2024/2025
Academic English Writing
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
Department of Foreign Languages
When:
2, 3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course develops the foreign language communicative competence necessary for solving communication tasks in various academic and professional settings, sociocultural competence, and behavioral stereotypes required for the successful adaptation of graduates in the job market. Students learn to independently acquire knowledge for everyday, professional, and academic communication in English. They will become familiar with the main language features, pragmatic functions, and professional specificity of the research proposal genre in English, professional vocabulary for communication on professional topics; academic vocabulary for communication in an academic environment. Students will prepare a research proposal text according to the language features, pragmatic functions, and professional specifics of the text in the field of study; orally present the research proposal according to the features of English rhetoric, pragmatic functions, and professional specifics of oral scientific presentations in the field of study. The course develops the following skills: reading and understanding original English-language scientific texts in the specialization, newspaper/journal articles on professional topics; finding necessary information in scientific and instructional texts in English; expressing thoughts orally on the covered topics, orally summarizing the content and main ideas of texts of any complexity; presenting scientific and statistical information orally and in writing; composing a message (report, presentation) on professional topics.
Learning Objectives
- The formation and development of foreign language competence necessary for the correct resolution of communicative tasks in various academic and professional contexts.
- The formation of sociocultural competence and behavioral stereotypes necessary for the successful adaptation of graduates in the job market.
- Developing students' ability to independently acquire knowledge for everyday, professional, and academic communication in English.
- Developing the ability to write a research proposal and present its content in the format of an academic presentation in English.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- знать жанровые особенности профессиональных и академических текстов.
- знать академическую лексику, необходимую для общения в академической среде
- знать логику построения научного текста
- знать стилистические особенности профессиональных и академических текстов
Assessment Elements
- Устная презентация Research proposal.
- текст Research proposal (экзамен)
- Письменные домашние заданияЗадание 1. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal introduction. Задание 2. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal literature review. Задание 3. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal methodology. Задание 4. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal expected results. Задание 5. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal conclusion. Задание 6. Не позднее установленного срока сдайте на проверку преподавателю в электронной форме или в распечатанном виде черновик research proposal abstract.
