{"id":5624,"date":"2021-10-13T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:9080\/en\/courses\/english-for-phd-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:55:50","slug":"english-for-phd-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/language-courses\/english-for-phd-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic English Courses for PhD students \u2013 A.A. 2022\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"

38th cohort and 37th cohort (PON scholarships only)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The courses listed on this page are free<\/strong> and priority will be given to PhD students of the 38th cohort (first year) and to those of the 37th cohort who started their PhD in January 2022 (PON scholarships only).<\/p>\n

Purpose of the Courses:<\/strong> to review and develop English language competence in academic speaking and writing contexts with a view to identifying and resolving areas of individual concern. To explore a variety of formal academic speaking situations and more informal academic occasions. Tasks will also focus on raising individual awareness of abilities and on strategies for further developing skills.\u00a0Course attendance:\u00a0<\/strong>over zoom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Compulsory ENTRY test –\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Registration <\/b>to the entry test (and the courses) is open from 12 to 23 October (deadline). <\/b>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n Course type and content<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u00a0Each type of course has a minimum entry level of English.<\/b> It is not possible to attend a course without having first taken the entry test.\u00a0\u00a0
<\/span>INTRO TO ACADEMIC ENGLISH<\/strong> (30 academic hours course) – Level<\/strong>: B1\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Basic structures of Academic English: nominalization, recognizing sentence structure e.g. the use of noun phrases, recognising tense usage and appropriacy of lexis and register. Argumentation. Focus on pronunciation and conversation in certain contexts (confidence building). Promotion of passive skills to develop understanding and lexis. Addressing typical issues in language and pronunciation which may impede comprehension.<\/div><\/div><\/strong>
ACADEMIC ENGLISH<\/strong>\u00a0(30 academic hours course) – Level: from B1+ to B2 or higher.<\/strong>\u00a0The courses are divided into upper and lower groups. The same topics are covered in different ways and at different speeds according to the level.\u00a0<\/span>WRITING:<\/strong> \u00a0writing emails to academic peers; introduction to writing abstracts, structuring research papers, describing data e.g. from graphs or tables; rhetorical moves, coherence and cohesion, stance.\u00a0<\/span>SPEAKING:<\/strong>\u00a0presenting research papers at seminars\/conferences, dealing with questions and strategies for interrupting politely, active listening and turn taking.\u00a0<\/span> <\/div><\/div><\/strong>
\u00a0MINI COURSES on specific topics<\/strong> (10 hour mini courses) – Level<\/strong>:\u00a0from B1+ to B2 or higher.\u00a0\u00a0The same topics are covered in different ways and at different speeds according to the level.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n