English

Course: Geoinformation systems and Technologies

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"

Title
English
Code
ОК 4
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
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
17
Learning outcomes
Fluent in oral and written forms in state and foreign languages on professional matters.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The program is based on the fact that teaching English in the Free Economic Zone begins with the language level A2 according to CEFR and ends with a final exam, focused in its requirements on the language level B1 + according to CEFR.
Course content
The discipline "English" for students of the Institute of Geology is part of the educational and professional training program for the educational qualification level "Bachelor" specialty 193 "Geodesy and Land Management", and is a normative discipline. The course is taught as ESP ("Foreign language for professional purposes") in I-VII semesters with the basics of academic English (Academic English) in V-VI semesters in the amount of 510 hours. and covers a wide range of general scientific, professionally-oriented and highly specialized topics based on the vocabulary and terminology of the natural science cycle and narrow specialization in the specialty 193 "Geodesy and Land Management".
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Basic English of Earth Science / укл. Мегела К.І., Мірончук Т.А. [in press] 2. Evans, Virginia; Dooley, Jenny & Dr. Blum, Ellen. Environmental Science / Career Paths. – Berkshire: Express Publishing, 2013. – 120 p. 3. Kanaoka, Yoneko. Academic Encounters (2nd edition): Listening & Speaking. – Cambridge, 2013. –182 p. 4. Wharton Jennifer. Academic Encounters (2nd edition): Reading & Writing. – Cambridge, 2013. – 208 p. 5. English for Geoscientists: навч.-метод. розробка / Т.А. Мірончук та інші. – Київ, 2019. – 235 стор. 6. Thaine, Craig&Mccarthy, Michael. Cambridge Academic English. Intermediate Student's Book. Cambridge University Press, 2012, 176 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures and practical classes, presentations, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course provides 7 content modules, 21 final tests; 7 modular tests, 7 final presentations. The discipline is completed in the I, III, V semesters of the PC (intermediate control); in the II, VII semesters - exam; in the IV semester - credit. The learning model is modular, cyclical and thematic.
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Tetiana Volodymyrivna Pastushenko
Foreign Languages Department for Natural Science Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Foreign Languages Department for Natural Science Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology