English - English in Science and Technology C1

This course enables students to practise scientific and technical English through active group discussions and delivery of subject-related presentations.

Students will develop an awareness of Anglo-American public speaking conventions and will be able to put these into practice. In written and spoken contexts they will be able to differentiate accurately between situations requiring formal or familiar registers and select the correct form. Further, the will impove their ability to present content clearly and succinctly taking readers’ needs and writing conventions into consideration.

On completion of this module/course students will have expanded their knowledge of vocabulary related to science and technology. The student’s reading, writing and listening skills as well as oral fluency will improve.

Corresponds to C1 of the CER.

Performance, testing the learning outcomes specified in the module description, is examined by a cumulative portfolio of competence and action-oriented tasks consisting of multiple drafts of two assignments to allow students to develop written skills by means of a process of drafting and revising texts (25% each assignment), as well as an oral presentation (including a handout and visual aids, 25%) , and a final written examination (25%).

C1 level according to the online placement test

• Internet articles, Journals such as Nature and Scientific American

This course involves pair-work and group-work enabling students to develop their verbal and written skills in scientific and technical environment.