1. SylabUZ
2. Wydział Fizyki i Astronomii
3. semestr zimowy 2020/2021
4. Fizyka - pierwszego stopnia z tyt. licencjata
5. English as a foreign language

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English as a foreign language - opis przedmiotu

Cel przedmiotu

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 to describe atoms and expressions used in the following branches of physics: thermodynamics and optics.

Wymagania wstępne

Zapisz zmiany

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

Zakres tematyczny

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 thermodynamics and optics (4 hours)

• understand simple specialist texts discussing problems of thermodynamics and optics (2 hours)

Metody kształcenia

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.

Efekty uczenia się i metody weryfikacji osiągania efektów uczenia się

Opis efektu	Symbole efektów	Metody weryfikacji	Forma zajęć

Warunki zaliczenia

– 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.

Literatura podstawowa

[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.

Literatura uzupełniająca

[1] FCE Use of English by V. Evans.
[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.

Uwagi

Zmodyfikowane przez dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (ostatnia modyfikacja: 04-06-2020 14:39)