English for Mathematicians II - NJAZ096
Title: Anglický jazyk pro matematiky II
Guaranteed by: Department of Language Education (32-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2017 to 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Lucie Steidlová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Lucie Steidlová, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
English for specific purposes (ESP) - grammar, vocabulary, style, specialized texts on mathematics. The course is a preparation course for an international examination in English for mathematicians and it is included in the credit system of the Faculty. The credit is a one of the requirements for the examination English for Mathematicians, UNIcert III. Enrollment in this subject is limited. The subject is open for students from the second year of their study.
Last update: Hlavičková Zuzana, PhDr. (28.03.2019)
Course completion requirements -

To meet the requirements it is necessary to participate in class regularly, actively work in the classroom and fulfill all homework assignments. The nature of the subject's examination excludes the repetition of such examination.

Last update: Hořká Zuzana, Mgr. (08.04.2018)
Literature -

Ch. Clapham: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (OUP, 2009); M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell: Academic Vocabulary in Use. (CUP, 2008); V. Rejtharová, E. Skálová: Příručka anglického odborného stylu (Academia, 1981); J. Trzeciak: Writing Mathematical Papers in English (European Mathematical Society, 1995); J. Vedral: Anglicko-český matematický slovník (JTP, 2002) and other authentic materials from calculus, algebra, geometry, graph and set theory, numerical analysis and discrete mathematics.

Last update: T_KJP (30.03.2017)
Syllabus -

The course develops skills related to understanding mathematical texts, communicating their content and meaning, and discussing their relevance and relationship to other parts of mathematics and your own research. Specific topics are chosen by students according to their interests. The broader thematic focus corresponds to the international Unicert III - English for Mathematicians exam. The course also enhances your vocabulary, phraseology, grammar and pronunciation.

Last update: Šafařík Luděk, RNDr. Mgr. (24.04.2024)