bp1234 English For Nutritionists

Faculty of Sports Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iuliia Ievstignieieva (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
bp1234/s1: Mon 13:20–14:50 C15/207, J. Kubrická
bp1234/s2: Thu 8:40–10:10 E34/225 - seminární místnost, I. Ievstignieieva
Prerequisites
The level A2 of the European Framework for Languages is expected.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge in disciplines related to sports nutrition and regeneration while successfully mastering reading comprehension and oral as well as written reproduction in English. At the end of the course the students are required to have reached the level B1+ of CEF. Graduates of this course will acquire basic command of professional terminology in nutrition, health, anatomy, and physiotherapy. In addition, students will gain better command of professionally relevant grammatical phenomena, where the improvement of mainly reproductive communication skills (proper pronunciation, correct spelling, apt use of stylistic registers in written communication and acquisition of basic lexical knowledge) will be emphasized and their eventual mastery expected.
Syllabus
  • 1st week:. Human Anatomy in General, Basic Anatomical Terminology. Academic Skills: Presentation 2nd week: Morphology of the Locomotor System. Articles and Determiners, Murphy Unit70 3rd week: Human Physiology Focused on the Gastrointestinal System. Present simple and continuous, Murphy Unit 3 4th week: Physiotherapy as a Profession, Education. Past simple and continuous, Murphy Unit 6 5th week: Sports Traumatology, Basic Clinical Terminology. Present perfect and past, Murphy Unit 14 6th week: Physiotherapeutic Procedures, Equipment. Conditional I and II Murphy Unit 25, 38 7th week: Exercise Physiotherapy. Academic Writing – Letter 8th week: Sports Nutrition. Telephoning 9th week: Nutrition Physiology. Passive Voice 10th week: Dietary Supplements. Relative Clauses 11th week: Food Pyramid. Collocations and Phrasal Verbs 12th week: Revision 13th week: Credit Test
Literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, x, 379. ISBN 0521532892. info
  • HASHEMI, Louise and Raymond MURPHY. English grammar in use supplementary exercises : with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, vi, 136. ISBN 0521755484. info
Teaching methods
Language seminar: speaking,reading, listening, writing
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. Students will find topics for each week in the interactive syllabus section ("interaktivní osnova"), and prepare them for the following classes. The items: U3 etc. indicate the number of a unit in the above grammar textbook. The course is completed by a multiple-choice credit test (A,B,C,D) focused both on grammar and vocabulary. After a proper registration, class-attendance becomes compulsory, 3 missed attendances are accepted.
Language of instruction
Czech
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