PřF:JAF03 English for Physicists III - Course Information
JAF03 English for Physicists III
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2011 - acreditation
The information about the term Autumn 2011 - acreditation is not made public
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Zuzana Janoušková (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Hana Ševečková, M.A.
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre - Prerequisites
- The knowledge of English at B1 level of CEFR.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 53 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- After the completion of the course the student should be able to:
understand authentic physical texts at B2 level of CEFR
understand spoken discourse concerning physical topics at B2 level of CEFR
communicate on a special topic at B2 level of CEFR
skim the text and understand its general meaning
scan the text and find a piece of specific information
formulate the main ideas of the text
distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information
summarize relevant information
write one´s CV
write a letter of job application
behave at a job interview
write a laboratory report
present physical topics
apply the acquired skills to new physical topics - Syllabus
- Physical and other relevant texts according to current importance and interest
- Grammar revision
- Water and its properties
- Gama-ray bursts
- The origin of life
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Curriculum vitae
- A letter of job application
- Job interview
- Laboratory report
- Literature
- GRELLET, Françoise. Developing reading skills : a practical guide to reading comprehension exercises. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, 252 s. ISBN 0521283647. 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
- 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. ISBN 0521532892. info
- CRAVEN, Miles and Brigit VINEY. English grammar in use CD-ROM. Version 1.0 hundreds of additional exercises to accompany the third edition of the book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 1 CD-ROM +. ISBN 0521537606. info
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- Physics:Reader. Ivana Tulajová Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykova univerzita Brno 2000
- ZEMANOVÁ, Alena. Angličtina pre fyzikov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského Bratislava, 2007, 98 s. ISBN 9788022322720. info
- Science. Keith Kelly. Macmillan 2008. ISBN 978-0-2305-3506-0
- http://www.newscientist.com
- http://www.sciencedaily.org
- http://www.sciencenews.org
- http://www.nature.com
- Teaching methods
- course of English for specific purposes,text analysis, reading comprehension,listening activities,listening comprehension, discussion (in pairs, groups, plenary),looking for relevant information on the Internet, presentations
- Assessment methods
- continuous assessment through assigned tasks, written credit test - the passing grade is 60%, 85% of seminar attendance is required
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011 - acreditation, recent)
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