Academic Communication Skills in English (DACSE) Autumn Term 2015 DACSE 2015 •course instructor • •course administration – •course introduction • Course Instructor •LIBOR ŠTĚPÁNEK (stepanek@rect.muni.cz) • •Masaryk University Language Centre (CJV MU) Komenského nám 2 • •Education: –MA in English / History & PhD in Political Science – •Specialization and Research: –Academic Public Speaking –Academic Writing –Creative Approach Language Teaching Obrázek1 735771 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; • • recognize various organizational patterns found in academic speaking; • •adjust communication to different tasks; • •write short formal academic texts. • • course organisation •13 course weeks (F2F or online sessions) • • •theoretical input combined with diverse practical activities based on individual needs • Materials •IS study materials –face-to-face classes – •IS (or other) discussion forum –collaborative activities – • – • requirements •Active participation in: • –presentations / talks / teaching sessions giving –face-to-face discussions –online discussions –writing assignment • assessment •Writing assignment –title; abstract /short info; biography; – •a 20 minute presentation / panel discussion / chairing a session / teaching session • •peer analysis / peer review / peer feedback • Self-study resources • • •Language Centre Web • • 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 a conversation •2.small talk – finishing a conversation •3.small talk – cultural differences •4.small talk – turn taking •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 •13.interactive seminar giving •14. academic talk • •15.peer-to-peer communication •16. authoritative communication •17. “one of the crowd” communication •18.individual-audience communication •19.adjusting language to your audience •20.instructions giving •21.abstract writing •22.biography writing •23.academic writing style •24.informal emails/letters •25.formal emails/letters •26. interview •27. feedback giving •28. feedback accepting • •watch the videos (first 3 minutes of speech is always enough) and characterise the situation (purpose, topic, information transfer, audience,speaker) • •comment on them to the discussion forum