Foreign Language

Course: Biotechnology (Bachelor) FULL-TIME

Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Title
Foreign Language
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
14
Learning outcomes
PR02. Identify the possibility of communicating in a foreign language in a dialogue with colleagues and target audience.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The program is based on the fact that the teaching of English in the fourth year begins with the level of independent user (B1 + / Strong Threshold) according to CEFR and ends with a qualifying oral and written exam focused on its requirements for advanced level B1 according to CEFR at the end of the 2nd semester.
Course content
Discipline is a compulsory discipline designed to develop the ability to communicate in a foreign language and apply knowledge in practical situations. Realization of the purpose of discipline "Foreign language (English)" is result of complex interaction of four components: 1) English communicative competence provides development of skills and abilities in the basic kinds of speech activity covering reception, production, interaction and mediation both in written, and in oral forms; 2) socio-cultural competence refers to the ability to apply a set of sociolinguistic, regional and intercultural knowledge to achieve understanding between representatives of different societies; 3) pragmatic competence is related to the functional use of linguistic means; 4) professionally oriented communicative competence is the ability to use students' professional skills and knowledge to solve general professional problems in English.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Briano P. A Matter of Life 3.0. English for Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology. - Torino: Edisco, 2018. - 285 p. 2. Evans V., Dooley J. Grammarway 3. - Express Publishing, 2004. - 272 p. 3. Murphy R. English Grammar in Use. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 380 p. 4. Lutkovskaya NM, Kozachuk SM "A guide to a professionally oriented English language course." - К .: Талком, 2021. - 174 с. 5. Yaremenko Yu.A. English for Environmentalists: A Handbook for Students at the Institute of Biology and Medicine. - K .: Educational cartographic complex VI KNU, 2021. - 144 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical classes, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: modular tests, current control tests, exercises for teaching reception, products, interpretation and mediation in oral and written forms. Final assessment of the 2nd semester: in the form of a qualifying exam
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Nataliia Valeriivna Kizim
Foreign Languages Department for Natural Science Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Tetiana Leonidivna Didkovska
Foreign Languages Department for Natural Science Faculties
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology