Academic English

· Introduction of written academic genres in English (research proposals, master theses)
· Seminar presentations of research findings; academic register and vocabulary practice; discussion of formal criteria of research proposals and master theses
· Drafting research proposals, entire papers or theses in English academic prose, including how to deal with academic sources and quotations
· Dealing with excerpts and paraphrases
· Avoiding inadvertent plagiarism
· Presenting academic findings in spoken Academic English

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Recommended literature (with extracts referred to in the course):
de Chazal, Edward and Sam McCarter (2012/2013): Oxford English for Academic Purposes Upper-Intermediate and Advanced. Oxford: OUP.
Hewings, Martin, and Craig Thaine (2012): Cambridge Academic English. Cambridge: CUP.
Mautner, Gerlinde (2019): Wissenschaftliches Englisch. 3rd edition. Vienna: facultas/UTB.
McCarthy, Michael, and Felicity D’Dell (2016): Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: CUP. 2nd edition.
Skern, Tim (2011): Writing Scientific English. Vienna: facultas/UTB.
Warwick, Lindsay, and Louis Rogers (2018): Skillful 4: Reading and Writing. London: Macmillan Education.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Discussion and demonstration of academic conventions on quoting from academic sources, use of academic voice, appropriate formal style and register. Discussion of existing texts as specimens of the respective academic genres (e.g., research proposals, master theses). Writing workshop (hands-on approach).

Assessment methods and criteria

Students will be graded on the basis of a draft of their master theses (approximately six pages), on how well they have applied the conventions of Academic English (e.g. quoting, formal vocabulary and style, text cohesion).

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

International Banking and Finance (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

2 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can
· formulate research questions
· paraphrase, and quote from the relevant literature
· produce excerpts and abstracts
· draft academic texts in English (e.g. research proposal, master's thesis).
· use formal academic register and vocabulary
· structure their papers in a coherent manner
· use formal spoken academic English register to present their papers.

Course code

0230-17-02-BB-EN-17