Academic Communication Skills in English (DACSE) Spring Term 2019 DACSE 2018 •course instructors • •course administration • •course introduction • •LIBOR ŠTĚPÁNEK (libor.stepanek@cjv.muni.cz) •DANIEL GERRARD (daniel.gerrard@cjv.muni.cz) • •Masaryk University Language Centre (CJV MU) Komenského nám 2 • •LŠ •Education: •MA in English • (MA in History & PhD in Political Science) • •Specialization and Research: •Academic Public Speaking •Academic Writing •Creative Approach Language Teaching Obrázek1 735771 course objectives •After completing this course you will be able to: • •communicate effectively within the international academic community setting • •be a successful participant of an international conference/meeting; • • recognize various organizational patterns found in academic speaking; • •adjust communication to different tasks; • •write short formal academic texts. • • course organisation • 4 block sessions • • •theoretical input combined with diverse practical activities based on individual needs • materials •IS study materials •face-to-face classes • •IS (or other) discussion forum •collaborative activities • • • • requirements •Active participation in: • •presentations / talks / teaching sessions giving •face-to-face discussions •online discussions •writing assignment • introduction • introduction •peer2peer → class • • Charles_Babbage_1860 alan-turing steve_jobs bill-gates 220px-Ada_Lovelace betty_snyder_1 Sammett-Elaine-Jean FrancisAllen AnitaBorg shafigoldwasser shannon moorslaw bacus gracehopper1 Blaise_pascal