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English for PhD Students I - D834001

Title:	English for PhD Students I
Guaranteed by:	Department of Languages (834)
Faculty:	Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual:	from 2020
Semester:	winter
Points:	winter s.:0
E-Credits:	winter s.:0
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/0, other [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
State of the course:	cancelled
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course is intended for doctoral students only

Guarantor:	Novotná Jana PhDr.
Is interchangeable with:	P834005

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation -

This course is designed for students at good intermediate/upper intermediate level. It is focused mainly on the key vocabulary used in the academic world but also includes general English reading, listening and speaking tasks.

Last update: Kruteková Jana (04.03.2018)

Aim of the course -

Students will be able to:

Last update: Dolejšová Ivana (31.08.2016)

Literature -

Academic Vocabulary in Use, Michael McCarthy, Felicity O´Dell, Cambridge University Press 2008

Recycling Advanced English, Clare West, Georgian Press 2005

Last update: Dolejšová Ivana (31.08.2016)

Teaching methods -

Seminars.

Last update: Kruteková Jana (04.03.2018)

Syllabus

I. Academic vocabulary

Working with academic vocabulary (key nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, phrasal verbs in academic English, words with several meanings)

Word combinations (typical nouns, verbs and adjectives and the words they combine with, fixed expressions)

Talking about sources, facts, evidence, data, statistics , graphs and diagrams.

II. General English

Grammar review (tenses; expressing ability, possibility and obligation; modifying comparison, gerund and infinitive)

Ad hoc speaking, reading and listening activities

Last update: Dolejšová Ivana (31.08.2016)

Learning resources -

Materials prepared and/or recommended by the teacher.

Last update: Novotná Jana (08.09.2016)