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English for Academic Purposes

ОК.17

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

1 Semester

6

To communicate effectively in the professional environment for the purpose of discussing professionally-oriented topics, presentation of research results and innovative projects.

Full-time form

A student should acquire the following linguistic, socio-cultural and professional communicative competences: the lexis and grammar needed to understand and produce professionally oriented texts; structured methods of writing scientific work; discursive stylistic features of the text; linguistic forms peculiar to formal and colloquial registers of professional broadcasting; the basic rules of the English syntax. A student should be able to communicate orally and in writing within the scope of a subject; use appropriate vocabulary and grammatical stylistic forms; discern and create valuable examples of scientific communication in English; summarize and annotate authentic and professionally-oriented texts of different genres and styles without using a dictionary; compose an annotation and an abstract to a professionally-oriented text.

The course "English for Academic Purposes” is part of a Master students’ program. The discipline is a compulsory one. The course curriculum is designed to ensure personality development and satisfy the master students' professional needs. It aims at the further development of professionally-oriented communicative competences in academic writing and speaking, which allows the learners to solve communicative tasks of any difficulty, to communicate effectively in their academic and professional environments. The aim of the course is to form professionally-oriented communicative competences in academic writing and speaking at C1 level for effective written and oral performance in the professional environment.

Recommended literature: 1. Babenko, Т., Gordeeva, А., Maliy, А.,\& Horbachenko А. (2021). Academic Writing Skills for Non-Language Students. AVIAZ. 2. Babenko, Т. (2015). Short Course on the Syntax of the English Language. Kyiv University Press. 3. Babenko, Т. (2018). Abstracts & Annotations. Kyiv University Press. 4. ElsVanGeyte. Writing. Learn to Write Better Academic Essays (2013). Harper Collins Publishers. 5. Chin, P., Koizumi, Y., Reid, S., Wray, S..& Yamaaki, Y. (2012). Academic Writing Skills. Student’s Book 1. Cambridge University Press. 6.Chin, P., Koizumi, Y., Reid, S., Wray, S..& Yamaaki, Y. (2012). Academic Writing Skills. Student’s Book 2. Cambridge University Press.

lecture practice session presentation discussion self-study work

Participation in a whole-class discussion, writing assessment tasks, essay, abstract, annotated bibliography, presentation. Summative assessment: credit. The total score for the term makes maximum 80 points and minimum 48 points. The total score for the credit makes maximum 20 points and minimum 12 points. Forms of assessing gradual learning outcomes. Participation in a whole-class discussion on the basis of the previously learned material makes 2,5 points for a topic; max. 10 points and min. 6 points (10 / 6) for the course. The module test paper performed in writing is scored 10/6.

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