ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

The course will provide three 5-hour modules concerning the communicative needs of PhD students who wish to participate at conferences. The modules will be delivered in an online live mode with online self-study components. The modules concentrate on skills necessary for:

• Writing abstracts
• Conducting an academic meeting and taking part in a discussion
• Presenting and interacting at conferences

The programme of the course is divided into modules, and each module into lessons.

MODULE 1: Academic Writing

Skills necessary for writing abstracts and elements of research articles following a genre-based approach that takes into account interdisciplinary differences. The coordinating institution will be UC.

• Lesson 1. Introduction to abstracts: function, types and structure of abstracts
• Lesson 2. The rhetorical structure of abstracts in detail
• Lesson 3. Linguistic patterns in abstracts – part I
• Lesson 4. Linguistic patterns in abstracts – part II
• Lesson 5. Evaluative language in abstracts

MODULE 2: Academic Meeting

Conducting an academic meeting, taking part in a discussion, producing an oral report, expressing agreement/disagreement, asking for clarification, explaining, giving the floor, arguing, negotiating, mediating the concept. The coordinating institution will be PUT.

• Lesson 1. Analysing the structure of an academic article
• Lesson 2. Language of literature review
• Lesson 3. Preparing for a discussion
• Lesson 4. Preparing for a conference – part I
• Lesson 5. Preparing for a conference – part II

MODULE 3: Academic Presentation

Language and skills necessary for presenting at conferences, interaction with other participants in conferences, soft skills, different formats of presentations. The coordinating institution will be UPHF.

• Lesson 1. How to present a conference poster (Workshop format)
• Lesson 2. Being part of a Round Table with multiple participants from different disciplines
• Lesson 3. Chairing a panel at an international conference (how to indicate politely to speakers that time is up, how to generate engagement from the audience after the speaker’s paper, how to sum up briefly what has just been presented so the audience can respond, how to formulate stimulating questions after a paper)
• Lesson 4. How to integrate a very brief biographic note in the introduction of a paper to situate my area of expertise
• Lesson 5. How to manage speech, pace, and content corresponding to a slideshow, how to present a video, or an audio integrated in a paper to illustrate a point

For a detailed description of the course, please refer to the course study guide below (it will open in a new tab).

Timetable:

MODULE 1:
• Friday 7th March 10.00-11.30 am
• Thursday 13th March 10.00-11.30 am
• Friday 14th March 10.00-10.45 am

MODULE 2:
• Thursday 20th March 9.00-10.30 am
• Thursday 27th March 9.00-10.30 am
• Thursday 3rd April 9.00-9.45 am

MODULE 3:
• Friday 28th March 10.15-11.00 am
• Friday 4th of April 9.00-10.45 am
• Friday 11th of April 9.00-10.45 am

*All times are AM and CEST.

*The schedule of the lectures may be adjusted after the course begins with the agreement of the teacher and the course participants.

• EUNICE PhD student: enrolled as a student of a PhD degree in one of the universities of EUNICE European University consortium (check its members here).
• Science and engineering students
• B2-C1 in English CEFR level

Study Level: PhD

• Submit your application via the button ‘Apply Now’.
• Please keep in mind that the number of participants could be limited for each course. Application does not guarantee enrolment in the course.
• The course participants will be selected based on criteria specified in the study guide.
• Your home university will inform you whether you have been accepted and provide further information about the next steps.

Specific instructions in some universities:

• BTU applicants: for questions about enrolment and recognition at your university, you can visit this website
• UPHF applicants: make sure to ask the approval of your director of studies (responsable pédagogique) before applying. For any question, you can contact the EUNICE office: eunice@uphf.fr
• UoP applicants: questions about enrolment and recognition can be answered by your Director of Studies or ECTS Coordinator, or you can contact eunice@go.uop.gr

Any questions about enrolment or credit recognition? Contact your EUNICE courses coordinator.