HORRIGAN Margaret

Programma: 

This course aims to extend students’ reading and writing skills to the C2 level and raise critical thinking skills. Students will use academic articles to identify discourse features and produce formally written texts following standard writing conventions. Opportunities will also be provided for students to practise oral presentation skills.
The EAP/task-based syllabus is designed around specific ELT related tasks and activities that the students will complete in class during the course. Follow up exercises will be set for outside the class times. This type of sylbus emphasises the development of real-life communicative skills and focuses on the practical application of language. The ELT focus allows students to narrow their independent reading and writing accordingly for exam
preparation and increase their language awareness and enhance their ELT techniques and resources.

This C2 level reading and writing course involves writing essays, participating in discussions, and analysing and evaluating language in use in academic texts. The course allows for a flexible and student-centred approach, where the students are actively engaged in the learning process and able to apply their language skills to real-life, present and target situations in a meaningful and relevant way.

Course Outline:
1. Language Development
○ Expanding knowledge of formal vocabulary and register.
○ C2 language practice and tasks related to academic reading and writing.
○ Genre transformation tasks.
2. Advanced Reading
○ Reading for research: skimming, scanning, reading for detail.
○ Reading for academic interest and dialogue.
○ Storing and archiving for reference.
3. Advanced Writing Conventions
○ Writing timed essays on ELT related topics.
○ Incorporating clear concepts from texts.
○ Analysing discourse features and identifying author’s strategies.
4. Language in Writing
○ Advanced target language structures and their use in academic contexts.
○ Identifying features of academic language in context.
○ Analysing language in use for teaching purposes.

Please read the course programme for more information.

Programma: 

This course aims to extend students’ academic reading and writing skills to the C2 level and raise critical thinking skills. Students will use academic articles to identify discourse features and produce written texts typical to academia and following standard academic conventions. Opportunities will also be provided for students to practise oral presentation skills. The EAP/task-based syllabus is designed around specific ELT related tasks and activities that the students will complete in class during the course. Follow up exercises will be set for
outside the class times. This type of syllabus emphasises the development of real-life communicative skills and focuses on the practical application of language. The ELT focus allows students to narrow their independent reading and writing accordingly for exam preparation and increase their language awareness and enhance their ELT techniques and resources.

This C2 level academic reading and writing course involves writing academic essays, participating in discussions, and analysing and evaluating language in use and academic texts. The course allows for a flexible and student-centred approach, where the students are actively engaged in the learning process and able to apply their language skills to real-life, present and target situations in a meaningful and relevant way.

Course Outline:
1. Language Development
○ Expanding knowledge of formal vocabulary and register.
○ C2 language practice and tasks related to academic reading and writing.
○ Genre transformation tasks.
2. Advanced Reading
○ Reading for research: skimming, scanning, reading for detail.
○ Reading for academic interest and dialogue.
○ Storing and archiving for reference.
3. Academic Writing Conventions
○ Writing timed essays on research papers.
○ Using citations in academic writing.
○ Analysing discourse features and identifying author’s strategies.
4. Language in Academic Writing
○ Advanced target language structures and their use in academic contexts.
○ Identifying features of academic language in context.
○ Analysing language in use for teaching purposes.

Please consult the course programme for more information.