Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: English for Special Purposes 2 (17.EJIZR1)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Anglistika i jezik struke
ECTS	2

Introducing more complex terms in English in the field of Workplace Safety Engineering, grammar revision for ESP needs, improving oral and written communication skills in English, reading and translating professional authentic articles in English.

Students will improve their knowledge of the most important grammatical and lexical structures which can be found within the discourse of workplace safety engineering. In other words, they will learn complex lexical phrases of this area, express themselves more properly – orally and in writing – and be able to use the professional literature in English.

When reading and analyzing authentic texts of workplace safety engineering, students are expected to master complex terminology, associated with a variety of topics in this area: An Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety, A Healthy Workplace Framework, Workplace Hazards, Risk Assessment, Workplace Health, Preventative Measures, Creating a Culture of Workplace Safety. Exercises that accompany the text are used for checking on students understanding, developing and expanding the vocabulary and defining the relevant grammatical structures. Special attention is given to using of infinitives and gerunds, relative clauses, conjunctions, modal verbs, reported speech etc. which are typical for workplace safety engineering discourse. In addition, repetition of the uses of basic tenses, passive structures and conditional sentences is planned.

Teaching ESP 2 for Workplace Safety Engineering is based on the fundamental principles of interactive teaching , as well as methods to encourage students to become independent learners. a) Teaching methods: interactive methods in accordance with the communicative approach , PBL and CSA methods with the aim of transferring activities from teacher to student. b) Forms of work : lectures , consultations. c) Aspects of work : team, doubles, individual. d) Teaching techniques : classification, categorization, systematization of knowledge and information.