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Good academic writing should be clear, concise and coherent. This workshop looks at some common barriers to clarity in writing — and suggests strategies for overcoming them. There is a short exercise to complete before the workshop.
This workshop offers you a chance to give a short academic presentation over Zoom, and to receive feedback in a supportive and friendly environment. Please come along prepared to give a short presentation to the group (10 mins maximum), with or without PowerPoint.
Good academic writing should be clear, concise and coherent. This workshop looks at some common barriers to clarity in writing — and suggests strategies for overcoming them. There is a short exercise to complete before the workshop.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 18:30 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 16:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 16:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 18:30 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.
The course is delivered in a visual way
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 16:30 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 14:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 16:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 14:00 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 16:30 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre webiste.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct 2020 | 09:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct 2020 | 11:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre website.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At an advanced level, the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater to the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
More detailed information is available on our website.
NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications.
Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 18:30 | In progress |
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 15:00 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 19:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
More detailed information is available on Language Centre website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 13:00 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 10:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 13:00 | In progress |
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
More detailed information is available on our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct 2020 | 11:00 | In progress |
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 15:30 | In progress |
- Please be aware that this is the continuation of the Michaelmas/Lent course.*
Using close reading and translation of academic texts from their particular discipline, this weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading French documents that they have come across or may meet in their research.
The course aims to develop strategies for reading longer texts faster through close analysis, grammatical and stylistic commentary, and translation. For example, literary texts with differing editions, stories with two or more translations into English that need to be compared and evaluated, poems of challenging originality or range of allusion.
Classes will be conducted in English, but there will be many opportunities to use French and practise reading aloud.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 13:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 10:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 15:30 | In progress |
This weekly class is intended to help research students in Divinity to develop their skills in reading French documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts:
The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc.
The second part will be devoted to the translation of original French texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a French passage.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
THIS COURSE TAKES PLACE IN THE LENT TERM ONLY.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At intermediate 1 level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
More detailed information is available on our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 10:00 | In progress |
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 18:30 | In progress |
| Fri 16 Oct 2020 | 13:30 | In progress |
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 13:00 | In progress |
Using close reading and translation of academic texts from their particular discipline, this weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading French documents that they have come across or may meet in their research.
The course aims to develop strategies for reading longer texts faster through close analysis, grammatical and stylistic commentary, and translation. For example, literary texts with differing editions, stories with two or more translations into English that need to be compared and evaluated, poems of challenging originality or range of allusion.
Classes will be conducted in English, but there will be many opportunities to use French and practise reading aloud.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At intermediate 2 level, the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
More detailed information is available on our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct 2020 | 15:00 | In progress |
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 12:00 | In progress |
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 17:00 | In progress |
Using close reading and translation of academic texts from their particular discipline, this weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading French documents that they have come across or may meet in their research.
The course aims to develop strategies for reading longer texts faster through close analysis, grammatical and stylistic commentary, and translation. For example, literary texts with differing editions, stories with two or more translations into English that need to be compared and evaluated, poems of challenging originality or range of allusion.
Classes will be conducted in English, but there will be many opportunities to use French and practise reading aloud.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At an advanced level, the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater to the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre website.
NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications.
Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct 2020 | 15:00 | In progress |
The concept underpinning this course is one of fostering the learning of higher Advanced German language through listening (mainly films), reading (mainly literature), speaking and writing (both film and literature).
Every session will offer a choice of extracts either from the German* literary canon or from critically acclaimed films, or indeed both, which illustrate the session’s theme. These passages will be analysed by means of listening, reading and communicative exercises and will lead to a discussion about their aesthetic, wider cultural, historical and political implications and relevance today.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre website.
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
| Date | Availability | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 15:00 | In progress |
| Tue 20 Oct 2020 | 19:00 | In progress |
| Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 10:30 | In progress |