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Academic Pathway: The Language of Lectures / Itinerari acadèmic: recursos lingüístics per a la docència en anglès (21/05/2012 - 18/07/2012) INFORMACIÓ GENERAL Titol activitat: Academic Pathway: The Language of Lectures /Itinerari acadèmic: recursos lingüístics per a la docència en anglès - 12000812 Tipus activitat: Impartit per: Sessions: Curs Hores: 40

RUTH MURRAY ( Servei de Llengües i Terminologia ) Dia 21/05/2012 Hora* Aula Sessió no presencial
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INFORMACIÓ DETALLADA PRESENTACIÓ Curs que s’ofereix en col•laboració amb el Servei de Llengües i Terminologia de la UPC. Summary The AcademicPathway consists of a calendar of English language exercises and activities aimed at practising skills that can be applied when lecturing through English. The exercises and activities are based on resources that already exist on the internet and the assignments are worksheets that have been created by the course tutor. The entire content of the pathway focuses on oral discourse, the language oflectures and English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Type of learning activity: Guided online distance course via Moodle/Atenea

DESTINATARIS Target group

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UPC lecturers intending to lecture or already lecturing through English.

OBJECTIUS Aims
s s s sTo provide participants with resources for long-term use and reference in the future. To provide participants with tools they can use to become independent learners on the language of lectures. To practise English language skills specific to oral discourse common in a classroom environment. To provide lecturers with an opportunity to receive feedback on assignments related to the language oflectures.

PLA DE TREBALL Calendar The pathway has been scheduled for an eight-week period, beginning 21 May and ending 18 July. The study load is 40 hours. Each unit is programmed to last a week. Each unit works on one specific area of language related to lectures and oral discourse. There are assignments to be handed in at various stages throughout the pathway.

TEMARI Programme

1.Features of oral discourse 1.1. Introduction and Needs Analysis 1.2. Register 1.3. Nouns and verbs 1.4. Hedging 1.5. Assignment: from written discourse to oral discourse 2. Commonly used phrases in the classroom 2.1. Introduction to Class-Talk, an online audio dictionary 2.2. Natural-sounding English 2.3. Phrasal verbs 2.4. Idiomatic phrases 2.5. Online pronunciation learning tools I 3. Academicvocabulary in context

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3.1. Higher Education Lexicon and UPCTERM 3.2. The Academic Word List 3.3. Word formation 3.4. Words in context and collocation dictionaries 3.5. Assignment 4. Language to structure a lecture 4.1. The introduction 4.2. Signposting alecture 4.3. Forming questions 4.4. The conclusion 4.5. Assignment: creating a skeleton of a lecture 5. The grammar of spoken English 5.1. Conjunctions and connectors 5.2. Modal verbs 5.3. Question tags 5.4. Pronouns 5.5. Prepositions 6. The language of graphs and trends 6.1. Vocabulary 6.2. Online exercise 6.3. Online exercise 6.4. Pronunciation of new vocabulary 6.5. Assignment 7. Situations I7.1. Introducing a syllabus and classroom procedures 7.2. Dealing with an international group 7.3. Understanding a range of accents 7.4. Your accent. Debate 7.5. Online pronunciation learning tools II 8. Situations II 8.1. Talking about exams 8.2. Assignment: explaining exam procedures 8.3. Handling students’ questions 8.4. Responding to students 8.5. Final assignment

METODOLOGIA Methodology...