English: Speaking Skills: Fluency and Appropriacy
This course is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering. It will cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
- Non-native MPhil by Research and PhD students plus Postdocs from the Department of Engineering ONLY
- No other students, members of staff or visiting scholars are eligible for this course. If you are not eligible, please do not sign up, as your name will be deleted from the list without further notice. Instead, please email Nicola Cavaleri (nch23@cam.ac.uk) to enquire about possible special arrangements.
- Further details regarding Engineering Language Unit's eligibility criteria are available
- Non-native MPhil by Research and PhD students plus Postdocs from the Department of Engineering ONLY
Number of sessions: 7
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 21 Oct 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 2 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 3 | Wed 4 Nov 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 4 | Wed 11 Nov 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 5 | Wed 18 Nov 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 6 | Wed 25 Nov 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 7 | Wed 2 Dec 2015 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
To cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.
Class work and individual study
Signing up for a course requires commitment for the full course. If you fail to attend the first workshop of the course and do not email your reason for not attending, your name will be removed from the attendance list without notice to make space for those on the waiting list.
Seven sessions of two hours
Yearly
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Pronunciation Skills
- English: Writing: The Basics of Writing: Your Strategy
- Engineering: English Presentation Skills (Department of Engineering ONLY)
- English: Grammar for Speaking & Writing: Articles
- English: Cultural Awareness
- English: Writing - Using sources in English
- English: How to write to help the reader: Language, structure and style
- English: How to read to improve your writing: Dissecting Models
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Practising your presentations in English
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Fluency and Appropriacy
- CLIC: Core skills: Supervisor/Student Communication
- English: Writing: Focus on sentence structure
- English: Writing: Achieving Synthesis 1
- English: Writing: Achieving Synthesis: Writing your best
- English: Writing for Engineers (Research students)
- English: Writing - Building on Your Academic Vocabulary
- English: Writing - Peer review, Feedback on your own work
- English: Writing - Editing and Proof-reading Tips and Strategies
- English: Writing: Avoiding Common Errors in your papers
- English: Writing: Vocabulary building
- English: Writing: Language for Emails and Letters
- English: Writing - Grammar Surgery
- English: Writing: Grammar Surgery to Idenitify your Errors
- English: Writing: Prepositions
- English: ?Punctuate properly!
- English: Writing - Punctuation in Scientific Writing
- English: Writing: Refining your choice of academic language
- English: Writing: Summaries & Abstracts: How to write them
- English: Writing: Trouble-shooting
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