Food and Industrial Biotechnology

The course focuses on target language competencies required at level B1 on the CEFR. Students will revise the main tenses (present, past and future tenses), the passive form and causatives, conditionals type 1-2-3, relative clauses, modals of deduction and speculation, habits in the present and the past (used to, be used, get used to, would). An important aspect of the course is working on word formation: the formation of new words from existing ones and identifying how words change according to their context by using prefixes, suffixes, new words or by changing the grammatical category of a word. This practice allows students to expand their vocabulary and to better understand the concept of word families, how a single root word can have many different forms. Topic related vocabulary and phrasal verbs will also be part of the syllabus. Knowing phrasal verbs allows students to sound more natural, to paraphrase effectively and to express more complex ideas concisely.

Prerequisite: the main prerequisite is already having achieved the A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

All material and resources are available on Google Classroom

Not mandatory

The exam is written and last 45 minutes. There are 30 questions. Students are awarded a pass with a score between 18 and 30. The exam reflects the course syllabus with various types of exercises. Word formation: change the words provided in a set of sentences. Phrasal verbs and vocabulary: a set of gapped sentences which students must fill in with a verb, particle or word of their choice. Verb formation: a set of sentences in which the base form of the verb is provided and where students need to identify and write the correct tense and form of the verb.

Not required

The English course at level B1 is carried out through lectures and practical activities aimed at developing listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Lessons include individual and group exercises, exam simulations, and the use of multimedia materials to support language learning.