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WELCOME TO ENGLISH FOR MATHEMATICIANS I - ID2131 On this page you will find some important information like the description of the courses and its objectives.

English for mathematicians is a set of three courses ID2131, ID2132 and ID2133 These courses main objective is to prepare students of mathematics to read, write, speak and understand mathematic topics in English.
 * __Main Objective__**

__Specific objectives:__ In the four areas of language learning To recognize and to produce the technical vocabulary and linguistic structures more used in the field.

__Oral Comprehension Area - Listening:__ to increase oral comprehension in spoken english to increase the oral comprehension capacity when students are exposed to topics related to mathematics

__Oral Expresion Area - Speaking:__ To enhance the oral communication capacity To present orally the content of articles written in journals specialized in mathematics

__Written Comprehension Area: Reading__ To increase the written comprehension of papers dealing with mathematics To read and comprehend high level texts in that field

__Written Expression Area: Writing__ To obtain the skills need to write abstracts and technical reports in the mathematics area in English To compose essays in the general mathematics areas

__First Trimester - ID2131:__ __Second Trimester - ID2132:__ __Third Trimester - ID2133:__
 * __Course content:__**
 * Development of receptive and productive oral skills.
 * Mathematical terminology used to read equations.
 * Reading skills.
 * writing skills
 * Development of receptive and productive oral skills. (cont.)
 * Mathematical terminology used to read equations.(cont.)
 * Reading skills (cont.)
 * Writing skills (cont.)
 * Formal oral presentations of topics dealing with mathematics
 * Oral and written abilities that require high-intermediate English language proficiency.
 * Mathematical topics discussions.

__English for math 1. Objectives__
Throughout "English for Math I" students will practice and use English in situations dealing with mathematics. Course objectives have been divided into four groups that correspond to the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing)

Listening: Students who develop listening comprehension skills (listening for details and inferring meaning from context). Listening exercises and lab activities will also help students build their receptive vocabulary in English.

Speaking: Students will practice and develop oral production through conversation exercises (information sharing, role-playing, etc.). Pronunciation exercises will improve students fluency.

Reading: Students will reinforce reading comprehension strategies (skimming, scanning, etc) according to the purpose for reading. Students will also develop receptive language and vocabulary through reading practices. In this first English for math course reading will be centered in the following rethorical patterns: definition, description, comparison and contrast and classification.

Writing: Students will develop their composition skills through writing exercises. Writing tasks will consist of a sequence of activities (prewriting, drafting, editing, etc) Students will also practice spelling, punctuation, use of grammar and vocabulary. As well as in the reading part, writing will be centered in the following rethorical patterns: definition, description, comparison and contrast and classification.