Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: English Language - Elementary (17.EJ01Z)

Native organizations units: Department of Fundamentals Sciences

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Disaster Risk Management and Fire Safety (Godina: 2, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Clean Energy Technologies (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Graphic Engineering and Design (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Scene Architecture, Technique and Design (Godina: 4, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Information Systems Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Environmental Engineering (Godina: 2, Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Godina: 2, Winter)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Anglistika i jezik struke
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	2

Educational goal:

Mastering the basics of the English language: pronunciation of English sounds, acquisition of vocabulary related to everyday situations, mastering the basics of English morphology and syntax. In addition, adoption of vocabulary and grammatical constructions necessary for professional communication.

Educational outcome:

Students are able to use spoken and written English in simple, everyday situations, as well as professional environment.

Course content:

The use of articles, nouns (nouns in Plural), adjectives (types of adjectives, possessive adjectives, comparison of adjectives), pronouns (personal pronouns), auxiliary verbs (be, do, have), modal verbs. The use and construction of tenses (Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Simple, future forms). Question and negative form of the sentence. Vocabulary related to everyday topics: introduction, family, free time, work, food and beverages, naming and description of everyday objects, description of people and places etc. In addition, the use of passive forms, modal verbs and technical words and expressions.

Teaching methods:

Communicative method is used, since the objectives and contents of the course are aimed at communication which is very complex. The emphasis is placed on communication between students and teachers and students among themselves, as well as balanced development of all language skills.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Soars, J., Soars, L.	New Headway English Course Elementary	2000	Oxford University Press	English
Grupa autora	Oxford English - Serbian Student Dictionary	2006	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English
Glendinning, E.	Oxford English for Careers. Technology 1	2007	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English
Coe, N., Harrison, M., Paterson, K.	Oxford Practice Grammar - Basic	2006	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English