
Description
Aim is to develop skills in using grammatical structures characteristic to academic texts.
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Training cancelled (Mokymai atšaukti nesusidarius grupei)
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Certificates issued
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20 hours of training
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Application in practice
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Group of competencies - Group 1
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Level B training programme
Learning structure
Short description. The course is designed for independent users of English who write texts on academic topics and desire to develop their academic writing skills. Throughout the course, participants familiarize themselves with different types of sentences in English; learn to distinguish between and formulate simple, complex and compound sentences; develop their ability to choose the type of sentence that can convey their idea best; and get to know how to make their academic texts more coherent.
Content:
English sentence structure and word order
Types of sentences
Simple and compound sentences
Relative and noun clauses
Clauses of reason, result and purpose
Clauses of contrast and concession
Reported speech
Passive voice
Sentence problems and common mistakes
Developed skills. Having completed the course, participants are able to distinguish between different types of sentences, choose the structures that conveys their ideas best and formulate different sentences without mistakes that would obscure the meaning conveyed in their academic text.
Target group. VMU academic personnel.
Duration. 20 hours.
Place. The course will be held online.
Professional development practices by groups of competencies. Group 1 - general (foreign languages).
The direction of professional development practices. Level B training programme (experienced) - for those wishing to develop and/or acquire new competencies or to maintain existing qualifications.
Teachers
Lecturer at the VMU Institute of Foreign Languages and the Faculty of Humanities.
Organizer of various lectures and seminars for VMU staff and other communities.
Over ten years of experience in teaching English as a foreign language.