FOREWORD. English for the first-year students of the Institute of Physics and Technology aims to help learners improve their competence in communication skills

English for the first-year students of the Institute of Physics and Technology aims to help learners improve their competence in communication skills. This is achieved in various ways, as the material is flexible in design. It can be used by the first-year-students of the Institute of Physics and Technology, the intermediate stage.

Underlying the material is the conviction that students will learn more readily and efficiently if they are actively and personally involved in their language lessons. Thus, throughout the units, the learners are encouraged to express their own opinion on questions concerning many aspects of science and technology and to discuss and evaluate the role they play in society.

The course includes listening, speaking, reading, writing and problem-solving sections. The material is designed to be used either in the classroom or by the student working alone.

English for the first-year students of the Institute of Physics and Technology covers nine topics: "Our University", "Imperial English: the Language of Science", "The Mind Machine", "IQ Testing", "The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths", "Beauty in Science", "Mathematics − the Language of Science", "Recreational Mathematics", "The Dawn of Atomic Physics".

While developing the material we have shared a great deal of fun with students, colleagues and friends. We thank them all for their participation, advice and comments, and hope that you will share the fun we had working on the course.

Authors

UNIT 1: University.

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.

Dr. Thomas Fuller