neu760 Scientific English (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

Modulbezeichnung

Scientific English

Modulkürzel

neu760

Kreditpunkte

6,0 KP

Verantwortliche Einrichtung

Department für Neurowissenschaften

Zuständige Personen

Modulverantwortung:

Jörg Albert

Prüfungsberechtigt:

Jörg Albert, Sonja Pyott

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Empfohlene Vorkenntnisse

This course is open to all students with English skill level B2 or above (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR). Scientific English is not spoken as a native language anywhere on the planet (so it is a foreign language for everyone). The course thus invites both native speakers of English and students for whom English is a foreign (or second) language. Please note that this course while offering support for improving basic language skills and increasing respective awareness is not a simple 'top-up' course of English language skills. It is rather a joint exploration into the most basic (and most universal) tool of scientific thought and expression: Scientific English!

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Lernergebnisse/Kompetenzen

+ Neurosci. knowlg.
++ Social skills
++ Data present./disc.
++ Scientific English

Upon completion of this course, students

have increased their proficiency in different forms of scientific expression in English, with special emphasis on neuroscience
have increased their awareness of the roles, and effects, of sentence structure and grammar, as well as the use of idioms
are more proficient in different contexts of scientific verbalization (e.g., paper, poster and informal exchange by email or phone)

Modulinhalte

Lectures cover
-different forms of scientific presentations
- the role, and nature, of sentence (and language) structure in scientific thinking and writing
- the ruling conventions on the structure and content of scientific papers
- appropriate language for communication with scientific editors and referees

Students read neuroscience texts of an advanced level and practice explaining and presenting these in both written and oral form. They also practice different contexts of scientific communication (e.g., paper, poster and informal exchange by email or phone).

Literaturempfehlungen

http://users.wpi.edu/~nab/sci_eng/ScientificEnglish.pdf

Zu erbringende Leistungen

Prüfungsart, -umfang, -dauer

Portfolio

Prüfungszeiten

within 2 months of completing the course

Dauer in Semestern

1 Semester

Angebotsrhythmus

annually, semester break

Workload

Arbeitsaufwand gesamt	Davon Präsenzzeit
180 h	56 h

Lehrveranstaltungsform

Veranstaltungsart	SWS	Angebotsrhythmus	Workload Präsenzzeit
Vorlesung	0,5	WiSe	7 h
Übung	3,5	WiSe	49 h

Zusätzliche Hinweise

Usually held in the break before summer term

Aufnahmekapazität: 24

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls

Master Biologie > Skills Modules
Master Biology > Skills Modules
Master Neuroscience > Skills Modules
Master's Programme Molecular Biomedicine > Skills Modules

Modulart

je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht