Anotace
This course is designed to cover all the areas needed for the systematic development of language skills in academic and scientific areas, emphasizing the phenomena in academic and scientific fields.
The entry requirement for the course is knowledge of English at the B1-B2 level.
If students wish to test their knowledge of English, the Institute of Languages can provide an online test. However, it is not a prerequisite for participation in the course.
Who is the course addressed to?
All doctoral students
Osnova
1. Academic and scientific language
2. Word formation, Collocation, Patterns and structures, Prepositional phrases, Fixed expressions in scientific writing
3. Description: structure, processes, time and place
4. Description: quantity, statistics, trends and change
5. Analysis and evaluation: Cause and effect, Similarities and differences, Graphs and diagrams, Information and evidence
6. Academic paper structure, Research, Opinions, Problems and solutions, Theory and concept
7. Arguing and persuading, Thesis statement, Supporting arguments, Counter-arguments
8. Positive evaluation, Negative evaluation
9. Emphasis, Hedging language
10. Citation, Paraphrasing, Reporting verbs
11. Linking expressions
12. Research, questionnaire, survey results
13. Summary and conclusion
14. Review
Available study materials:
1. MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use: 50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice: self-study and classroom use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-68939-7.
2. MOORE, Julie. Oxford academic vocabulary practice: upper-intermediate, B2-C1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-400091-8.
3. MOORE, Julie a Richard STORTON. Oxford academic vocabulary practice: lower-intermediate, B1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-400088-8.
4. PATERSON, Ken a Roberta WEDGE. Oxford grammar for EAP: English grammar and practice for academic purposes with answers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-432999-6.
5. DE CHAZAL, Edward a Sam MCCARTER. Oxford EAP: a course in English for academic purposes: upper-intermediate/B2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2012. ISBN 978-0-19-400178-6.