Academic English Communication

Major: Software Engineering
Code of subject: 7.121.01.O.006
Credits: 3.00
Department: Applied Linguistics
Lecturer: Marianna Dilai, Ph.D., Associate Professor Solomiia Albota, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Semester: 1 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: 1. communicative competence, including competence in oral and written communication, in Ukrainian and foreign languages (English, German, Italian, French, Spanish); 2. ability to employ a wide range of methods, in particular advanced information technologies, for effective communication in professional and social spheres; 3. ability to realize the need for lifelong learning with the aim of professional development and acquisition of new knowledge and skills. 4. сollect, analyze and evaluate information required for solving scientific and applied problems using scientific and technical literature, data bases and other resources.
Required prior and related subjects: Methods and tools of scientific research in software engineering Innovation and entrepreneurship in software engineering Software development methodologies
Summary of the subject: Rhetorical, stylistic and genre characteristics of the modern academic English. Lexical and grammatical features of academic English. Academic genres. Academic writing as a complex social, cognitive and verbal activity. Writing abstracts and articles in English. Peculiarities of thesis writing and presentation of research findings in English.
Assessment methods and criteria: class discussions and questioning (20%), making presentation (15%), academic translation (10%), writing abstract in English (5%), final test (50%).
Recommended books: 1. McCarthy M., O'Dell F. Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 176 p. 2. Yakhontova T.V. English Academic Writing. For Students and Researches. Lviv, 2002. 3. Hyland K. English for Academic Purposes. New York: Routledge, 2006. 4. Norris C.B. Academic writing in English. University of Helsinki, 2013. 5. Swales J.M. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.