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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Work with dictionaries 2. Presentation skills: Preparing and structuring your presentation 3. Geoinformatics in Marketing,geomarketing 4. Geoinformatics in Forestry 5. Geoinformatics in Agriculture 6. Geoinformatics in Urban planning 7. Geoinformatics in Military/Rescue services/Police 8. Geoinformatics in Utility services 9. Geoinformatics in Facility management 10. Geoinformatics in Archeology 11. Geoinformatics in Nature protection 12. Geoinformatics in Transportation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the VCJ/ATG1 course is to develop English vocabulary related to geoinformatics and to improve oral communication skills in English through short presentations. Students select a topic from those provided for the winter semester (in the MS Teams files) and present it in the form of an interactive presentation, a discussion, "micro-teaching," or a game-based activity. The course develops language skills at the B2 level.
Aquisition of specific terminology on the B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
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Prerequisites
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Students must have a minimum language level in English of level B1+ of the Common European Framework for Languages.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam
To successfully complete the course, students must score at least 70% on the credit test, pass the oral exam, and actively participate in class. The final grade is then determined based on the scores from the oral presentation and the written test. A maximum of 2 absences per semester is permitted. Combined study students are fully exempt from class attendance and prepare individually or through consultations arranged with the instructor with whom they are enrolled. To pass the course, they must score at least 70% on the written test. To pass the exam, these students must successfully deliver one 10-minute presentation from the list of presentation topics (in the MS Teams Files) and prepare an educational or game-based activity to accompany this presentation. The final exam grade is then determined by the combined scores of the oral presentation and the written test. The written test consists of two parts. The first part is a listening exercise based on episodes from the Geospatial Revolution video series produced by Pennsylvania State University. Students listen and fill in the blanks in the text. The episodes are as follows: History of GIS, GIS to monitor areas of conflict, Haiti earthquake 2010, Mapping power (Creating a map for Kibera). The second part is a vocabulary test, which can be accessed via the link in the MS Teams Files. In the winter semester, pages 1 through 25 are tested. Students read the definition of a word in English and fill in the required word in the sentence.
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Recommended literature
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Redman, S. (2017). English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate.
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