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"
}