This is the first course of the English for Research Publication Purposes Specialization. The course is an introduction to what you need to know about academic discourse. You’ll gain important critical reading skills to help you develop as a self-critical scientific writer. You will learn practical tools and effective strategies for increasing your academic vocabulary and grammar so that you will write well-structured coherent academic texts.
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Certificados compartilháveis
Tenha o certificado após a conclusão
100% on-line
Comece imediatamente e aprenda em seu próprio cronograma.
Prazos flexíveis
Redefinir os prazos de acordo com sua programação.
Nível intermediário
Aprox. 25 horas para completar
Inglês
Legendas: Árabe, Francês, Portuguese (European), Chinês (simplificado), Italiano, Vietnamita, Coreano, Alemão, Russo, Turco, Inglês, Espanhol
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Instituto de Física e Tecnologia de Moscou
Московский физико-технический институт (Физтех) является одним из ведущих вузов страны и входит в основные рейтинги лучших университетов мира. Институт обладает не только богатой историей – основателями и профессорами института были Нобелевские лауреаты Пётр Капица, Лев Ландау и Николай Семенов – но и большой научно-исследовательской базой.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
7 horas para concluir
MODULE I: THE READING–RESEARCH–WRITING CONTINUUM
This module will help you acquire critical reading skills so that you will develop as a self-critical writer. The module covers issues related to reading discipline-specific literature, which is indispensable from developing professional expertise in writing academic texts. The focus is on fundamental concepts of scientific writing, such as logical organization and argumentation.
7 horas para concluir
11 vídeos (Total 75 mín.), 7 leituras, 8 testes
11 videos
Welcome video3min
Introductory video2min
Being Critical6min
Scientific Evidence7min
Critical Argument7min
Starting Point8min
Research Questions7min
Formulating a Hypothesis8min
Reading Literature9min
Interacting with Texts6min
Annotated Bibliography7min
7 leituras
Elena Bazanova10min
MIPT10min
LTTC10min
Grading Policy10min
Recommended readings and resources10min
Takeaways10min
FAQ concerning peer-review assignments.10min
7 exercícios práticos
Preview Test30min
Graded Quiz30min
Preview Test30min
Preview test30min
Practice 130min
Graded quiz30min
End-of-Module Test30min
6 horas para concluir
MODULE II : DEVELOPING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
This module covers issues related to building academic vocabulary. The module clarifies word-formation processes, i.e., affixation, conversion, and compounding. The focus is on strategic language re-use and ways of dealing with new words. The module provides software tools for extracting frequently occurring vocabulary specific to an area of research.
6 horas para concluir
10 vídeos (Total 91 mín.), 3 leituras, 7 testes
10 videos
Building Blocks10min
Forming New Words12min
Nominalisations10min
Noun Phrases16min
Strategic Language Re-Use7min
Dealing With New Words7min
Treasure Store8min
Concordancing7min
Concept Mapping6min
3 leituras
Recommended readings and resources10min
Takeaways10min
FAQ concerning peer-review assignments.10min
6 exercícios práticos
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
Preview test30min
End-of-Module Test30min
5 horas para concluir
MODULE III : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACADEMIC GRAMMAR
This module covers issues related to the pragmatics of academic English. The module presents an overview of the English verb system, including the most frequent tenses, three aspects, and two voices. The module highlights the use of correct punctuality, which is of immense help in meeting the goal of the writing process: to ensure clear communication of ideas. The module also explains the role of modality and register in academic writing. Another important issue discussed in the module is the use of parallel constructions for words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs of an academic text.
5 horas para concluir
10 vídeos (Total 67 mín.), 2 leituras, 8 testes
10 videos
Types of Verbs7min
Clauses7min
Verb Complements5min
Verb Forms7min
Modality6min
Register7min
Using Parallel Structure8min
Revising Sentences6min
Sentence Combining and Punctuation5min
2 leituras
Recommended readings and resources10min
Takeaways10min
8 exercícios práticos
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
Preview test30min
Practice30min
Graded quiz30min
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
End-of-Module Test30min
7 horas para concluir
MODULE IV : ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
The final module looks beyond the sentence to the ways that grammar structures paragraphs and longer texts. The module covers issues related to the textuality of academic texts, i.e. cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality. In particular, the module focuses on lexical and grammatical cohesion. The module also discusses the concept of paragraphing and what the topic sentence and the statement of purpose mean for effective academic writing.
7 horas para concluir
10 vídeos (Total 66 mín.), 3 leituras, 9 testes
10 videos
Cohesion and Coherence6min
Types of Cohesion6min
Grammatical Cohesion8min
Basic Guideline5min
Topic Sentence8min
Paragraph Structure7min
Crafting the Purpose Statement7min
Developing the Rationale6min
Commandments of Research Writing8min
3 leituras
FAQ concerning peer-review assignments.10min
Recommended readings and resources10min
Takeaways10min
8 exercícios práticos
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
Practice30min
Preview test30min
Graded quiz30min
End-of-Module Test30min
Avaliações
Principais avaliações do ACADEMIC LITERACY
por KK1 de Jan de 2021
This course is fantastic. I learned more than I initially thought I would and am loving every second. One more step in the right direction to become an academic editor and researcher.
por HE16 de Jun de 2018
as a PhD student i find the course helpful. thanks prof.dr. Elena Bazanova for this amazing course with this easy material. you encourage me to do my work in better way
por MG30 de Set de 2016
It's a both very interesting and useful course for everyone who's planning to broaden the skills of a scentific writings in a quite involving and systematic manner.
por TN12 de Jun de 2020
It was helpful. I learnt a lot of things from this course. I think the experience i gained from this course will help me improve my academic writing skills.
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