Language and Culture in Academic Context

The course aims:

• to inform the students about the
  cultural and scientific features of Academic English;
• to develop written and oral skills
  specific to EAP - reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing
  skills (research paper writing), and speaking skills.  

The
course sets up the following deliverables:

• to use the English language in
  different areas of communication;
• to
  conduct practical exercises improving effective intercultural
  communication in English;
• to
  apply the knowledge of the basic functional features of the English
  language in scientific analysis, interpretation and translation of
  relevant texts, and other forms of communication;
• to implement the acquired
  theoretical knowledge in practice.

The following forms and methods of teaching and learning are used:

Lectures, seminar trainings, individual and group work, peer and
individual research work, presentations, written and oral examination/ test.