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English for PhD Students I - P834005

Title:	English for PhD Students I
Guaranteed by:	Department of Languages (834)
Faculty:	Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual:	from 2020 to 2023
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
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
For type:	doctoral
Note:	course is intended for doctoral students only can be fulfilled in the future

Guarantor:	Novotná Jana PhDr.

Examination dates

Annotation -

This course is designed for students at good intermediate/upper intermediate level (B1/B2). 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: Novotná Jana (27.08.2020)

Aim of the course -

Students will be able to communicate within the academia.

Last update: Novotná Jana (11.09.2020)

Literature -

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

Cambridge English for Scientists, Tamzen Armer, Cambridge University Press 2011

Recycling Advanced English, Clare West, Georgian Press 2005

Last update: Novotná Jana (27.08.2020)

Learning resources -

Materials prepared and/or recommended by the teacher.

Last update: Fialová Jana (29.04.2020)

Teaching methods -

Seminars.

Last update: Fialová Jana (29.04.2020)

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)

II. General English

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

Ad hoc speaking, reading and listening activities

Last update: Novotná Jana (11.09.2020)