{"id":5776,"date":"2021-11-11T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:9080\/en\/courses\/english-for-phd-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:16:35","slug":"english-for-phd-copy-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/language-courses\/english-for-phd-copy-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic English Courses for PhD students \u2013 37th cohort \u2013 A.A. 2021\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academic English Courses for PhD students \u2013 37th cohort \u2013 A.A. 2021\/22 <\/strong><\/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.<\/p>\n

The courses listed on this page are free<\/strong> and are solely for PhD students of the 37th cycle<\/strong>.\u00a0Starting from the 2021\/22 a.y. the <\/span>number and variety of courses has increased, as indicated below. Attendance will be over zoom.\u00a0<\/span>

Compulsory ENTRY test –\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Registration <\/b>to the entry test (and the course) is open from 16 to 28 November (DEADLINE). <\/b>THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER TEST DATES for the 37th cycle.\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, 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.<\/div><\/div><\/strong>
ACADEMIC ENGLISH<\/strong>\u00a0(30 academic hours course) – Level: from B1+ to B2 or higher.<\/strong> The 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> writing emails to academic peers, writing abstracts and structuring research papers; the moves, coherence and cohesion, stance. SPEAKING:<\/strong> presenting research papers at seminars\/conferences, dealing with questions and strategies for interrupting politely, active listening and turn taking.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/strong>
\u00a0MINI COURSES on specific topics<\/strong> (10 hour mini courses) – Level<\/strong>: B2 or higher\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n