Academic Communication Skills in English (DACSE)
Spring Term 2015


DACSE 2015
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Course Instructor
•LIBOR ŠTĚPÁNEK (stepanek@rect.muni.cz)
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•Masaryk University Language Centre (CJV MU) Komenského nám 2
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•Education:
–MA in English / History & PhD in Political Science
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•Specialization and Research:
–Academic Public Speaking
–Academic Writing
–Creative Approach Language Teaching
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course objectives
•After completing this course you will be able to:
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•communicate effectively within the international academic community setting
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•be a successful participant of an international conference;
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• recognize various organizational patterns found in academic speaking;
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•adjust communication to different tasks;
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•write short formal academic texts.
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course organisation
•+/-13 course weeks
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•theoretical input combined with diverse practical activities based on individual needs
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Materials
•IS study materials
–face-to-face classes
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•IS (or other) discussion forum
–collaborative activities
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requirements
•Active participation in:
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–presentations / talks / teaching sessions giving
–face-to-face discussions
–online discussions
–writing assignment
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assessment
•Writing assignment
–title; abstract /short info; biography;
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•a 20 minute presentation / panel discussion / chairing a session / teaching session
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•peer analysis / peer review / peer feedback
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Self-study resources
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•Language Centre Web
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Introduction
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Introduction
•peer2peer → class
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Sammett-Elaine-Jean FrancisAllen AnitaBorg shafigoldwasser shannon moorslaw bacus gracehopper1
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priorities
•1.small talk – starting a conversation
•2.small talk – finishing a conversation
•3.small talk – cultural differences
•4.small talk – turn taking
•5.after-presentation discussion
•6.conference presentation giving
•7.panel discussion – presentations
•8.panel discussion – chairing
•9.panel discussion – turn taking
•10.conference slot chairing
•11.toast giving
•12.lecturing
•13.interactive seminar giving
•14. academic talk
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•15.peer-to-peer communication
•16. authoritative communication
•17. “one of the crowd” communication
•18.individual-audience communication
•19.adjusting language to your audience
•20.instructions giving
•21.abstract writing
•22.biography writing
•23.academic writing style
•24.informal emails/letters
•25.formal emails/letters
•26. interview
•27. feedback giving
•28. feedback accepting
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•watch the videos (first 3 minutes of speech is always enough) and characterise the situation
(purpose, topic, information transfer, audience,speaker)
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•comment on them to the discussion forum