SylabUZ
| Course name | English as a foreign language |
| Course ID | 09.0-WF-FizP-Eng-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| 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 |
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 further develop ability to use grammar structures which describe present and past activities and are used to form questions.
The course will introduce elements of the language of mathematics and physics – basic vocabulary used in number theory, expressions used to describe basic operations in mathematics and basic vocabulary used to describe phenomena discussed in mechanics and dynamics.
A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages specified by the Council of Europe.
During the course students will learn how to:
describe present and past activities using appropriate grammar tenses (8 hours)
form basic questions in English - question words and auxiliary verbs (2 hours)
exchange and get information in everyday life situations (3 hours)
have a simple conversation in English (3 hours)
read and understand texts describing present and past (4 hours)
develop listening comprehension (2 hours)
express opinions on social phenomena in a discussion in English (2 hours)
read numbers – ordinal, cardinal, fractions (common, decimal) (2 hours)
read dates and mathematical operations (2 hours)
read with understanding simple specialist texts concerning basic notions of mechanics and dynamics (2 hours)
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.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Grade: a condition for receiving a credit are positive marks for tests, taking part in discussions and giving a short presentation in English.
[1] C. Oxenden, V. Latham-Koenig, P. Seligson, New English File Student’s Book, Oxford University Press 2007.
[2] C. Oxenden, V. Latham-Koenig, P. Seligson, New English File Workbook, Oxford University Press 2007.
[1] FCE Use of English by V. Evans.
[2] Internet articles.
[3] L. Szkutnik, Materiały do czytania – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne 1974.
[4] J. Pasternak-Winiarska, English in Mathematics, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 2006.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 03-06-2020 16:13)
