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 | 5 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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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 | - | - | Exam |
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 physics – electricity and magnetism.
B1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages specified by the Council of Europe.
During the course students will learn to:
describe hypothetical situations, use conditional sentences referring to present, future and past
use clauses of time introduced by when, as soon as, till, before, after
use modal verbs to express probability
understand and form correct sentences in Passive Voice
understand and use specialist vocabulary – electricity and magnetism, as well as quantum mechanics
analyse and understand specialist texts
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 covering the subject area of the classes, presentation of own work during the classes.
[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 , Express Publishing 1998.
[2] Internet articles.
[3] L. Szkutnik, Materiały do czytania – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne.
[4] J. Pasternak-Winiarska, English in Mathematics, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 2006.
[5] S. Hawking, A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, Bantam Books 2001.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 04-06-2020 15:07)
