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Lecturer(s)
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Bezdíčková Zuzana, Mgr.
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Pospíšilová Linda, Mgr.
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Mazalová Markéta, Mgr.
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Course content
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The Placement Test Results. Introduction. Faculty of Chemical Technology. Present Tenses. Job Related Issues. Materials and Their Properties. Past Tenses. Atoms and Molecules. Present Perfect Tenses. Laboratory equipment. Comparison. Mathematics. Future Tenses. Water. Quantifiers. Hydrogen. Question Forms. Periodic Table of Elements. Articles. Distillation. Relative Clauses. Water. Describing colours and appearance. Ecosystem. Simple instructions. Conversion. Final Test.
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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 biochemistry 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 student is 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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Ebbing, Gammon. General Chemistry, Houghton Mifflin Company, the U.S.A. 2002.
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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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