General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Academic Language for Student Success |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | mgr Marta Rudnicka |
| Lecturer's email | martar@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | senior lecturer |
| Faculty | Foreign Languages Teaching Centre |
| Semester | 2025/2026 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 31-ENG-SC-PIE-II |
Timetable
day of the course: Wednesday
time:
venue: Collegium Heliodori Święcicki
the first meeting:
Module aim (aims)
- To practise and expand students' vocabulary at the advanced and proficiency level – to use the enriched vocabulary including formal, academic terminology as well as technical terms and scientific vocabulary
- To improve grammar and use of more complex grammatical structures at the advanced and proficiency level
- To develop writing skills in formal academic English and prepare students for writing various types of texts
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Syllabus
Week 1 - What is academic vocabulary?
Week 2 - Word combinations - fixed phrases and more
Week 3 - Functional structures
Week 4 - The way of talking about...
Week 5 - Expressing opinions and ideas
Week 6 - Grammar for academic writing
Week 7 - From paragraph to essay
Week 8 - Exposure to a variety of academic texts
Week 9 - Students' presentations
Week 10 - Course review
Reading list
- Evans, Virginia: CPE Use of English 1 (for the revised Cambridge Proficiency Examination), Express Publishing, , 2002
- Gethin, Hugh: Grammar in Context: Proficiency Level English, Collins, , 1990
- Harrison, Mark: New Proficiency Testbuilder, Macmillan, , 2002
- Hewings, M: Advanced Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, , 1999
- Hornby, A. S. (ed.): Oxford Advanced Learner, Oxford University Press, , 2010
- Matasek, M: English Advanced Vocabulary and Structure Practice, Altravox Press, , 1997
- McCarthy, Michael & Felicity O: Academic Vocabulary in Use, Cambridge University Press, , 2008
- Misztal, M: Tests in English Thematic Vocabulary, WSiP, , 1995
- Oshima, Alice & Ann Hoque: Writing Academic English. (4th edition.), Pearson Education, , 2005
- Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English: Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, Oxford University Press, ,2002
- Side, Richard & Guy Wellman: Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency, Longman, , 2000
- Thomson, A.J. & A. V. Martinet: A Practical English Grammar, Oxford University Press, , 1986
- Thomson, A.J. & A. V. Martinet: A Practical English Grammar Exercises 1, Oxford University Press, , 1986
- Thomson, A.J. & A. V. Martinet: A Practical English Grammar Exercises 2, Oxford University Press, , 1986
- Vince, Michael: Advanced Language Practice (with key), Macmillan, , 2004
- Watcyn-Jones, P: Test Your Grammar and Usage, Penguin Books, , 1996
- Wellman, G: The Heinemann English Wordbuilder, Heinemann, , 1989
- Yule, George: Oxford Practice Grammar (Advanced), Oxford University Press, , 2006
- Zemach, D. E. & Lisa A. Rumisek: Academic Writing: From Paragraph to Essay, Macmillan, , 2005
- Science – https: //sciencemag.org/
- Nature – https: //www.nature.com/
- New Scientist - https: //www. newscientist.com/
- Science News for Students - https: //www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
- Science News - https: //www.sci-news.com/
- ted.com