For further information, feel free to contact anjuli.pandavar@mail.muni.cz **
- Omezení zápisu do předmětu
- Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
- Mateřské obory/plány
- předmět má 89 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
- Cíle předmětu
- The aim of the course is to provide students with language competences (B2/B2+ levels of CEFR) within the context of their study programme with the focus on transferable skills, in particular on presentation skills.
- Výstupy z učení
- After completing this course the student will be able to:
understand authentic biological texts/lectures
identify the main ideas
formulate the main ideas
interpret the information
present biological topics using basic presentation techniques
summarize a biological text
compare and contrast
use arguments in a discussion on a biological topic (defend one´s opinion, opose, support arguments of a colleague)
present one´s research using advanced presentation techniques
After successfully completing JAB04/02 or JAB04/03, the student will be able to:
• work independently on substantial tasks in their discipline for sustained periods
• make sound academic judgements
• apply the English language spontaneously and flexibly to any academic situation in their discipline
• hypothesise, link, infer, summarise and synthesise in any situation
• speak boldly and confidently in public
• use different modes of discourse (narration, description, exposition and argumentation) appropriately and effectively
• be comfortable with employing creativity in their scientific work
• demonstrate most of the B2 skills identified in CEFR
• demonstrate a deeper understanding of themselves as learners
• Understand portfolios (how to design, compose, present and defend them)
• Reflect on their work and themselves as a matter of habit - Osnova
- Osnova kurzu:
- - odborná témata z biologie
- - obecná témata (potřebná slovní zásoba)
- Scientific method
- Presentations
- Handedness
- Genetic research
- Human genome project
- Stem cells
- Genetic diseases
- Eugenics
- Panel discussion
- JAB04/02 and JAB04/03 ONLY (for JAB04/01, see above)
- 1. Understanding the semester, your role, the teacher's role and how you will be assessed. Understanding independent use of English. Forming teams, selecting preferred project topics and understanding the tasks.
- JAB04/02
- 2. First 3-week creative project commences (20-minute podcast); Learning to work independently. The role of feedback and reflections; drafts and revisions
- JAB04/03
- 2. 10-week creative project commences (any one of the following: a series of three 20-minute podcasts; a 15-minute video; a 32-page e-book; or a 5-page website with embedded media); Learning to work independently. The role of feedback and reflections; drafts and revisions
- JAB04/02 and JAB04/03
- 3. Modes of discourse (Rhetorical modes) and how they are applied in scientific communication 4. Professional interviews, reports and professional correspondence 5. Working with sources: relevance and reliability, summarising and synthesising
- JAB04/02
- 6. Creative project presentation and peer feedback; Second 3-week creative project commences (32-page e-book)
- JAB04/03
- 6. Creative project Stage 1 review and peer feedback; Creative project Stage 2 commences
- JAB04/02 and JAB04/03
- 7. Graphic communication of data and information 8. Effective grammar: sentences and paragraphs; clauses; choosing between two correct words; general versus specific; vague versus accurate; hedging; economy of words
- JAB04/02
- 9. Creative project presentation and peer feedback; Third 3-week creative project commences (5-minute video)
- JAB04/03
- 9. Creative project Stage 2 review and peer feedback; Creative project Stage 3 commences
- JAB04/02 and JAB04/03
- 10. Principles of presentations; good and bad presentations; body versus words versus pictures; audience engagement: head versus heart. 11. Completing a portfolio; composing a manifesto; presenting and defending a portfolio; Assessment rubrics 12. Presentation and defence of portfolios; listening test
- * Short weekly reflections are mandatory in JAG04/02 and JAB04/03 *
- ** THERE IS NO TEXT BOOK FOR JAB04/02 AND JAB04/03. YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN MATERIAL **
- Literatura
- Přehled doporučené literatury - viz informace učitele.
- online: New Scientist, Science Daily, Nature, National Geographic, BBC, How stuff works
- The recommended literaure - see the information of the teacher
- MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- 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
- Výukové metody
- foreign language course;
text analysis, listening comprehension, discussion (in pairs, groups, plenary)
presentations;
blended learning - IS MU (interactive materials, dril)
- Metody hodnocení
- Výuka v každém semestru zakončena zápočtem - podmínkou je úspěšné vykonání zápočtového testu a 85% přítomnost ve výuce.
- Vyučovací jazyk
- Angličtina
- Navazující předměty
- Informace učitele
- Literatura:
online: New Scientist, Science Daily, Nature, National Geographic, BBC, How stuff works,
Academic vocabulary in use. Edited by Michael McCarthy - Felicity O'Dell. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. 176 s. ISBN 978-0-521-68939
Academic writing course. Edited by R. R. Jordan. New ed. London : Collins ELT, 1990. 144 s. ISBN 0-00-370249-9
Další odkazy ve studijních materiálech předmětu
Osnova předmětu: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1431/jaro2010/JAB04/nemcova.qwarp
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