1. SylabUZ
2. Wydział Nauk Biologicznych
3. semestr zimowy 2017/2018
4. Environmental Protection - pierwszego stopnia z tyt. licencjata
5. Foreign Language - English

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Foreign Language - English - opis przedmiotu

Cel przedmiotu

The main aim of the offered courses of the English language is to improve the language competence in the range which corresponds to the B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment to the degree which enables the use of the English language for the studying, especially the professional use of the various foreign language source materials and media, for the scientific and academic reading, using the foreign language for special purposes, continuing the studies as the part of the chosen specialization at the universities abroad as well as doing the career and the scientific work in the English language.

Wymagania wstępne

Zapisz zmiany

The knowledge of the English grammar: the English tenses, the Passive Voice, Conditional Sentences, Reported Speech, Modal Verbs, Phrasal Verbs at the A2 and B1 levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment as well as vocabulary and the idiomatic expressions at the secondary school level.

Zakres tematyczny

The English language classes are conducted in the form of the grammar-lexical activities with the use of English for special purposes of the given field of science. The following scientific issues are discussed: the characteristics and description of the following systems: the nervous, blood circulation, skeletal, bone structure, muscular, urinary, reproductive systems, the chemical composition and the plant cell structure, the stem cells research and the use of them in the treatment of incurable diseases, the use of molecular biology, geology and genetics scientific texts. The updated scientific articles from the Internet: The Guardian Weekly : onestopenglish.com are used in the English language classes which present the scientific vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions of English for special purposes at the B2 and C1 levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. They are of special importance due to the use of scientific vocabulary in the grammar-lexical exercises, the definitions of the key words, the questions and answers structures, finding the information in the scientific texts, the word collocations and word building : nouns, adjectives, verbs, writing the abstracts and compositions on the subjects referred to the topics of the articles, the multimedia scientific presentations concerning the issues of the texts: 1. Warning: extreme weather ahead. 2. Climate change In Russia’s Arctic tundra. 3. Back from the dead. 4. Galapagos giant tortoises saved from extinction by breeding programme. The theoretical and practical aspects of the grammar are discussed at the B2 and C1 levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment: the English tenses (16), The Passive Voice (16 tenses), Conditional Sentences, Reported Speech, Modal Verbs, the use of the definite and indefinite articles, the prepositions.

Metody kształcenia

The descriptive method: the descriptive explanations of the grammar issues, scientific vocabulary and phrasal verbs at the B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. The practical method: the lexical practice based on the scientific texts, the lexical-grammar exercises which explain the scientific vocabulary of the given scientific field, the idiomatic expressions, the synonyms and antonyms, the grammar and lexical structures in the communicative situations. The communicative and cognitive methods: the English language classes concern the communicative activities which refer to the individual and teamwork, the use of the audiovisual and multimedia equipment : the computer, the CD player, the projector, the posters, flash cards, graphs, the scientific films, the use of English for special purposes connected with the specialization of the studies.

Efekty uczenia się i metody weryfikacji osiągania efektów uczenia się

Opis efektu	Symbole efektów	Metody weryfikacji	Forma zajęć

Warunki zaliczenia

The requirements of the assessment criteria refer to the pass mark credits of all of the tasks, activities and language skills. The assessment criteria refer to: the tests which check the general knowledge, the pass mark above 60% of all of the points of the tests, the unassisted written study of the multimedia presentations on the given scientific issues with the use of English for special purposes, the assessment of the lexical, grammar and phonetic correctness. The language tests check the student competence in the following language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. The speeches on the given scientific topics, the lexical- grammar homework assignments and the written papers: the reviews of the scientific films, the abstracts of the academic texts, the compositions and essays are also assessed. The final mark consists of the average sum of all of the pass partial marks.

Literatura podstawowa

Literatura uzupełniająca

• Vince, M. Macmillan English Grammar in Context. Macmillan. 2007.
• Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 2008.
• Semeniuk, B. and G. Maludzińska. English- Polish Chemical Dictionary. Wydawnictwo Naukowo-Techniczne. Warszawa. 2003.
• Słomski, P. and P. Słomski. Concise Medical Dictionary. English- Polish and Polish- English. Polish Medical Publishers. Warsaw. 2007.
• Hornby, A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2003.

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