English for specific purposes 4100-IMNJASP
Receptive skills
• Note-taking from listening
• Extended listening skills
• Reading for speaking / presentation purposes
• Using multimedia to focus on contemporary issues in the specific ESP topics
• Development of C1 / C2 level practical English / academic skills
• Researching sources in the ESP world: journals, reports, online media
Lexis
• Academic register / style / vocabulary
• Conciseness
• Advanced collocations
• Nuance and multiple meanings
• Negotiation and power-sharing
• Language of money and finance, health and wellbeing, legal English and methodological terms
Productive skills
• Developing proficiency in presentations: argumentation, speculation, forming conclusions
• PowerPoint design
• Spoken fluency: pronunciation, intonation and stress
• Using notes for extended speaking / writing assignments
Term 2023Z:
Receptive skills Lexis Productive skills |
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Type of course
General: obligatory courses | Term 2023Z: foreign languages Master's seminars |
Mode
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, a student will:
be able to critically evaluate an academic article (K_W01, K_W07, K_U01)
be able to critically evaluate state of the art research on a particular topic in ESP (K_W01, K_W02, K_W06, K_W08, K_K02)
be able to gain a deep understanding of a chosen article (K_W07, K_W08)
be able to clearly express their opinions, both orally and in writing (K_U06, K_U08, K_U09)
be able to constructively discuss their own and other’s opinions
be able to write an article review (K_U06, K_U09)
be able to write a discursive, academic essay (K_U06, K_U08, K_U09)
have raised their confidence in approaching and analysing academic literature (K_K01, K_K02)
Assessment criteria
Semester 5
Assessment for the end of semester grade is based on the following:
Attendance & active participation 30pts
Essay 30pts
Short presentation 40pts
Practical placement
Not applicable
Bibliography
Ahrens, S. (2017). How to take smart notes. Createspace.
Cohen, L. (2017). Research methods in education. Routledge.
Chandler, Kate et al. (2013). Pearson test of English academic practice tests plus. Pearson Longman.
Chitty, C. (2014). Educational policy in Britain. Contemporary Political Studies.
Dudley-Evans. (1998). Developments in English for specific purposes Cambridge.
McMahon, M. (2010). Contemporary issues in learning and teaching. Sage.
Mroz, Anne (ed). The times educational supplement. TES Global.
Paltridge, B. (2014). Handbook of English for special purposes. John Wiley.
IELTS materials (academic profile)
Lecturer’s own materials
Term 2023Z:
Ahrens, S. (2017). How to take smart notes. Createspace. Mroz, Anne (ed). The times educational supplement. TES Global. Paltridge, B. (2014). Handbook of English for special purposes. John Wiley. |
Notes
Term 2023Z:
The course is both synchronous and asynchronous. Students are limited to ONE absence during the 2021 winter semester. In exceptional circumstances, consult with your subject teacher. Any home assignments that are uploaded by the teacher MUST also have some classroom time dedicated to feedback, etc. |
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: