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Lecturer(s)
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Boušková Šárka, Mgr.
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Mazalová Markéta, Mgr.
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Pospíšilová Linda, Mgr.
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Course content
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Faculty of Chemical Technology. Job Related Issues. Materials and Their Properties. Atoms and Molecules. Laboratory Equipment. Mathematics. Water. Papermaking. Paper Products. Pigments, Inks, and Colours. Language exam focusing both on accuracy and fluency of the candidate's performance in a foreign language by means of completing the tasks set within the standardized testing materials.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of the subject is to deepen and expand the knowledge and skills obtained during the previous learning of the English language with an emphasis on technical terminology and grammar structures relevant to the field of study. In the progress of the course, attention is paid to the application of the adopted language instruments and speech skills to the technical language, taking into consideration the needs of the future practice (speaking and writing skills, listening and reading comprehension when working with technical texts). The course includes working with technical texts and studying materials from the fields of chemistry and printing by means of tutored eLearning course in LMS Moodle and through e-portfolio creation in Mahara.
The student can communicate by means of simple and common tasks in the basic life and career situations. The target level of the course is A2+ of CEFR. The outcome also comprises professional language and communicative skill development.
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Prerequisites
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The students are supposed to be capable of language competence at A2 level, basic grammar structures, basic general vocabulary to allow us consolidate secondary school knowledge and follow up with specific vocabulary acquirement.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic test, Student portfolio analysis
The credit will be given on the basis of prepared and presented semestral paper on an assigned theme and on the basis of the end-term test.
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Recommended literature
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Bates, M. General Science. Longman, 1992.
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Mindl, Jaromír. Anglicko-český chemický a chemicko-technologický slovník. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007. ISBN 80-7194-878-0.
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Mindl, Jaromír. Česko-anglický chemický a chemicko-technologický slovník. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007. ISBN 80-7194-879-9.
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Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use (Essential). . CUP.
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