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English for Academic Purposes

English for Academic Purposes. Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević e-mail: miljen.matijasevic @ gmail.com G10, room 6, Tue 11:30-12:30 Session 1, 17 Mar 2014. Today’s session. Introduction to the Course Discussions / Essay. English for Academic Purposes. 7 sessions: 17/03 24/03 31/03

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English for Academic Purposes

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  1. English for Academic Purposes Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević e-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com G10, room 6, Tue 11:30-12:30 Session 1, 17 Mar 2014

  2. Today’s session Introduction to the Course Discussions/ Essay

  3. English for Academic Purposes • 7 sessions: • 17/03 • 24/03 • 31/03 • 14/04 • 28/04 • 5/05 • 12/05

  4. English for AcademicPurposes TOPICS: • Discussion – «For» and «Against» • ParaphrasingandSummarising • StructureandCohesion • Writing an Essay • AcademicStyle – InformalandFormal • Narrative • Definitions (simple, academic and extended) • Interpretation of Data – Charts, Graphs, Diagrams andTables • Writingformalletters

  5. English for AcademicPurposes • AIMS OF THE COURSE: • To improve coherence in writing for academic purposes – mainly essays • To go beyond sentence-level grammar and look at the structure of paragraphs, texts, connecting ideas in the text, introductions and conclusions, etc. • Although focus will be on writing, oral interaction is expected of students and discussion activities will be included

  6. Requirements for coursecompletion • Attendingclasses • Completinghomeworkassignments (notgraded) • summary • formalletter • chartinterpretation • Completingfinalassignments (graded) • summary (writteninclass) • interpretationof data andgraphs (writteninclass) • essay(home assignment)

  7. Discussion

  8. Discussiontopics • FREE higher EDUCATION FOR ALL • ONLINE COURSES • Select a topicanddiscuss it inpairs. Preparea list of 4 argumentsinfavourand4argumentsagainsttheproposedtopics.

  9. English for Academic Purposes • FREE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ALL • ONLINE COURSES • Write a one-page essay on thetopicincludingargumentsinfavourandagainstyourtopicexchangedinyour group discussions.

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