Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: English for Computer Graphics 1 (17.EJEIA1)

Native organizations units: No data

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Engineering Animation (Godina: 2, Summer)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Anglistika i jezik struke
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	3

Educational goal:

Mastering and using the most significant terms related to the field of computer graphics. Developing strategies for understanding English texts in this field. Enabling students to read and understand original English texts from different sources related to numerous aspects and fields of coputer graphics. Developing oral and written communication related to these topics while using the adequate vocabulary and complex sentence structures.

Educational outcome:

Students know a wide range of vocabulary terms related to the field of study. They can read versatile literature in this field and communicate about those topics in the English language using the terms and sentence structures typical for the language of their future profession.

Course content:

Processing contemporary professional texts in English, related to different aspects of computer graphics. Developing strategies for understanding professional texts such as: skimming, scanning, comparing sources, using context, using background knowledge etc. Mastering the common terms related to the future profession. Synonyms and antonyms frequent in engineering. Adopting the language functions such as: comparison, classification, expressing purpose or function, describing component parts, coase and effect connections, etc.

Teaching methods:

The emphasis is placed on student activities during the class, their interaction with the teacher and between themselves. The communicative approach is used in the lectures. Practice is designed to make it easier to understand the text as well as to practice particular vocabulary and other typical features of the professional language. Some exercises are designed to encourage students to further practice their language skills using the wider knowledge in the field of study through comments and explanations.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
različiti autori	izbor aktuelnih tekstova iz naučno popularnih časopisa	2019		English
Grupa autora	Oxford English - Serbian Student Dictionary	2006	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English
Popić R., i dr.	Naučno-tehnički rečnik : englesko-srpskohrvatski : 80.000 terminoloških jedinica	1989	Privredni pregled, Beograd	Serbian language
Gleldinning, E.H., McEwan, J.	Oxford English for Electronics	1993	Oxford University Press, Oxford	English