Only doctoral students of the 32nd series at the University of Padova (those about to commence their second year of doctoral studies) are entitled to apply.

32 academic hours for a period of 8 weeks. The first three courses will start after 15 October 2017 and end before 22 December 2017. The remaining course will be held between January and March 2018. Courses will be held in the afternoon from 2.30 pm. Timetables will be made available together with the student lists from 10 October in the section “Classes “. 

To meet the needs that emerged in the survey conducted by the PhD Office, in the application form, doctoral students will have to choose between two course options:

1. a course focussing principally on academic speaking skills such as presenting research papers at seminars/conferences, answering questions on one’s research, describing procedures and networking;
2. a course focussing on academic writing and speaking skills such as writing abstracts, writing emails to academic peers, presenting research papers at seminars/conferences and networking;

In order to derive benefit from the courses, participants will require a B2 level of English, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).  It is thus necessary for all students to take an entry test to assess their level. On the basis of the results of the test the Centre may decide to organise courses below B2 level, but no lower than B1 level.

The test has a written and an oral component.

The test of written production (60 minutes) is made up of an email (semi-formal) and a summary/report (formal/academic) on data from a chart/diagram.

The oral test will consist of a brief interview. It is not possible to attend one of the courses without taking the initial test.

Written production: Students can choose between the following:

28 September at 12:00 midday,  28 September at 2:00 pm, 2 October at 8.45 am

The test will take place in lab. 23, Via Venezia n. 16, Language Centre.

Spoken production and interaction: The oral test will take place on the afternoons of  4, 5, 6 October from 2.30pm onwards. After taking the written test, students will be sent an email (by 29th September) with a link to the oral test sign up page. Students will be able to choose a suitable time slot on basis of availability (“first come, first served”).
On the basis of the results of the written and oral tests and the type of course/period chosen, the doctoral students will be organised into groups and offered one of the possible courses. The class lists will be available after 10 October in the section “Classes”. 

Doctoral students wishing to receive an attendance certificate will have to attend at least 75% of the course (24 hours).

Registration for the test (and thus for the course) is possible from now until 25 September 2017 (it will not be possible to sign up after this date); when signing up for the test, students will be able to express a preference regarding the course (type/period). The CLA will attempt to satisfy all the requests, but the final decision will be made by the Centre on the basis of the levels of the students and didactic/organisational factors.  Register for the test

The names of the students admitted to the courses and the classes will be available in this section from 10 October. Timetables will be made available together with the student lists.

 

For further information, you can contact elisabetta.divenere@unipd.it, tel. 0498276277 – 6185 (09:30 – 13.00).