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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
For capacity reasons priority will be given to students at IES, followed by other institutes of FSV. |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (10.09.2023)
To acquire and develop English language techniques, both written and spoken, that help communicate ideas and persuade others effectively in an academic setting. |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
Textbooks from which material will be drawn M. Firth, M. Hewings and C. Thaine, Cambridge Academic English Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2012) Edward de Chazal a Sam McCarter, Oxford EAP, B2 (Oxford University Press, 2012). S. Bailey, Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (4th ed., Routledge, 2015) K. Paterson and R. Wedge, Oxford Grammar for EAP (Oxford University Press, 2018) M. McCarthy and F. O’Dell, Academic Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2008) T. S. Kane, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Oxford University Press, 1994) J. Williams, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. (9th ed., Pearson Longman, 2007) |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)
Throughout the course, emphasis will be put on the active use of English, making the most of class time for collective language activities, readings, discussions and presentations. Homework tasks are devoted to grammar, vocabulary and writing exercises, and preparatory reading/listening/viewing. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will be exercised individually, in pairs or small groups. |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)
Credits for the course will be awarded on the basis of the following components, given equal weight (12 points each) in making an assessment:
A credit is awarded for 33 points or more out of the maximum 48. There is no mid-term test, and a satisfactory completion of items 3 and 4 serves in lieu of an end-of-semester test. "Re-sits" are accordingly not possible, but in bordeline cases - i.e. for those with 30 points or more and a valid reason for not achieving sufficiently many points, e.g. unavoidable absence from classes due to illness - an oral exam may be offered in the examination period to establish if a credit is to be awarded. |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
We shall read, listen to and watch extracts from a range of English-language sources in various genres and media, responses to which will form the basis for exploring techniques of language and composition in academic genres at a micro and macro level (for example, rhetorical figures, formal English vocabulary, citation conventions, the structure of argumentative essays, register in verbal and written presentations). Vocabulary, grammar and composition exercises will be based on material from Cambridge Academic English Advanced, Oxford EAP B2, and other textbooks (see under Literature). Details of the syllabus will be given on the Moodle course Academic English I, access to which will be given to participants after the first class; relevant study materials will also be posted on this Moodle page (for dissemination only among registered users). |
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Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)
English at level B2-C1 and a pass in one of the English courses JLB002, JLB004, JLB006, JLB008, JLB010, JLB064 or JLB046. |