Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
C1
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 - are aware of the typical conventions of academic seminars and texts - understand the differences between statements based on facts, opinions and feelings - can participate in a seminar debate as a defender or an opponent, a chair and a representative from the audience - can form a justified argumentation chain by expressing thoughts logically and by presenting relevant evidence from outside sources - can hold a seminar presentation - can write a presentation abstract
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
26 h
0 h
Independent work
28 h
0 h
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by active participation, preparation of seminar tasks, continuous assessment and presentation.