Students can earn requisite foreign language credits (spoken and written skills) through the integrated English course: Kie-98.1310 Introduction to Academic Communication for Master's Programs in English (o,w) (3 ECTS).

Contents:

The course is intended for graduate students in international master's programs. The aim of the course is to prepare students for spoken and written academic communication. Written assignments focus on important features of academic and technical writing, such as text flow, style, organization, and citations. The assignments may also cover strategies for avoiding plagiarism, outlining and structuring paragraphs, as well as developing sentence structures. Spoken tasks focus on the delivery of an effective presentation. During the course, students also give and receive constructive peer feedback.

Schedule (see details):

13.09. - 24.11.2011
Tue and Thu 8:30-10:00
Place: Room T5 (A133)
Teacher: Jan-Mikael Rybicki, contact info

Workload:

Contact study (18 x 3 hrs) 36 hrs + independent study 45 hrs

Participants must attend 80% of the class sessions.