The basic course of Academic skills in English I is designed for doctorate students and academic workers. 

On the course, participants will gain:

• an overview of basic principles of academic language 

• ability to apply theoretical principles of academic language to their own production

• ability to critically view and evaluate specialised texts

• The course is followed up by a course of Academic skills in English II in spring term, which further enhances the skills and knowledge gained on the course.

At the end of the course, students will be able to formulate their ideas and views in written and spoken discourse and provide constructive feedback to written and spoken discourse.

PLAN

1. socialising/small talk; academic wordlist introduction 

2. presentation techniques; reading strategies 

3. listening for main idea, listening for detailed information 

4. listening to a lecture, note-taking 

5. summarising, paraphrasing; spoken punctuation 

6. coherence and cohesive devices 

7. focusing on the genre 

8. critical thinking activities 

9. presenting figures, describing graphs 

10. academic discussions 

11. writing topic sentences 

12. writing paragraphs; round-up activities, discussions, mini-presentations