English: Speaking Skills: Fluency and Appropriacy (Intermediate)
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 12 Oct 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 2 | Wed 19 Oct 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 3 | Wed 26 Oct 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 4 | Wed 2 Nov 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 5 | Wed 9 Nov 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 6 | Wed 16 Nov 2016 11:15 - 13:15 | 11:15 - 13:15 | Department of Engineering, CLIC 1 | map | Sheila Dodds |
| 7 | Wed 23 Nov 2016 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
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Practising your presentations in English
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Fluency and Appropriacy
- English: Writing for Engineers (Research students)
- English: Grammar for Speaking & Writing: Revision of conditional structures
- English: Grammar for Speaking & Writing: Overview of tenses
- English: Grammar for Speaking & Writing: Trouble-shooting common errors with tenses and modal verbs (Intermediate)
- CLIC: Cultural skills: Living in Britain
- CLIC: Core skills: Effective correspondence
- English: Writing: Preparing Effective Posters 2
- English: Presenting yourself successfully in English: personal profiles, CVs, etc.
- English: Effectively presenting your data in English: i.e., verbalising numerical data, effectively using language of trends and comparison, etc.
- English: Writing: Listening effectively in English
- English: Writing: Preparing Effective Posters 1
- English: Conducting successful research in English: interviews, questionnaires, etc.
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