English Language for Pharmacists - GAF406
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The aim of the course is to ensure a solid grounding in functional English, aiming to support students’ future endeavors in academic English due to studying Pharmacy in English. The course reviews and extends essential areas of B2/C1 grammar, reading and listening comprehension, professional pharmaceutical terminology, with a focus on standard forms suitable for formal spoken and written English. The course also provides a basic grounding in academic English phrasing, the correct pronunciation, and the use of English in students’ further studies. The course considers the students’ varied educational backgrounds and attempts to balance out any gaps in essential knowledge of English language.
Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (31.01.2025)
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English Language for Pharmacists Course takes place during two semesters of the 1st year of study. Having passed successfully both credit examinations - 70% pass mark (credit tests written after each semester), students should prove their knowledge of English grammar, special medical and pharmaceutical terminology, reading comprehension and linguistic structures at the final examination. CREDIT REQUIREMENTS:
The final exam consists of two parts: a) written test focused on grammar, vocabulary, professional terminology, phrases, reading comprehension b) oral examination focused on talking about one of the topics included in syllabus and presenting thorough knowledge of professional phrases, pharmaceutical and medical terminology, the most important grammatical principles.
Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (05.02.2025)
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Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (31.01.2025)
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The lessons take place once a week in the form of a two-hour seminar (90 minutes). There are 28 lessons both While in winter and summer semester. The lessons in both semesters include revisions and control tests. Both semesters are concluded by a written credit test. The final exam might be taken after the students have acquired both winter and summer credits.
Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (31.01.2025)
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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR PHARMACISTS Study programme: Pharmacy English Language for Pharmacists is a compulsory subject with a final exam taken at the end of the second semester in the first year of study. Duration of the course is 2 semesters. Students must register for the course of English Language for Pharmacists only for the whole year, it means for both semesters in the 1st year of study. EXAM REQUIREMENTS: The students will write a test checking their knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension... For successful passing the test 70% is needed. At the oral part of the exam the students will talk about one of the topics included in syllabus and they will present their knowledge of professional phrases, pharmaceutical and medical terminology, the most important grammatical principles. Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (23.03.2025)
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Syllabus Overview Winter Semester 1. Faculty of Pharmacy and course of study • Structure of the faculty, student life at the faculty, managing studies, communicating with staff • Grammar/Lexis: Suggestions and advice 2. Chemistry - Chemical substances, solutions, elements. • Greatest breakthroughs, popularising science, publicly understandable science vs research • Grammar/Lexis: Descriptive language, speaking generally vs specifically 3. Chemical Laboratory • Equipment, rules, procedures, and safety • Grammar/Lexis: Main and subordinate clauses, time clauses 4. Plant physiology, plant body, cells • Anatomy, physiology, photosynthesis • Grammar/Lexis: Word-building, regular and irregular forms 5. Herbaceous plants in medicine and pharmacy • Types, substances, effects, uses • Grammar/Lexis: Articles—Definite, indefinite, and zero 6. Microbiology and Micro-organisms • Groups and identification, bacteria, viruses, fungi • Grammar/Lexis: English tense system— simple, continuous, and perfect 7. Infectious diseases, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion infections. • Common, childhood, viral vs bacterial, preventing the spread of infectious diseases. • Grammar/Lexis: First and second conditional. Real and hypothetical futures. Summer Semester 1. Hormones, Hormone Action, Endocrine glands • Sex hormones, diabetes, growth, stress • Grammar/Lexis: Reported and recorded speech—functions and uses 2. Human Physiology • Anatomy, cavities, membranes • Grammar/Lexis: Idioms, Latin-Greek origin plural forms, question forms 3. Systems of the human body • Organs, skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous, reproductive, lymphatic • Grammar/Lexis: Gerunds and infinitives 4. Immunity and Immunology. Immune system disorders, healthy lifestyles • Classical immunology, innate and adaptive immune systems, antibodies and antigens, disorders and dysfunctions • Grammar/Lexis: Summarising, Phrasal verbs 5. Pharmacology • Bioavailability, routes of administration, drug effects, contraindications, actions and interactions • Grammar/Lexis: Conditional conjunctions 6. Types of drugs • Drug types, drug abuse, addictions, withdrawal • Grammar/Lexis: Phrases and collocations, word-building 7. Careers in pharmacy • Work experience, CVs and application letters • Grammar/Lexis: Formal and polite language, prepositions, writing standards Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (31.01.2025)
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Study Materials - English for Pharmacists Section of Foreign Languages | Intranet FAF Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (31.01.2025)
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During the seminars, students will deepen their knowledge of English at the intermediate to advanced level (level B2 -C1 according to the EJP). Learning outcomes: The learner will build on the knowledge and skills acquired:
Last update: Novická Zuzana, Mgr. (23.03.2025)
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