Publication detail

A Language Competences Project and Its Application in Training Doctoral Students

ZAVADILOVÁ, B.

Czech title

Projekt na rozvoj jazykových kompetencí a jeho využití v doktorském studiu

English title

A Language Competences Project and Its Application in Training Doctoral Students

Type

book chapter

Language

en

Original abstract

The paper presents some experience in a language project entitled Writing Professional English (Leonardo da Vinci programme) for training doctoral students at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology. The end-product of the project offers a wide range of model texts and examples from specific fields of technology and science including task-based exercises that consolidate the information given in selected topics. The interactive materials are computer-based with access through the internet and provide the users with the application both in classroom courses and self-study. The contribution is focused particularly on training doctoral students in writing professional research papers.

Czech abstract

Článek pojednává o využití výstupů projektu Writing Professional English (Leonardo da Vinci programme) v kurzech angličtiny pro doktorské studium na FSI VUT v Brně.

English abstract

The paper presents some experience in a language project entitled Writing Professional English (Leonardo da Vinci programme) for training doctoral students at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology. The end-product of the project offers a wide range of model texts and examples from specific fields of technology and science including task-based exercises that consolidate the information given in selected topics. The interactive materials are computer-based with access through the internet and provide the users with the application both in classroom courses and self-study. The contribution is focused particularly on training doctoral students in writing professional research papers.

Keywords in Czech

cizí jazyky, odborné psaní, doktorské studium

Keywords in English

language competences project, professional writing skills, task-based exercises research paper, doctoral study

Released

01.10.2007

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Location

Cambridge, UK

ISBN

1-84718-300-X

Book

Gálová, D. (ed.): Languages for Specific Purposes: Searching for Common Solutions

Edition number

1

Pages from–to

80–89

Pages count

10

BIBTEX


@inbook{BUT55163,
  author="Božena {Zavadilová},
  title="A Language Competences Project and Its Application in Training Doctoral Students",
  booktitle="Gálová, D. (ed.): Languages for Specific Purposes: Searching for Common Solutions",
  year="2007",
  month="October",
  pages="80--89",
  publisher="Cambridge Scholars Publishing",
  address="Cambridge, UK",
  isbn="1-84718-300-X"
}