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Advanced course in scientific English
Sylabus zajęć
Okres
Semestr 1
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Forma zajęć / liczba godzin / forma zaliczenia
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Liczba punktów ECTS
2.0
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Symbol EU dla zajęć/przedmiotu | Po zakończeniu zajęć i potwierdzeniu osiągnięcia EU student/ka: | Symbole EK dla kierunku studiów |
Efekt_01 | Understand spoken English so that they can easily participate in classes conducted exclusively in English, | |
Efekt_02 | Speak fluent English so that they will be able to communicate effectively, take part in scientific discourse, discuss a variety of topics, and form properly structured questions and answers, | |
Efekt_03 | Through practical exercises in English pronunciation, the participants should improve their pronunciation of English vowels, consonants, and diphthongs, especially those problematic for Polish learners of English, and will become more confident in speaking English, | |
Efekt_04 | Use with relative ease more complex grammatical structures at the advanced and proficiency levels. The grammatical exercises that they will be given should eliminate the most frequent grammatical mistakes made by Polish learners of English, | |
Efekt_05 | Write in proper academic English both short e-mails, abstracts, different types of paragraphs and reports, longer essays as well as academic research papers, | |
Efekt_06 | Use their enriched vocabulary stock; not only the more formal, academic lexicon but, above all, technical terms and scientific vocabulary used by biologists, | |
Efekt_07 | Give a 15 or 20 min. presentation in fluent English, with the vocabulary that they need for their presentation. The presentation should be coherent, and, above all, easy to understand by the audience |
Lp. | Treści programowe dla zajęć/przedmiotu | Symbol EU dla zajęć/przedmiotu |
1. |
Listening comprehension practice – texts played to students range from the ones dealing with everyday matters to the ones which are more complex and contain academic and biological vocabulary, |
Efekt_01, Efekt_06 |
2. |
Speaking – discussion on the basis of texts the students are given during classes or the ones given to them prior to the class. The discussions will be based on listening comprehension practice. In-class discussions on the basis of students’ presentations (preferably PP-enhanced ones); question asking techniques, asking properly structured questions, making students aware of the importance of phonetics. |
Efekt_01, Efekt_02, Efekt_03, Efekt_06, Efekt_07 |
3. |
- Speaking – phonetic aspect. The students will be made familiar with the sound system of English (especially with consonants, vowels, and diphthongs), - Eradication of the possible Polish elements in their pronunciation of English by constant drilling. Much attention will be paid to the most problematic elements for Polish learners of English (short and long vowels and the so-called th-sound), - The students will be given phonetic feedback after delivering a presentation, - Making students aware of the importance of phonetics in effective communication in English. |
Efekt_01, Efekt_02, Efekt_03 |
4. |
Vocabulary – enriching the participants’ vocabulary as well as making sure that they can use it in both presentations and in-class discussions. All vocabulary tasks will be interwoven into listening, writing, grammar, and speaking practice. |
Efekt_01, Efekt_02, Efekt_04, Efekt_05, Efekt_06, Efekt_07 |
5. |
- Grammar – revision of the grammatical rules and structures learned so far, - Emphasis will be laid on more complex grammatical structures: inversion, modals used to refer to the past, reported speech, etc. and their effective usage in both spoken and written register, - Elements of grammar are also paid attention to during listening and presentation skill practices. |
Efekt_01, Efekt_02, Efekt_04, Efekt_05, Efekt_06, Efekt_07 |
6. |
Writing – the following elements will be discussed and practiced during the classes - Elements of a coherent paragraph (topic sentence, body, concluding sentence), - Various types of paragraphs, - Structure of a proper essay and its types (argumentative, cause and effect, etc.), - Propensities of proper academic writing, - Writing e-mails - Integrating writing, grammar, and lexicon. |
Efekt_04, Efekt_05, Efekt_06 |
7. |
- Delivering presentations in English, structure of a coherent presentation, use of the appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills acquired during classes, - Every PP presentation will be followed by a few questions from the audience as well as a feedback of the tutor, - Discussions will be based on students’ presentations - Extralinguistic features (mainly body language) used during presentations will be discussed and assessed. |
Efekt_01, Efekt_04, Efekt_07 |
Metody i formy prowadzenia zajęć |
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Sposoby oceniania | Symbole EK dla modułu zajęć/przedmiotu | |||||||
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EK_1 | EK_2 | EK_3 | EK_4 | EK_5 | EK_6 | EK_7 |
Kryteria oceniania wg skali stosowanej w UAM | |
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bardzo dobry (bdb; 5,0): | |
dobry plus (+db; 4,5): | |
dobry (db; 4,0): | |
dostateczny plus (+dst; 3,5): | |
dostateczny (dst; 3,0): | |
niedostateczny (ndst; 2,0): |
Wydawnictwa książkowe
Forma aktywności | Średnia liczba godzin* na zrealizowanie aktywności | |
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Godziny zajęć (wg planu studiów) z nauczycielem | ||
Praca własna studenta: | ||
Przygotowanie do zajęć | ||
Czytanie wskazanej literatury | ||
Przygotowanie pracy pisemnej, raportu, prezentacji, demonstracji, itp. | ||
Przygotowanie projektu | ||
Przygotowanie pracy semestralnej | ||
Przygotowanie do egzaminu / zaliczenia | ||
SUMA GODZIN | ||
LICZBA PUNKTÓW ECTS DLA MODUŁU ZAJĘĆ/PRZEDMIOTU |
* godzina (lekcyjna) oznacza 45 minut