1. English for Academic Purposes
Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević
G10, room 6, Tue 11:30-12:30
Session 1, 5 Mar 2018

2. Today’s session
Introduction to the Course
Discussions / Essay

3. English for Academic Purposes
AIMS OF THE COURSE:
To improve coherence in writing for academic purposes – mainly essays
To go beyond sentence-level grammar and look at the structure of paragraphs, texts, connecting ideas in the text, introductions and conclusions, etc.
Although focus will be on writing, oral interaction is expected of students and discussion activities will be included

4. Requirements for course completion
Attending classes
Completing homework assignments (not graded)
summary
chart interpretation
Completing final assignments (graded)
summary (written in class)
chart interpretation (written in class)
essay (home assignment)

5. English for Academic Purposes
DATE
CONTENT 1
5 Mar 2018
Introduction to the Course 2
12 Mar 2018
Academic Style
(essays feedback) 3
19 Mar 2018
Structure and Cohesion 4
26 Mar 2018
Definitions and Classifications
Paraphrasing and Summarizing 5
16 Apr 2018
Describing Trends 6
23 Apr 2018
Practice and revision 7
30 Apr 2018
Writing graded tasks

6. Discussion

7. Discussion topics FREE higher EDUCATION OR free market
the SMARTPHONE – friend or foe?
Select a topic and discuss it in pairs. Prepare a list of 4 arguments in favour and 4 arguments against the proposed topics.

8. English for Academic Purposes
FREE higher EDUCATION OR free market
the SMARTPHONE – friend or foe?
Write a short essay on the chosen topic including arguments in favour and against put forward in your group discussions.