English for Academic Purposes (1st Semester)
Course: Biomedical Physics, Engineering and Informatics
Structural unit: Faculty of Radiophysics, Electronics and Computer Systems
Title
English for Academic Purposes (1st Semester)
Code
ОК.01
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
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1
Learning outcomes
Know the lexical minimum for receiving, producing and exchanging general and professional information. Know the grammatical forms and structures necessary for effective communication. Know the structure and rules for constructing oral and written discourse. Know about the ways of observing academic integrity; moral, cultural and scientific values. Be able to correctly and contextually appropriate at the level of words, phrases and supra-phrase unity use lexical units related to topics of everyday life and professional activity in all types of speech activity. Be able to consciously and correctly use grammatical forms; freely and coherently produce linear-structural utterances during a conversation or discussion.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The prerequisite for studying the discipline is the successful completion of the EFI English language test and, as a result, the ability to operate with knowledge and skills previously formed during the study of a foreign language at level B2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Course content
English for Academic Purposes is a mandatory subject for first-year master's students and is part of the educational and professional program for the training of specialists at the educational and classification level "Master". It ensures the personal and professional development of applicants.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
- Hewings, Martin (2012), Cambridge Academic English B2 Upper Intermediate (Integrated Skills Course for EAP). - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 176 p. - Armer, Tanzen. Cambridge English for Scintist (2022) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 128 p. - John and Mallett Andrew (2018) Successful Presentations DVD and Student's Book Pack. A video series teaching business communication skills for adult professionals. - Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Bilonozko N/ (2022). Masters in Phisycs. Unpublished
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Oral individual and frontal questioning is carried out at each practical lesson. Tasks for the EFL are completed independently in extracurricular time. The final test includes receptive types of language activity - speaking and writing.
Assessment methods and criteria
The study of the discipline is completed with a differentiated test, oriented in its requirements to level B2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). To be admitted to the test, students must complete the minimum program tasks and score at least 36 points. The maximum score on the test is 40 points. The test consists of 2 parts - oral and written.
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Nataliia
Yelikovna
Bilonozhko
The Department of Foreign Languages for Chemistry and Physics Related Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
The Department of Foreign Languages for Chemistry and Physics Related Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology