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Content:

This course introduces students to a broad variety of “Englishes” that are used as a lingua franca in science and technology. I will present a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches, from concepts to practical text optimisation. Students will learn to improve their own drafts. Studentsuggestions are very welcome. For the first time, international experts from Italian and Czech universities will contribute online and report from their special experience.

Objectives:

By the end of the course, studentswill•have a basic idea of different genres/text-types of English as a lingua franca world-wide, •can distinguish academic genres and sub-genres according to level and audience/readership (from student papers to PhD theses, from conference talks to research articles), •have developed an awareness of basic linguistic means that help to create effective academic texts (like “hedges”, “cohesion”, etc.),•have a broad survey of research methodologies (using computerised text collections to analyse different surface features),•have a clear idea ofconventions in different culture-specific traditions,•and have tried to write small research texts (abstracts, proposals, reviews) by themselves.