General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Academic Language for Student Success part II |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | mgr Marta Rudnicka |
| Lecturer's email | martar@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | senior lecturer |
| Faculty | Foreign Languages Teaching Centre |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 31-ENG-SC-PIE-II |
Timetable
day of the course: Wednesday
hour:
venue: Collegium Heliodori Święcicki
the first meeting:
Module aim (aims)
- To prepare students for an active participation in classes conducted in English
- To improve students' speaking skills so that they can easily communicate on a variety of topics in formal and informal situations
- To improve students' professional presentation and discussion skills
- To improve students' listening comprehension skills to make them understand classes taught exclusively in English
- To expose students to a variety of academic texts
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Syllabus
Week 1 - Academic reading
Week 2 - Academic listening and note-taking
Week 3 - Speaking so that people listen
Week 4 - Academic discussions part 1
Week 5 - Academic discussions part 2
Week 6 - How to give a good presentation? part 1
Week 7 - How to give a good presentation ? part 2
Week 8 - Students' presentations
Week 9 - Presentation feedback
Week 10 - Course review
Reading list
- www. presentationzen
- www.ted.com
- Reynolds, G : Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, 2012
- Tracy, B : Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation, 2008
- McCarthy, Michael & Felicity O: Academic Vocabulary in Use, Cambridge University Press, , 2008
- Vince, Michael: Advanced Language Practice (with key), Macmillan, , 2004