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English for Academic Purposes

Target PDI
Method of impartition Presential
Language English
Total duration 16
Presential duration 16
Program PRIDA
Training modality Course
Period 2nd quarter
Academic course 2021-2022
Edition 01
Training plan year 2022
Start date of the course 17/10/2022
End date of the course 12/12/2022
Registration start date 13/09/2022
Registration end date 16/09/2022
Sessions
Session Start date and time End date and time Aula Location
1 17/10/2022 12:00 17/10/2022 14:00 Aula 1.1 SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
2 24/10/2022 12:00 24/10/2022 14:00 Aula 1.1 SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
3 31/10/2022 12:00 31/10/2022 14:00 Aula 1.1 SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
4 07/11/2022 12:00 07/11/2022 14:00 Aula PB SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
5 14/11/2022 12:00 14/11/2022 14:00 Aula PB SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
6 21/11/2022 12:00 21/11/2022 14:00 Aula PB SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
7 28/11/2022 12:00 28/11/2022 14:00 Aula PB SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
8 12/12/2022 12:00 12/12/2022 14:00 Aula PB SFPIE Lifelong Learning and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE)
Professional profile of the recipients
The course is aimed at lecturers at the Universitat de València who are interested in improving their academic English skills. The teacher/researcher who wishes to participate in the course should have, approximately, a C1 level.
Selection criteria

Participants will be selected according to the following criteria:
- For those courses that have specific requirements, it must be verified that the applicants actually meet them.
- Preference will be given to the requests of those applicants who have not taken courses with similar characteristics in the last three years.
- Likewise, preference will be given to those who have not taken training courses in the last three years.
- In the event of a tie between applicants in application of the above criteria, it will be necessary to adhere to the rigorous order of entry of the applications (day and time of presentation)

Training objectives

The main objective of this course is to help lecturers improve their English, especially their:

 

- oral and written comprehension skills in the academic context

- oral and written production skills in the academic context

Competencies to be developed

Participants will develop the following skills:

 

- the ability to understand lectures and other spoken academic genres in English.

- the capacity to speak effectively in English in an academic setting.

- the capacity to write effectively in English in an academic setting.

- the ability to negotiate the formal and informal register of the English language.

Criteria and procedure for evaluation of the activity

Attendance and completion of tasks in the classroom and online.

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