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Dear readers, As the knowledge of English, being an integral part of any
academic career, is absolutely essential for all PUT employ-
T he current issue of Education in English focuses on do- ees, we have also included many pieces of information
ctoral studies. Aristophanes once said: ”High thoughts concerning mastering your language skills at the Centre of
must have high language” and his words are true in both Languages and Communication. I would like to draw your
the academic context in general and the context of the attention in particular to the opportunity of learning En-
world of science. It is well known that whoever wants to glish idiomatic expressions online at www.clc.put.poznan.
be successful in an English speaking academic environment pl/cj/idioms-everywhere-audycja-w-radio-afera.
has to comply with the rules of both written and spoken
English with particular regard to register. Therefore, the is- Also, if you are a fan of crosswords you can relax by doing
sue depicts a postgraduate teaching opportunity available a crossword puzzle and revising some basic academic vo-
at CLC and a detailed description of the course is accompa- cabulary.
nied by PhD students’ opinions about the course.
Enjoy!
Dorota Kudła, teacher of English
Editor
POSTGRADUATE TEACHING
OPPORTUNITY
AVAILABLE ATCENTRE OF LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION
Let me present the idea of a course in English for academic One of the major tasks is training students to make indi-
purposes, provided by the Centre of Languages and Com- vidual presentations in English on a wide range of topics
munication at PUT to PhD students from all faculties. The related to their doctoral dissertations.
statistics are as follows:
Students can use their general English skills along with the
x the course lasts for 1 semester (30 teaching hours) professional terminology related to their field of experti-
x the number of research students doing PhDs is usually se. After their presentations they may receive feedback not
only connected with English but also with the principles of
more than 120 (7 groups) in each academic year making presentations. The whole group become engaged
in the discussions which follow.
Due to the fact that there are only several hours dedicated
to the course and the very different levels of English of the Some of the presentations are quite unique, catching the
PhD students, we propose a career-oriented English cour- attention of, and inspiring in-depth discourse between the
se. The input from the linguistic point of view is based on group members. A good example of this would be the perfor-
the lecturer’s own experience, supported by the following mance of a robot assembled by the PhD students themselves.
course books:
x Academic Writing Course Apart from the presentation issue, this short course uses
x Cambridge English for Scientists practical tasks to develop the language and communica-
x Academic Vocabulary in Use tion skills required by scientists from all disciplines. By me-
ans of written homework, like abstracts or paragraphs, plus
The English teacher is responsible for choosing the rele- DVD/CD or computer supported exercises, they are given
vant course book, depending on the results of the placement test. the opportunity to develop their linguistic confidence.The
Dear readers, As the knowledge of English, being an integral part of any
academic career, is absolutely essential for all PUT employ-
T he current issue of Education in English focuses on do- ees, we have also included many pieces of information
ctoral studies. Aristophanes once said: ”High thoughts concerning mastering your language skills at the Centre of
must have high language” and his words are true in both Languages and Communication. I would like to draw your
the academic context in general and the context of the attention in particular to the opportunity of learning En-
world of science. It is well known that whoever wants to glish idiomatic expressions online at www.clc.put.poznan.
be successful in an English speaking academic environment pl/cj/idioms-everywhere-audycja-w-radio-afera.
has to comply with the rules of both written and spoken
English with particular regard to register. Therefore, the is- Also, if you are a fan of crosswords you can relax by doing
sue depicts a postgraduate teaching opportunity available a crossword puzzle and revising some basic academic vo-
at CLC and a detailed description of the course is accompa- cabulary.
nied by PhD students’ opinions about the course.
Enjoy!
Dorota Kudła, teacher of English
Editor
POSTGRADUATE TEACHING
OPPORTUNITY
AVAILABLE ATCENTRE OF LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION
Let me present the idea of a course in English for academic One of the major tasks is training students to make indi-
purposes, provided by the Centre of Languages and Com- vidual presentations in English on a wide range of topics
munication at PUT to PhD students from all faculties. The related to their doctoral dissertations.
statistics are as follows:
Students can use their general English skills along with the
x the course lasts for 1 semester (30 teaching hours) professional terminology related to their field of experti-
x the number of research students doing PhDs is usually se. After their presentations they may receive feedback not
only connected with English but also with the principles of
more than 120 (7 groups) in each academic year making presentations. The whole group become engaged
in the discussions which follow.
Due to the fact that there are only several hours dedicated
to the course and the very different levels of English of the Some of the presentations are quite unique, catching the
PhD students, we propose a career-oriented English cour- attention of, and inspiring in-depth discourse between the
se. The input from the linguistic point of view is based on group members. A good example of this would be the perfor-
the lecturer’s own experience, supported by the following mance of a robot assembled by the PhD students themselves.
course books:
x Academic Writing Course Apart from the presentation issue, this short course uses
x Cambridge English for Scientists practical tasks to develop the language and communica-
x Academic Vocabulary in Use tion skills required by scientists from all disciplines. By me-
ans of written homework, like abstracts or paragraphs, plus
The English teacher is responsible for choosing the rele- DVD/CD or computer supported exercises, they are given
vant course book, depending on the results of the placement test. the opportunity to develop their linguistic confidence.The
