English for PhD Students

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Biomedical Technology

Synopsis:

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

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

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Required:

[1] MC CARTHY Michael., O’DELL Felicity. Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

2008, ISBN 9780521689397.

Recommended:

[1] 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: