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Part 2 Аcademic and business speech and translation" (3rd semester)

ОК.16.02

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2024/2025

3 Semester

3

LO2. Demonstrate proficiency in the national and foreign languages for written and oral communication, particularly in professional and academic contexts; present research findings in the national and foreign languages. LO5. Identify optimal approaches for effective collaboration within a professional team and with representatives of other professional groups at various levels. LO11. Conduct scientific analysis of linguistic, speech, and literary material; interpret and structure it in accordance with appropriate methodological principles; formulate generalizations based on independently processed data. LO14. Create, analyze, and edit texts of various styles and genres.

Full-time form

Know: - functional styles and genres of English discourse; - the basics of academic and business discourse genres; - the characteristics of language use in English academic and business discourse; - major theories of translation and their critiques; - key translation strategies and techniques. Be able to: - decode the speaker’s intentions by analyzing communicative strategies in spoken and written discourse; - analyze, contrast, and compare linguistic and discourse phenomena at the sentence, paragraph, and text levels; - professionally use linguistic terms to explain the phenomena under analysis. Possess basic skills: - identify communicative strategies and relate them to the communicative purpose of the text.

This course is designed to improve the effectiveness of academic and business communication in English by: systematizing knowledge of discourse, linguistic devices, and rhetorical strategies in academic and business discourse; and developing the skills to apply these tools in communication and translation. The course examines academic/business discourse and the process of academic/business communication in today’s globalized world, with a particular focus on critical reading, rhetorical analysis of texts within these discourses, as well as their creation and translation. The course consists of two content modules. Module 1 examines the rhetorical and cultural aspects of academic and business communication and discourse through extensive reading, listening, discussion, and translation. Module 2 focuses on the production of texts in business and academic discourse in English and their translation. In the third semester, the course concludes with a credit.

1.Kvasova O.H.Going for Degree. Professional English for Students of Linguistics: Navchalnyi posibnyk. – K.: Lohos, 2017. – 139 s. 2.Alhaidari, F.M. The Discourse of Business Meetings. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. – 219 p. 3.Andrews, R. A Theory of Contemporary Rhetoric. – Routledge: New York & London, 2014. – 182 p. 4. Bargiela-Chiappini, F., Nickerson, C., Planken, B. Business discourse. 2nd ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.– 359 p. 5. Barnet, S., Bedau, H. Critical Thinking, Reading and Witting: A Brief Guide to Argument. – Bedford/St Martins: Boston, New York, 2014. – 523 p. 6. Bauer, J., Boyle, M., Stapleton, S. Final Draft (2,3). – Cambridge University Press, 2016. – 271 p.

Practical sessions; independent study.

Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the material learned, in particular, the assessment of theoretical training - learning outcomes (knowledge), which accounts for 40% of the total grade, and the assessment of practical training - learning outcomes (skills), which accounts for 60% of the total grade. Assessment of semester work: 1. Participation in the discussion of the topics studied: 5 - 10 points. 2. Project work: 7 - 10 points. 3. Academic essay (integrated reading and writing skills): 6 - 10 points. 4. Academic essay (integrated listening and writing skills): 6 - 10 points. 5. Module test: 12 - 20 points.

English