Academic Language Skills: Reading, writing and speaking 2

obligatory courses

ALS 2 is a continuation of ALS1. The aim of the course is to develop the participants' knowledge, skills and social competences within the area of academic discourse, with an emphasis given to the use of specialized terminology within Applied Linguistics and/or Literary Studies and/or Cultural Studies.

Course content:

• Speaking, writing and reading exercises based on the following topic areas: culture, globalisation, manipulation, authority, gender, race, history, country and nationality

• analysis of selected academic texts

• reading and discussing academic texts pertaining to the chosen seminar

• formulating critical opinions and supportive arguments

• using formal language

• giving academic presentations

• coordinating academic group discussions

• Discussion on academic text(s)

• Essay writing practice

• Individual presentations

Academic texts and book chapters in the area of SLA and or Literary Studies and/or Cultural Studies , papers published in academic journals.

Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, 1994. Writing and reading across the curriculum. New York: Longman

Adams-Tukiendorf Małgorzata and Rydzak Danuta, 2012. Developing Writing Skills : A Manual for EFL Students. Opole: Uniwersytet Opolski

Knowledge

Graduate knows and understands:

1. in the advanced degree – selected facts, objects and phenomena of language and linguistic and/or literary and/or cultural theories explaining complex dependencies, forming the basic general knowledge in the field of English philology and selected issues of the detailed knowledge (k-W-1)

2. the place and significance of philological science among humanities and the directions of its development (k-W-2)

3. theories, methodology and general and detailed terminology of linguistic and/or literary and/or cultural issues (k-W-3)

4. methods of analysis and interpretation of texts (k-W-4)

Skills

Graduate can

1. use their philological knowledge - formulate and solve problems concerning the discussed issues, and perform tasks in not fully predictable conditions thanks to:

- proper selection of sources and information, evaluation, critical analysis and synthesis of that information (k-U-1)

2. recognize texts and carry out their critical analysis and interpretation with the use of standard philological methods allowing for an assessment of their relevance (k-U-3)

3. communicate with the use of specialized terminology (k-U-4)

4. take part in a debate - present and evaluate different opinions and positions in terms of philology and discuss them (k-U-5)

5. use English as a foreign language at the level of at least C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages (k-U-6)

6. plan and organize individual and team work (k-U-7)

Social competence

Graduate is ready to

1. critically assess their philological knowledge (k-K-1)

2.fulfil social obligations to and co-organize actions (k-K-2)

Course requirements and methods of evaluation

• Presentation’s evaluation

• Coordination of discussions

• Getting ‘pluses’ for active participation

• Distributing the texts to peers and the teacher (in print) at least a week before the discussion

• Preparing discussion questions to the group

• Coordinating a discussion