Academic Communication Skills in English (DACSE) Spring Term 2023 DACSE 2023 •course instructor • •course administration • •course introduction • •LIBOR ŠTĚPÁNEK (libor.stepanek@cjv.muni.cz) • •Masaryk University Language Centre (CJV MU) Komenského nám 2 • •Education: •MA in English • (MA in History & PhD in Political Science) • •Specialization and Research: •Academic Skills in English •Academic Public Speaking •Academic Writing • •DACSE - since 2009 • • • Obrázek1 course objectives •After completing this course you will be able to: • •communicate effectively within the international academic community setting; • •be a successful participant of an international conference/meeting; • • recognize various organizational patterns found in academic speaking; • •adjust communication to different tasks; • •write short formal academic texts. • • course organisation • 4 block sessions •Monday 27 February (9:30 - ) •Tuesday 28 February •Monday 13 March •Tuesday 14 March • •theoretical input combined with diverse practical activities based on individual needs • materials •IS study materials •synchronous classes •IS (or other) discussion forum •collaborative activities • • • • requirements •Active participation in: • •presentations / talks / teaching sessions giving •synchronous discussions •online asynchronous discussions •writing assignments • introduction • introduction •peer2peer → class • • Charles_Babbage_1860 alan-turing steve_jobs bill-gates 220px-Ada_Lovelace betty_snyder_1 Sammett-Elaine-Jean FrancisAllen AnitaBorg shafigoldwasser shannon moorslaw bacus gracehopper1 Blaise_pascal priorities •1.small talk – starting and finishing a conversation a conversation •2. small talk – cultural differences •3. small talk – turn taking •4. academic talks •5.after-presentation discussion •6.conference presentation giving •7.panel discussion – presentations •8.panel discussion – chairing •9.panel discussion – turn taking •10.conference slot chairing •11.toast giving •12.lecturing / teaching •13.interactive seminar giving •14. adjusting language to your audience • •15.peer-to-peer communication •16. authoritative communication •17. “one of the crowd” communication •18. story-telling to present science •19. code switching and code mixing in multilingual communication •20. in-front-of-the-camera-communication •21.abstract writing •22.biography writing •23.academic writing style •24.emails/letters •25. interviews in intercultural setting •26. feedback giving •27. feedback accepting •28. other preferences •