English for specific purposes

studia drugiego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia stacjonarne

profil akademicki

obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties

Total number of ECTS points: 7

1 ECTS – 30 hours: participation in classes,

6 ECTS – 150 hours: preparation to class with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

The course focuses on introducing the student to a variety of specialist English texts, e.g. technical, financial, medical, legal, etc. During the course, students analyse and study challenging forms of written English, syntax structures and phrasal verbs.

Course objectives

The objective of the course is to familiarize students with various types of English texts, improve their comprehension skills and enrich the newly acquired vocabulary.

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Course content:

Each class is developed around a selected theme in reading materials and vocabulary practice.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity

extensive reading, text analysis, vocabulary tasks, discussion, ICT tools/MSTeams

Reading list:

Cyganik, M. (2011) Legal English, Wydawnictwo CH Beck.

Berezowski, L. (2009) Jak czytać i rozumieć angielskie umowy?, Wydawnictwo CH Beck.

Kienzler, I. (2009) Pisma i umowy w firmie, Wydawnictwo CH Beck.

Supplementary reading

Basturkmen, H. (2005). Ideas and options in English for specific purposes. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Biber, D. (2006).University language: A corpus-based study of spoken and written registers. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Press.

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

The student knows and understands:

1. the place and significance of the philological science among humanities and its analytical and methodological tools (k_W01/P7S_WG)

2. expanded formal terminology and theories of linguistic, literary and cultural studies to an in-depth degree (k_W02/P7S_WG)

3. the role of English as a cognitive means and a tool used for studying (k_W03/P7S_WG)

Skills

The student can

4. use the terminology and take theoretical positions resulting from English studies to formulate and solve problems or carry out the tasks of formal and professional character (k_U01/P7S_UW)

5. read advanced English language texts (k_U04/P7S_UK)

Social competences

The student is ready to

6. prioritize the implementation of various tasks related to studying and professional work (k_K01/P7S_KK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active praticipation in classes - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)

2. Presentation for the group - 50% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,4,6)

pass at 60% of the final grade