English 4 - course description

General information

Course name	English 4
Course ID	09.0-WK-MATP-JA4-L-S14_pNadGen83JS4
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	5
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	-	-	Exam

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 describe hypothetical situations, express probability, give advice and use Passive Voice properly. 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 ability to deliver a presentation in English.
The course helps students to develop vocabulary from the following branches of mathematics: geometry, integral calculus, differential calculus, derivatives.

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:

describe hypothetical situations, use conditional sentences referring to present, future and past (6 hours)
use clauses of time introduced by when, as soon as, till, before, after (2 hours)
use modal verbs to express probability (1 hour)
understand and form correct sentences in Passive Voice (4 hours)
understand long and difficult non-specialist texts describing hypothetical situations, as well as discussing social issues (5 hours)
prepare and deliver a presentation in English using language structures studied during the course (6 hours)
develop listening skills (2 hours)
understand and use specialist vocabulary – plane geometry, mathematical analysis,integral and differential calculus (2 hours)
analyse and understand specialist texts (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 – exam: a condition for receiving a credit is a positive mark for the exam.

Notes

Modified by dr Robert Dylewski, prof. UZ (last modification: 20-09-2019 09:55)

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