KKEN57
ENGLISH ORAL SKILLS AND WRITING COURSE - INFORMATION SCIENCES
3
ECTS
Organised by
English
Preceding studies
Level A English at upper secondary school, or equivalent skills (B2 level of language competence). To achieve the required starting level, students may for example take an English prep course.
This course is intended for students of Philosophy, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics and Information Studies.
Learning outcomes
After completing this study module, students will - be familiar with and able to apply the usual structures of academic and scientific writing to their own writing - be able to form series of justified arguments, link ideas logically to each other and offer suitable arguments from outside sources with their own words - be able to make their thoughts and opinions clearly and effectively known both orally and in writing
Contents
The module will go through - the structures and production of academic text; abstract writing - shaping academically justified viewpoints and opinions - textual ways to produce comparisons, contrasts and syntheses - the conventions of referencing and drawing up bibliographies - conversation techniques - the principles and practices of oral presentations and discussions
Further information on prerequisites and recommendations
For students of Information Sciences
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Tutorials
26 h
0 h
Independent work
34 h
20 h
The course will be made up of class sessions, group work, writing tasks and feedback. Each student is expected to read the necessary preparatory material on Moodle before each class.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
- weekly reading assignments and/or tasks to be completed in Moodle - letters to the editor - participation in a formal debate - assessing one debate - class participation
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by successful completion of all tasks and by active participation.
Recommended year of study
Second or third year of studies
Study materials
The necessary materials will be available online through Moodle.
Further information
During the semester, an optional test for written skills will be organised for students who already possess the language skills this course aims at. A possible oral skills test will only be available to the students who have passed the written skills test. Those who pass the test will be exempted from this course.