Prospectus

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Academic English

Course
2010-2011

Admission requirements

Admission to this course is restricted to second-year students in the BA programme in Philosophy (both BA Plus-traject and standaardtraject).

Description

This course teaches the students how to present their research in English. During the first half of the course the students are introduced to the writing of an academic paper in good English with attention to such topics as clarity, coherence, cohesion, and information structure. At the end of the first part of the course the students write a short article. However, scientists do not only publish their work in books and journals: they also share the results of their research at international conferences. An academic article will often be the starting-point for such a conference presentation, but it needs to be adapted, because spoken words are governed by different rules than written texts. In the second half of the course presentation techniques are discussed. The last tutorial will be a mini conference at which participants present the articles they have written.

Course objectives

Course objectives will be made available on Blackboard at the start of the course.

Time table

See Rooster BA Wijsbegeerte 2010-2011

Teaching method

Lectures and seminar

Test method

  • Written paper (50%)

  • Presentation (50%)

Blackboard

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Required reading

To be announced

Registration

Please register for this course on uTwist. See registration procedure

Contact

Drs. A.B. Boers: a.b.boers@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Drs. D.V. Klisanic: d.v.klisanic@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Remarks

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