The course aims to improve students’ knowledge and use of the conventions of academic English. It will cover some of the areas of scientific communication that students should master in order to successfully promote their research, including how to write cohesive and coherent sentences and paragraphs, how to paraphrase, how to read research papers and write abstracts. Students will get a chance to practice their writing and speaking skills, and improve their academic English vocabulary and grammar. On completion of the course, students should be able to 1. Communicate in a clear, concise and correct manner. 2. Extract required information from spoken or written technology-related material, using skills in research, note-taking and summarization 3. Describe information (data, processes and phenomena) in a formal, objective manner. 4. Exchange technology-related information using language that is appropriate to the medium. 5. Develop communication skills relevant to technology-related employment including professional expression.
