Written Academic English (FS)

Nummer

T036

Leitung

Andrew Brown, andrew.brown@fhnw.ch

ECTS

3.0

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Lernziele/Kompetenzen

Students can:

understand complex texts from life-science related fields
discuss relevant topics fluently and spontaneously
produce a clear, concise summary of a scientific text
justify their opinion on ideas presented
write effective CVs and covering letters for job applications (3 anwenden)

Inhalt

Comprehension and analysis of scientific articles; group discussions & communication activities. Identifying relevant key points in a text as a basis for writing concise, clear elegant summaries. Expressing opinions in correct formal English with supporting evidence. Writing effective and successful job applications – CVs and covering letters Functions

Describing events, experience, attitudes.
Expressing opinions, agreement/disagreement.
Connecting ideas; expressing cause and effect, contrast, sequence etc.

Grammar

Past simple & continuous
Past perfect
Present perfect
Future (will & going to)
Future continuous
Common phrasal verbs
Formal register including reported speech & passive
Modals: possibility, deduction, obligation & necessity
Articles with countable and uncountable nouns
Inversion
Determiners (e.g. all the, most, both)
Adverbial phrases and word order
Comparative and superlative forms
Word building

Erforderliche Vorkenntnisse

Students must have:

successfully completed Basic English or
a Common European Framework B1 qualification < 2 years old or
achieved at least B1 level in the HLS English placement test.

Students are expected to have a solid knowledge of:

basic tenses (present/past/perfect/future)
correct word order in affirmative/negative/interrogative sentences
the passive
modals
adjectives & adverbs
word transformation (e.g. modify/modifier/modification)

Students are expected to be able to:

understand the main ideas of a basic scientific article
discuss concepts fluently and spontaneously
produce a simple structured text on topics related to their studies
describe experience and events and give opinions
understand the main points of a clearly-presented scientific talk

Bibliographie/Literatur

Module Preparation

Read as wide a range as possible of scientific articles from the main-stream and specialised press.
Revise English tenses

Course Material

Lecture materials & homework given out in class and available on Moodle
Course-relevant job advertisement researched & selected by students
Additional materials and exercises as necessary

Modultyp

Assessment-Modul in Studienrichtung Pharmatechnologie Studienrichtung Chemie

Lehr- und Lernmethoden

Lectures, including whole-class and group work & text analysis. Written assignments for homework with peer and lecturer evaluation. 4 evaluated written assignments. Supplementary exercises when required.

Leistungsbewertung

according to the module index in the current StuPO

Anschlussmodule/-kurse

Literaturseminar in Bioanalytik

Bemerkungen

3 Lektionen / Woche KW 8 bis 22 (14 Wochen im Frühjahr-Semester) 3 Lektionen / Woche KW 38 bis 51 (14 Wochen im Herbst- Semester) 1 x 4 Lektionen / Woche KW 8 bis 18 (10 Wochen im Frühjahr-Semester) 1 x 4 Lektionen / Woche KW 38 bis 47 (10 Wochen im Herbst-Semester) 3 Lektionen / Woche KW 8 bis 22 (14 Wochen im Frühjahr-Semester) 3 Lektionen / Woche KW 38 bis 51 (14 Wochen im Herbst- Semester)