Introduction to the course

The English Language 1

(Engleski jezik 1)

Basic information 1
Obligatory: English or German
1 semester
English 2: 2nd semester

ECTS: 3 points
Room 12, Mondays 16 17.30
Course teacher: Koraljka Golub
contact: kgolub@mev.hr
consultation: as agreed in advance, room 17
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Points breakdown 1
Full-time students
Obligatory
Lectures and exercises
Minimum attendance: 11x, no points
Maximum attendance: 15x, 5 points
Good activity at lectures: extra 5 points

Home assignments
If student didnt bring it along, counts as not coming to the lecture

Seminars: written 10p + presentation 10p: 20 points

2 tests, mid-term and end-term
Written examination, exam period
Not obligatory if both tests passed

Oral examination: 10 points

In total: max. 100 points
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Points breakdown 2
Part-time students
Obligatory
Lectures and exercises: 15, min. 4x
Written examination
Oral examination

Optional
2 tests, mid-term and end-term
Seminars

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Grades

87.5-100 5
75.01-87.5 4
62.51-75.00 3
50.01-62.5 2

Part-time students: have 20p by default extra

since seminar not obligatory
Note: min. 60% correct answers to pass tests
and exams
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Moodle
http://moodle.carnet.hr/
SJ-ENG 2013/2014
Slides etc. will be made available
Student seminars should be handed in via
Moodle
Written seminars
PPTs
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Student assignments
Approximately every other week, starting
21 October
A document in English
Vocabulary
Reading comprehension
Grammar

Bring along hand-written (or counts as

non-attendance)
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First assignment
Look up the Wikipedia defintion of sustainable
development, URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_develop
ment
In section 1. Definition, http
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
#Definition
, identify all unknown words to you and find their
meanings in one or two online English
dictionaries suggested on the following slide
Bring along your hand-written assignment to
lecture on 21 October 2013
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Resources for English

Dictionaries
Chambers (BE): http://www.chambers.co.uk/
Collins (BE): http://www.collinsdictionary.com/
Merriam Webster (AE): http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Thesauri, for synonyms

Grammar books and exercises

Local library
Trusted Web sources, e.g.,
British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/
Most used in this course: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

A list of resources for learning English online:

http://www.nypl.org/help/community-outreach/immigrant-services/lea
rn-esol-online-resources
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Information resources for seminars

Library
Scholarly databases
Quality-controlled Web resources
Subject gateways, e.g., http://www.ipl.org/,
http://www.intute.ac.uk/

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Course aim
Acquire basic grammatical structures
Tenses, prepositions, adjectives, articles

Basic terminology understanding and use,

e.g.:
Sustainability, environment, energy sources
Pollution, global warming, ozone layer
Culture and civilisation of Great Britain,
Australia, United States
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Can you make a difference?

The girl who silenced the world for 5
minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TQmz6Rbpnu0

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Teacher biography
13 years of research and academic teaching
experience
UK, Sweden, Croatia

PhD in Computer and Information Science,

University of Lund, Sweden
M.A. in English and Information Science,
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Home page: http://koraljka.info
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Your biography?

Name
Previous education
Why study at University level
Why choose Sustainable Development
What sustainable development means to you
A personal trait you wish to share

Is English important or not important for your studies?

What is your level of English? Basic / intermediate / advanced?

Half a page of text

Exchange with neighbour student you do not know well and discuss
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Grammar test
Beginners level test
Repetition, from scratch
http://elt.oup.com/student/practicegrammar/

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