English for PhD students
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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17DCAJ | ZK | 5 | 2C | English |
- Course guarantor:
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Supervisor:
- Department of Biomedical Technology
- Synopsis:
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The course aims to acquaint the PhD students with academic English from the point of view of semantics, lexicology, and syntax along with practicing the skills and expansion of vocabulary. The emphasis is placed on the accuracy of communication skills, both written and oral.
- Requirements:
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Introduction to academic English
2. Key nouns, key verbs
3.Key adjectives , adverbs
4. Key quantifiers
5. Nouns and words they combine with
6. Adjective and noun combinations
7. Verbs and words they combine
8.Verbs and prepositions
9. Nouns and prepositions
10.Facts, evidence, data
11.Time
12.Cause and effect
13.Repetition
14.Test
- Syllabus of tutorials:
- Study Objective:
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The subject aims to acquaint the PhD students with the specifics of academic English from the point of view of semantics, lexicology, and syntax along with practicing the skills and expansion of vocabulary. The emphasis is placed on the accuracy of communication skills, both written and oral.
- Study materials:
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Obligatory:
[1] MC CARTHY Michael., ODELL Felicity. Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780521689397
Recommended:
[2] PORTER David. Check your vocabulary for academic English. London: A&C Black,2007. ISBN-10: 0 7136 8285 X.
- Note:
- Further information:
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans: