English for specific purposes
Course: Astronomy
Structural unit: Faculty of Physics
            Title
        
        
            English for specific purposes
        
    
            Code
        
        
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2023/2024
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            7
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PLO 18. To speak the state and foreign languages at a level sufficient for oral and written professional communication and presentation of the results of their own research.
PLO 19. Know and understand the need to preserve and enhance the moral, cultural and scientific values and achievements of society.
PLO 22. Understand the importance of physical research to ensure the sustainable development of society.
PLO 24. Understand the place of physics in the general system of knowledge about nature and society and in development of society, machinery and technology
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            Prerequisites for mastering the discipline: to operate with knowledge, skills and abilities previously formed during the study of a foreign language (English) at a minimum sufficient level of A2 and initial B1 in accordance with the European Framework of References.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            1. First impression.
First impression
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK). 
The Faculty of Physics, 
The Faculty of Physics of TSNUK: In physics we trust. Well-known researchers and their achievements.
Prominent Ukrainian physicists and their achievements.
2.  Wonders of Physics
Wonders of Physics. Serendipity.
Physics. (What is Physics? Branches of Physics.)
The Methodology of Physics.
Influence of physics on related disciplines and society. 
My home is my dream. The role of Physics in Raising your home's IQ
3. Never stop 
questioning or the Code of Ethics of a Scientist
Is a student a scientist? Question authority.
Albert Einstein and his contribution to physics.
A code of ethics for scientists.
4. Nobel laureates in Physics 
For the greatest benefit to a mankind. Alfred Nobel and his will.
Nobel prize Awards ceremony. Speeches on Nobel laureates announcement.
Nobel laureates in Physics 2021.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1.Kerr, Philip, Jones, Ceri. Straightforward. Intermediate Student’s Book. – Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. – 168 p. – CD-ROM – ISBN 978-0-2300-1256-1. 
2. Waterman, John. Straightforward. Intermediate Workbook. – Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. – 96 p. – CD-ROM – ISBN 978-1-4050-7521-3. 
3. Clarke, Simon. Macmillan English Grammar in Context: Essential. – Oxford: Macmillan, 2008. – 232 p. – CD-ROM – ISBN 978-1-4050-7051-5.
4. Evans, Virginia, Dooley, Jenny. New Round-Up 6. English Grammar Practice. Students’ Book. – Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2011. – 256 p. – CD-ROM – ISBN 978-1-4058-8882-0.  
5. Vince, Michael. Macmillan English Grammar in Context: Intermediate. – Oxford: Macmillan, 2008. – 2 08 p. – CD-ROM – ISBN 978-1-4050-7144-4.
6. Ісаєва Г.Т. English for Physicists. Англійська мова для фізиків: Навч. посібник. – К.: ІЗМН, 1997. – 336 с.
7. . Рудковська Л.А. The latest achievements in science and technology. Навч. Завдання – К.. ВПЦ КНУ. 2005
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            A student-centered approach to teaching the discipline is used in order to effectively develop
1) such competencies as: communicative. pragmatic, linguistic, sociocultural and strategic;
2) students' value orientations and their creative and leadership qualities.
  Nobel Week is being held.
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            st term assessment:
1. Oral individual and frontal survey (6 topics) - 10 points / 6 points for each.
2. Tasks for Autonomous work (2 tasks) - 5 points / 3 points for each.
3. Written test control (2 final module tests) - 10 points / 6 points for each.
4. Presentation (2) - 10 points / 5 points for two presentations.
Final evaluation:
in the form of a credit test (1 semester)
for students who scored less than a total - 36 points for admission to the credit test must meet the minimum program requirements of the curriculum: 2 modular tests and an oral interview on topics.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            English is the language of instructions
        
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