English for Specific Purposes 1
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Course Description
COURSE CONTENT
- English for Specific Purposes vs General English – lectures and examples
- Most frequent grammar mistakes made in scientific writing – lectures and examples plus exercises
- Foreign plurals (of Latin and Greek origin) in ESP and scientific English, lecture and examples plus exercises
- Key words and key sentences in ESP/scientific texts – lectures plus exercises
- Translation exercises in short ESP texts – English to Croatian and vice-versa – group and/or individual exercises
- Understanding short films in food technology, biotechnology and nutrition in English
- Discussing film content in English
- Asking and answering questions in English
- Writing a short summary in English
- Revision
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- acquire ESP vocabulary in the specific field of study: food technology, biotechnology and nutrition
- translating short ESP texts from English to Croatian and vice-versa
- asking and answering questions in English about ESP texts and short videos within the field of study
- discussing short ESP videos and texts in English
- write a short summary in English