Course detail
English for post-graduates
FEKT-DKX-JA6Acad. year: 2024/2025
A course for postgraduate students focused on academic writing and presentation skills. It will also help the students prepare for the examination required for completion of postgraduate study.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
4
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Offered to foreign students
The home faculty only
Entry knowledge
An intermediate-level examination or higher, examination passed as a part of admission procedure to the doctoral study programme
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Course requirements: a short presentation on a technical / academic topic (10 minutes) in the course of the semester.
Exam: written (language test - 40 points; listening - 30 points; reading - 30 points).
Passmark: 50% in each part of the exam.
The content and forms of instruction in the course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Exam: written (language test - 40 points; listening - 30 points; reading - 30 points).
Passmark: 50% in each part of the exam.
The content and forms of instruction in the course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Aims
Acquiring the level of the English language required for doctoral state exam in all language skills focussing on English for specific and professional purposes.
Skilled language user able to use English for the purposes of his specific profession in electrical engineering. The aim of the course is to enhance students' skills in reading comprehension, writing abstracts, reports and articles, presentation and communication skills.
Note: a one-semester course
Skilled language user able to use English for the purposes of his specific profession in electrical engineering. The aim of the course is to enhance students' skills in reading comprehension, writing abstracts, reports and articles, presentation and communication skills.
Note: a one-semester course
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Manninen, Satu ; Turner, Ellen ; Wadsö-Lecaros, Cecilia (2020). Writing in English at University : A Guide for Second Language Writers. Lund. (EN)
Molinari, J. (2022). What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice. London,: Bloomsbury Academic. (EN)
Molinari, J. (2022). What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice. London,: Bloomsbury Academic. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DKA-BTB Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective - Programme DKA-EIT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKA-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKAD-EIT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-BTB Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective - Programme DKC-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-IBE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DKC-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme DPAD-EIT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Presentations
- Trends and development
- Academic writing
- Linking
- Objectivity and formality
- Passive
- Hedging
- Articles
- Relative clauses
- Wordorder and emphasis
- Word formation
- Technical and academic vocabulary