Information about the course

CONTENT OF THE COURSE:

English for Specific Purposes (for physics) - ESP - work with specialized texts, audio and video

Academic English  - EAP - language functions, presentations and  discussions, academic vocabulary 

No textbook. I have prepared materials - handouts which are available in this Osnova. I expect you to print them out and bring them to seminars. They will be available week by week. 

OBJECTIVES

moving towards B2 level skills needed for reading, listening, speaking and writing about physical topics, including presentation skills 

CREDITS - IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS:

• attendance, in case of an illness or unexpected duties you can miss max two seminars during the whole semester
• homework - completion of activities before and after sessions; coming unprepared for the lesson may result in counting an absence for this lesson
• giving a short presentation - any topic of your choice about physics or related disciplines that you find relevant or interesting, preparing an abstract for your presentation 
  
• a mini scientific conference 
  
• writing an abstract of your presentation 

    EXTRA GRAMMAR PRACTICE - E-BOOKS

     B1 -  https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/sci/jaz/el/B1/index.html

     B2 - https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/sci/jaz/el/B2/index.html

CONTACT : coupkova@sci.muni.cz - you can contact me any time by email.

I will appreciate your corrections of misprints in my texts, dead links and I will be grateful for all good suggestions     

The course is not compulsory, though it is recommended  as a preparation for the JA002 exam. 
You can find information about JA002 exam at http://www.sci.muni.cz/cz/CJV/JA002   

1. Prepare a short (10 minute) presentation for the mock conference in week 9-10

2. Prepare for different roles to be covered at the mock conference (presenters, chairs, opening and closing speech)

2. Write an abstract of your presentation - to be submitted in week 5

Key to exercises:

 Think about an interesting topic for your presentation for this semester. Requirements: 

- the topic is connected to physics and your studies 

- the length of the presentation will be app. 10 minutes 

- your audience will be our class, i.e. not experts from your field of study 

Think about the name for our "conference".        

 Write it in the Mock Conference website - see the link above

HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 2:

Think about an interesting topic for your presentation for this semester. Requirements: 

- the topic is connected to physics and your studies 

- the length of the presentation will be app. 10 minutes 

- your audience will be our class, i.e. not experts from your field of study 

Think about the name for our "conference".

HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 3 - complete the missing parts of sentences in a summary about an abstract ex. 12

Key to exercises:

HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 4:

Please prepare the title, abstract and your bio for your future presentation in the JAF04 seminar. The topic of the presentation should be related to physics and your studies. When writing an abstract, you can be inspired by the traditional sections we discussed in Lesson 2. 

The length of the abstract and bio is up to you, the usual word limits are 150-250 words for an abstract and 70-120 words for a bio (either in sentences or in points). 

Please write all parts in one document and upload it into Odevzdávárna 

HW - complete the missing parts of sentences in a summary about an abstract - ex. 12

Homework from week IV

Also try to choose the best conference name by denoting those of your choice by 1, 2, and 3.

HW- prepare a short introduction (1-2 minutes) to a talk on one of these topics:

a)      Studies at the Faculty of Science

b)      An interesting lecture/seminar you have attended recently

c)      Whatever you want to talk about

d)      Your "mock conference" presentation 

key to the handout:

HW- prepare a short introduction (1-2 minutes) to a talk on one of these topics:

a)      Studies at the Faculty of Science

b)      An interesting lecture/seminar you have attended recently

c)      Whatever you want to talk about

d)      Your "mock conference" presentation 

HW for week VI.: Watch the video below and fill in the table with the checklist. (task 1) Match the formal verbs with informal alternatives. (task 5)

Key to the handout:

HW for week VI.: Watch the video in the outline week V. and fill in the table with the checklist. (task 1) Match the formal verbs with informal alternatives. (task 5)

HW: watch the first part of the video and decide what went wrong.

Upload the final version of your abstract and bionote into odevzdávárna Final abstracts and bionotes 2021.

Key to the handout:

HW for week VII. Upload the final version of your abstract and bionote into odevzdávárna Final abstracts and bionotes 2021.

Listening for part two

HW for week VIII. Sign up for chairing in the table 

Key to the handout:

HW for week VIII. Sign up for chairing in the table 

Key to exercises:

chairing rehearsal + consultations of presentations + conference programme

HW – go to the „final abstracts and bionotes“ odevzdávárna https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/odevzd_zjednodusena?fakulta=1431;obdobi=7985;predmet=1312682and find the materials of a student whose talk you are going to chair according to the timetable of presenters and chairs:

 Prepare the introduction of the presenter + two questions.

Exam Practice:

Conference programme - Chapter I.

Symposium of aspiring physicists of MUNI 

5 May 2021, 12 p.m. MS Teams

Opening speech: Dominik

1 Jan  - Raman spectroscopy                                                                              chair Dominik

2 František - Inkjet printed magnetic devices                                                  chair Pavol

3 Míša - Impact of data sampling and quality on the precision                    chair Katka

               of exoplanetary transit parameters 

4 Tomáš - Cell-free protein production for biophysical measurements       chair Ema

5 Pavol -  Design of the microstructure of the coatings                                  chair František

                  and its influence on mechanical properties

6 Martina - Protein structure determination by cryo-electron microscopy   chair Tomáš

Conference Programme - Chapter II.   

Symposium of aspiring physicists of MUNI 

12 May 2021, 12 p.m. MS Teams

Opening speech: Jan

1 Dominik - Dose profiles and penumbra of therapeutic beams of LINAC                  chair Jan

2 Katka - Characterisation of X-ray emission in the Chandra Deep Field-South          chair Míša

3 Ema -  Radiosensitizing effect of metal nanoparticles                                                   chair Marek

4 Vendy - Inversion method for getting asteroid's rotation state and shape                chair Martina

5 Marek - Different types of discharges                                                                               chair Vendy

Self-assessment/reflection - upload your reflection into odevzdávárna by May 10.

In this writing task you will give your examiner your total score and write a reflection on your learning based on this test result. You can also outline your strengths and weaknesses in the English language based on these test scores in each part of the online test as well as your strategy and aims for future development in this area. The minimum length is 250 words.

For more information on how to do this writing task, see the guidelines below:

Reflection is a serious thought or consideration. It has nothing to do with how much you know or don’t know, or whether you are correct or not correct. The point of your reflection is to put into writing the process of how you have learned English. In your reflection you can also discuss some of the following questions:

·         Based on your test results, what are your strengths and weaknesses in English?

·         What would you like to tell us, as your teachers, about the test itself?          

           How were you preparing for the test and would you do something differently next time?

·         How has your English improved recently and why?

·         Why is English important to you?

·         What do you plan to do in the future to improve your English? 

·         Now that you have a few months’ experience as an online learner, would you want to do this again?

·         What do you think we can all learn from contactless teaching?

Kindly complete the course questionnaire by 31 May.

https://is.muni.cz/auth/pruzkumy/pruzkum?id=17403 

KEY TO TASKS 8 AND 9

8    F  C  H  E  D  A  I  B  G

9    D  A  A  B  D  C