EAS 900

Course outline.

Programme highlights.

What we'll cover.

1. 01
   Week 1

   BEHAVIOUR

   Academic Focus: Text structure - navigating academic texts. Reading: Identify genre, audience, purpose, and perspective; use navigating texts; practice words and phrases expressing perspective. Writing: Personalize the writing process (planning, preparation, working with ideas).

2. 02
   week 2

   BEHAVIOUR

   Listening: Use introduction/navigational language; use different note-taking techniques; recognize Signposting (1): Guiding the audience. Speaking: Prepare for/participate in a Student discussion (checking, clarifying, confirming, and managing interaction). Vocabulary: Recognize word forms and use different word forms to express perspective.

3. 03
   Week 3

   SUSTAINABILITY

   Academic Focus: Discursive texts - presenting an argument. Reading: Understand/recognize a writer's stance in argumentative texts; identify arguments and supporting evidence. Grammar: Use Noun phrases (2): Nouns to present alternative arguments.

4. 04
   week 4

   SUSTAINABILITY

   Listening: Recognize signposting in a lecture; listen critically and evaluate an argument; recognize Signposting (2): Focusing on the main theme. Speaking: Contribute to a Seminar (1) (developing/supporting an argument, introducing/interrupting/turn-taking, and linking). Writing: Presenting and incorporating Citation (1); planning/writing a body paragraph of a discursive essay. Vocabulary: Focus on Accuracy (prepositions in noun phrases, adjective/verb + preposition combinations).

5. 05
   week 5

   CREATIVITY

   Academic Focus: Summarizing texts. Reading: Identify the features/structure of abstracts; navigate journal articles and use abstracts for research. Practice Style (1): Describing and summarizing a text.

6. 06
   week 6

   CREATIVITY

   Listening: Establish key words and themes from the introduction; use Note-taking (2): using different techniques. Speaking: Prepare for a Seminar (2) discussion; summarize ideas from written sources. Practice Citations (2): Referring to sources in a discussion. Writing: Write Essay conclusions; ensure coherence/cohesion throughout the essay. Use Hedging (1): Modal verbs, tentative verbs, and adverbs. Vocabulary: Identifying senses (general/specialized senses, understanding grammatical differences).

7. 07
   week 7

   INFORMATION

   Academic Focus: Comparing, contrasting, and evaluating. Reading: Evaluate objectivity in texts; identify main points in texts for a summary; identify cohesive words; practice comparing, contrasting, and evaluating information. Cohesion (1): Using related words and synonyms.

8. 08
   week 8

   INFORMATION

   Listening: Identify/explain key components in a poster; listen to the question/answer stage of a poster presentation; evaluate a poster and presentation. Speaking: Practice Presentations (2) (planning, researching, giving a poster presentation, viewing/critiquing posters). Practice asking questions about a poster (Spatial expression and question forms). Writing: Plan and write a Comparison essay; use Comparison and evaluating language (adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs). Vocabulary: Variety (understanding how synonyms alter meaning, using antonyms to avoid negatives).

9. 09
   week 9

   PATTERNS

   Academic Focus: Citation and referencing. Reading: Identify arguments/supporting evidence from sources; recognize different types of citation/comment; understand focus in citations. Practice Citations (3): Quotation, paraphrase, and summary; practice Citations (4): Focus on author or content.

10. 10
    week 10

    PATTERNS

    Listening: Making notes on a chronological sequence; recognize citations and references in lectures. Practice Citations (6): References to people, works, and ideas. Speaking: Practice Teamwork (planning/conducting team research, preparing/giving a group presentation). Practice Hedging (2): Reaching agreement. Writing: Understand the use of citations and avoiding plagiarism; practice Citations (5): Introducing citations. Vocabulary: Lexical patterns (recognizing verb + noun patterns, identifying/using clause patterns).

11. 11
    week 11

    RESPONSIBILITY

    Academic Focus: Selecting and summarizing from sources. Reading: Understand the structure/credibility of a report; use the report structure to predict/find information; identify assumptions/critical questions. Practice Style (2): Expressing objectivity. Writing: Analyze a text for a summary (structure, topic, main points); plan, write, and evaluate Summaries (incorporating summaries into a literature review). Practice Citations (7): Reference reminder language. Vocabulary: Collocation (recognizing academic and discipline-specific collocations).

12. 12
    week 12

    Review & Final Exam

    Consolidate all learning goals from Units 1-6. Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, and Vocabulary for academic contexts at the C1 level.