Foreign language for academic purposes (2nd semester)
Course: Hydrology and Integrated Water Management
Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet
Title
Foreign language for academic purposes (2nd semester)
Code
ОК.07
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PR03. To be able to communicate with specialists and experts of various levels in other fields of knowledge, including in an international context, in a global information environment.
PR05. Plan and carry out scientific experiments, write scientific papers by specialty.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Operate knowledge, skills and abilities at a minimum sufficient level of B1 according to the CEFR.
Course content
The discipline is aimed at developing students' English language skills and abilities in the professional field. The main attention is paid to: forming students' psychological readiness to perceive English as an important source of professional information and a means of international communication; development of oral and written communication skills in the specialty in standard and professionally oriented situations; use of English as a tool for acquiring, expanding and deepening specialized knowledge, as well as a means of independently improving professional qualifications; familiarizing students with the potential of the English language to expand their own linguistic, speech, linguistic, sociocultural and professional competencies.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Murphy, Raymond. Essential Grammar in Use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. – Cambridge University Press, 1990. – 296 p. – ISBN 0-521-357705.
2. Helen Naylor with Raymond Murphy. Essential Grammar in Use: Supplementary Exercises with Answers. – Cambridge University Press, 1996. – 106 p. – ISBN 0-521-46997-x.
3. Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans. Grammarway 1. – Express Publishing, 2004. – 142 p. – ISBN-13: 978-1-84465-594-5.
4. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell. English Vocabulary in Use: – Cambridge University Press, 1999. – 168 p. – ISBN 0-521-599571.
5. Hackett, Jay. K. & Moyer, Richard, H. &. Adams, Donald, K. Merrill Science Program Components, K-6. – Merrill.
6. Starshinova, E. K. English for Students of Geology. – Moscow: Vysšaja Škola, 1978.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical session Frontal / group and individual interview
Tasks for independent work of students
Test
Assessment methods and criteria
Final assessment in the II semester (in the form of a written exam). The exam consists of performing test tasks (100 points).
Language of instruction
In English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Olha
Kostyantynivna
Shevchenko
Foreign Languages Department for Natural Science Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
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