Course detail
English for Chemists III
FCH-BCV_A3Acad. year: 2018/2019
Familiarization with the basic demands how to make a successful oral prezentation and mastering short chemically oriented prezentation based on an individual choice. Extension of vocabulary in the fields of chemistry of environment, physical chemistry, chemical engineering. Development of ability to understand new expressions through understanding prefixes and suffixes. Specific structures such as the more-the more, reason and consequence, prediction, quantification of uncountable nouns used in specific texts. Aiming at English at B1 level.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course uses teaching methods in form of Language exercise - 2 teaching hours per week. The e-learning system (LMS Moodle) is available to teachers and students.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Successful completion of the English for Chemists II course is required as the necessary prerequisity for the course attendance.
Completion of English for Chemists I and II courses.
Course curriculum
2nd week: Lesson 2 - Physical chemistry II. Rate of chemical reactions, orders of reactions: development of specific vocabulary, description of other terms referring to the given topic. Development of reading for both gist and specific information. Development of oral and written skills through asking and answering questions. Watching authentic video clip leading to the independent description of the chemical reaction involved. Grammar - direct and indirect proportionality, "the more - the more" structure. Note taking - making a table from the "Emulsions" text. Self-study: L3 vocabulary, introduction to L3.
3rd week: Lesson 3 - Environmental chemistry. Familiarization with the terms applying to the individual environmental compartments including their pollution, waste and waste treatment, sustainable development, etc. Development of all 4 skills so that students will be able to define individual terms (namely different sciences) and to describe the differences between these terms. Listening to a thematic video and its reproduction. Conversation focused on environmental protection.
4th week: Lesson 3 - Environmental chemistry. Thematic based listening, oral reproduction. Grammar: Adverbial clauses of cause and reason. Environmental quiz completion, guided panel discussion on environmental topics/activating methods.
5th week: Lesson 4 - Word formation by using pre- and suffixes. Development of autonomous learning skills through the basic knowledge of morphology. Understanding unknown words based on morpheme analysis and affixation. Self-study: L5 vocabulary I.
6th week: Lesson 4 - Word formation, sentence structure. Reading of technical texts oriented on individual specializations of the students. Morpheme analysis with the aim to understand a professional text. SVOMPT rule - general aspects and its use in specific texts. L5 - introduction. Self-study: L5 vocabulary II.
7th week: Lesson 5 - Chemical engineering. Chemical engineering - definition, reading for general and particular information. Soap production - description of a technological procedure. Activating methods/discussion on soap production. specific preposition structures. Thematically oriented listening for gist and particular information. extension of vocabulary. Self-study: L6 vocabulary.
8th week: Lesson 6 – Heat transfer – vocabulary, reading and understanding of the texts describing individual mechanisms of heat transfer. Vocabulary, reading, understanding topic related texts, listening “Conduction, convection, radiation”. Completing a table, guided written and oral description of individual mechanisms of heat transfer. Exemplification, guided discussion/activating methods. Self-study: L7 vocabulary I.
9th week: Lesson 7 – Nanotechnology. CLIL - gaining specific knowledge and development of language skills. Basic terms and vocabulary, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine texts. Assignment of "Nanotechnology/Nanomedicine" essay.
10th week: Lesson 7 - listening to the “Nanomedicine” video and following guided discussion. Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns in specific texts, future tense in predictions. Self-study: L8 vocabulary.
11th week: Lesson 8 – Composites. Vocabulary. Individual description of composite types. Reading for gist and individual information, guided discussion/activating methods. Essays - feedback.
12 and 13 weeks: Students´presentation on chemic
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Aims
Curriculum will aim at facilitation of English for chemists III and IV courses, other courses delivered in English, bachelor thesis and at mastering English at B1 level.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_SCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_CHM , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_SCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHMN , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHM , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHP , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_BT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BKCP_CHTP Bachelor's
branch BKCO_PCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_BT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme NPCP_CHM_INT Master's
branch NPCO_CHM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning
branch CKCO_CZV , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Computer-assisted exercise
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