Description
Short description. The short course Writing a Course Description in English is aimed at assisting the university teachers who use (or plan to use) English as the language of instruction in developing their academic writing skills. Course participants familiarize themselves with the structure and content of a short course description, learn phrases and collocations that are often used in course descriptions and study samples of course descriptions from English speaking universities. The new knowledge gained is applied in practice: course participants practice writing a short description and analyse and evaluate each other’s texts.
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17 October 2023, 9:00-12:00 AM -
Certificates issued -
Learning in a small group online -
Application in practice -
Group of competencies - Group 1 -
Level B training programme
Learning structure
Aim. The participants will develop the ability to write a short course description in formal English.
Content. Topic 1. Structure and Content of a Short Course Description.
Topic 2. Words and Phrases in Course Descriptions.
Topic 3. Samples of Short Course Descriptions and Practice Exercises.
Developed skills. Having completed the short course, the participants:
will be able to write a well-structured short course description in formal English.
Target group. VMU academic staff and PhD students.
Duration. 3 hours.
Place. The course will be held online.
Professional development practices by groups of competencies. Group 1 - general (foreign languages, intercultural communication, and cooperation, management, etc.).
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.
Doctoral student at the University of Turku, Finland.
Member of the IFL Research Cluster "Research in Plurilingual Competence Development".
Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Sustainable Multilingualism" Conference.
Reviewer at the scientific journal "Sustainable Multilingualism".
Organizer of various lectures and seminars for VMU staff and other communities.
Over ten years of experience in teaching English as a foreign language.