General description

This course is intended to be an advanced course for those students of Humanities, who wish to learn to work effectively in English in international academic seminars.

Learning outcomes

To introduce students to the practices of academic seminars and to improve their facilities for logical argumentations to be used for or against opinions and statements. After completing this study module, students will
- be aware of the typical conventions of academic seminars and texts
- recognise the differences between statements based on facts, opinions and feelings
- be able to participate in a seminar debate as a defender or an opponent, a chair and a representative from the audience
- be able to form a justified argumentation chain by expressing thoughts logically and by presenting relevant evidence from outside sources
- be able to hold a seminar presentation

Contents

Under guidance students prepare material for a seminar of their own field.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

Primarily for students of Humanities

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Tutorials	28 h	0 h
Independent work	26 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by active participation, preparation of seminar tasks, continuous assessment and presentation or final exam

Recommended year of study

Third year of studies

Study materials

The material distributed during the course must be paid for. Additional material online.

Belongs to following study modules