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English Language for Academic Needs


Degree: 1
Year: 4
Study program: Social work

Holder: Irena Kuštrin

Subject content:

Writing genres (scientific articles, research reports, professional evaluations, research proposals...);
Composition (title, introduction, body, conclusion; tables and graphs, citation, plagiarism, writing of summaries and abstracts, acknowledgements, appendixes);
Style (Objectivity, clarity …);
Linguistic functions: (dis)agreement, classification, comparison and contrasting, definition, process description, emphasising, generalisation, paraphrasing, citing);
Grammar (writing of numbers, the use of articles, nouns, verbal tenses, use of the passive voice, word order, the use of punctuation etc.);
Vocabulary (abbreviations, words of Greek and Latin origin, prefixes and suffixes;
The difference between formal (written) language and the language of verbal communication.

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