English for specific purposes 4100-IIMNJASP

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 2023L:

Receptive skills
• Note-taking from listening
• Extended listening skills
• Reading for speaking / presentation purposes
• Using multimedia to focus on contemporary issues in education
• Development of C1 / C2 level practical English / academic skills
• Researching sources in the academic world: journals, reports, online media

Lexis
• Academic register / style / vocabulary
• Conciseness
• Advanced collocations
• Nuance and multiple meanings
• Negotiation and power-sharing
• Language of education

Term 2024L:

Lexis
• Academic register / style / vocabulary
• Conciseness
• Advanced collocations
• Nuance and multiple meanings
• Negotiation and power-sharing
• Language of education

Prerequisites (description)

Students are expected to have reached a high C1/C2 level of English; be aware of the importance of self-study and pre-class preparation; willing to engage enthusiastically - but critically - to materials and be able to give (and receive) constructive criticism of one another's work.

Course coordinators

Graham Carr

Type of course

Term 2023L:

foreign languages

General:

obligatory courses

Term 2024L:

foreign languages

Mode

Blended learning

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 6
Assessment for the end of semester grade is based on the following:

Attendance & active participation (30pts)
Essay: this consists of a response to a series of podcasts on educational issues in the UK (30pts)
Short presentation: this consists of a response to 1/3 recommended websites and additional research on their application in a Polish context/application in the classroom - the presentation is given during class time (40pts)

Practical placement

Not applicable

Bibliography

To be announced at the commencement of the semester

Term 2023L:

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.

Mroz, Anne (ed). The times educational supplement. TES Global.

Paltridge, B. (2014). Handbook of English for special purposes. John Wiley.
Quigley, A. (2018). Closing the vocabulary gap. Fulton.
IELTS materials (academic profile)
Lecturer’s own materials

Term 2024L:

Mroz, Anne (ed). The times educational supplement. TES Global.

Paltridge, B. (2014). Handbook of English for special purposes. John Wiley.
Quigley, A. (2018). Closing the vocabulary gap. Fulton.
IELTS materials (academic profile)
Lecturer’s own materials

Notes

Term 2023L:

The course is both synchronous and asynchronous.
Synchronic sessions are run on the ZOOM/Google Meet platform. The dates are available on the Centre's timetable for the group. The presence at each session is obligatory.
Asynchronous teaching: materials and tasks will be provided on the KAMPUS platform.

Term 2024L:

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 4100-IIMNJASP in USOSweb