English 3 - course description

General information

Course name	English 3
Course ID	09.0-WK-MATP-JA3-L-S14_pNadGenKHQHB
Faculty	Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Econometrics
Field of study	Mathematics
Education profile	academic
Level of studies	First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
Beginning semester	winter term 2019/2020

Course information

Semester	4
ECTS credits to win	2
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	polish
Author of syllabus	mgr Grażyna Czarkowska

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Laboratory	30	2	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The course aims to enable students to improve speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as listening comprehension in English. It will help the students to develop their ability to apply language functions to effective communication in everyday life. The course also aims to develop ability to compare objects, people, phenomena, to express necessity, prohibition and orders. The course provides an opportunity to learn the skill of writing formal letters, improve listening and reading comprehension. It helps students to further develop conversational skills, and gives basic knowledge of giving a presentation in English. It introduces vocabulary used in predicatie logic.

Prerequisites

B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages specified by the Council of Europe.

Scope

During the course students will learn to:

compare people, objects (4 hours)
use modal verbs to express prohibition and orders (3 hours)
write formal letters (4 hours)
use verb forms – gerund, infinitive (3 hours)
make a longer dialogue using structures and vocabulary learned earlier in the course – comparison, modals to express prohibition, etc. (2 hours)
prepare and deliver a short presentation in English (4 hours)
understand longer and more difficult texts (2 hours)
develop listening comprehension of long conversations (2 hours)
master vocabulary of logic and set theory (4 hours)
understand simple specialist texts concerning logic (2 hours)

Teaching methods

The course focuses on communication activities in functional and situational context. It encourages students to speak with fluency and develop the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking by means of group and pair work, discussion, presentation, oral and written exercises.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Classes – grade: a condition for receiving a credit are positive marks for tests, participating in class discussions, dialogues, delivering a presentation in English, getting information on different topics.

Notes

Modified by dr Robert Dylewski, prof. UZ (last modification: 20-09-2019 09:47)

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