Planning and Participating in Academic Events – ZIP

ogólnouniwersyteckie

Participation in the course requires the signing of a Declaration of Project Participant and Statement of Project Participant (during first class meeting). Resignation from the course during the semester results in the need to reimburse ZIP for the tokens used to register for the course.

Additional requirement: minimum B2+ level of English

Participation in the course requires the signing of a Declaration of Project Participant and Statement of Project Participant (during first class meeting). Resignation from the course during the semester results in the need to reimburse ZIP for the tokens used to register for the course.

Additional requirement: minimum B2+ level of English

This is a B2+/C1 course offering linguistic preparation for planning and participating in various academic events, developing communication skills in an academic context, broadening language awareness and enhancing the learner’s autonomy.

Classes are offered as part of the Integrated Action Programme for the Development of the University of Warsaw, co-financed from the European Social Fund under POWER 3.5. The rules for the use of general university courses for PhD students in the ZIP (UW PhD Students' Regulations) are available at: www.zip.uw.edu.pl

English for Academics Book 2, Cambridge University Press and The British Council, 2015

www.ted.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9a0xVxJT8

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/

https://sms.cam.ac.uk/

cBy the end of the course participants will be able to:

1. create a timeline for a conference

2. discuss the theme, title and submission guidelines for a conference

3. write a Call for Papers

4. talk about different presentation formats and past conference experiences

5. ask a presenter different types of questions

6. respond to questions and comments

7. paraphrase questions

8. summarise a speaker’s ideas

9. construct valid arguments

10. evaluate and respond to arguments

11. use appropriate language to manage or participate in a round-table discussion

12. prepare for, and take part in a panel discussion as a moderator or panellist

13. summarise what different people say in a panel discussion

14. use language appropriately to structure and deliver a lecture in English

15. develop the language needed for interaction with the audience during a lecture

End-of-course test, completion of tasks on the platform

The final grade will be drawn from the following components:

• Attendance and performance in the classroom: 25%

• Obligatory activities on the Moodle / Internet platform: 25%

• Final test: 50%

Grading scale:

• 99 – 100% Grade: 5!

• 93 – 98% Grade: 5

• 87 – 92% Grade: 4+

• 77 – 86% Grade: 4

• 71 – 76% Grade: 3+

• 60 – 70% Grade: 3

At the end of the course, participants are obliged to obtain a minimum 60% score for the Moodle (Internet) component, and a minimum 60% score for the end-of-course test. One unexplained absence is permitted.