This course aims at teaching students to be familiar with texts and scientific publications in English. The program I proposed is mainly based on a very popular book 'English for chemists'.
At the end of this classes, students should be able to read and write more easily in English, as this course includes Vocabulary, Terminology and Grammar.
Content of the course:
Unit 1 SCIENCE What is Science? Branches of Science/ Word Formation
Unit 2 CHEMISTRY What is Chemistry? Plural in English / Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry
Unit 3 LABORATORY Laboratory Equipment /Countable and Uncountable Nouns /Alchemy
Unit 4 PERIODIC TABLE Periodic Table /Consist, Contain, Include/ Chemical Elements /British v. American English
Unit 5 MATTER States of Matter /Revision of Tenses/ Passive Voice
Unit 6 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Types of Inorganic Chemical Reactions/ Inorganic
Nomenclature/ Phrasal Verbs
Unit
7 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 10 Carbon Facts/ Adjectives/
Organic Nomenclature/ Word Order
Unit 8 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Environmental Chemistry VS Green
Chemistry /Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry /Hazard Symbols/ Relative
Pronouns
Unit 9 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Titration/ Mathematical Operations/ Flame Tests/ Articles
Unit 10 EVERYDAY CHEMISTRY Everyday Chemistry concept/ Modal Verbs/ Abstract
- Enseignant: HABIBA GUEBAILIA