This course aims to equip students with the skills needed to read, understand, criticize, summarize, improve, design, and create academic research articles in English.
All instruction and assignments will be in English.
To do this, we will begin by providing some relatively easy general articles to read and discuss, then gradually increase the difficulty level of the texts being studied.
Students will need to read additional material outside class, reflecting their own interests and chosen topics, as well as the material presented in class.
Students beginning the course are expected to have English skills equivalent to having passed Upper Intermediate English courses in reading and writing (roughly TOEIC level 550, or CEFR level B1).
By the end of the course, each student's TOEIC score should be around 50 points higher, with increased knowledge of APA referencing and technical vocabulary around academic writing, as well as better knowledge of technical terms related to the specific topics each student chooses to study.
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students are able to:
1. Analyze and summarize the significance of general articles and simple academic articles.
2. Write general and academic articles grammatically.
3. Write accurate citations and bibliographies.
4. Utilize technology to retrieve information from various sources.
Teaching Strategy/Methods
1. Active learning: Students must be self-motivated, and find and read articles about topics in which they are interested. Assignments will encourage students to focus on their own interests wherever possible. Students will be encouraged to teach each other about their chosen topics as well as the course content.
2. Integration of all four skills through classroom activities such as brainstorming, class/group discussion, think-share-pair, peer review, reflection, projects, etc.
Classroom interaction should be respectful, polite, critical and insightful. Students pointing out errors in the studied texts or in the teacher's explanations will be particularly valued and encouraged. Debate, disagreement and discussion is a healthy part of the academic process.
- Teacher: PETER GERARD COAN
- Teacher: SUDARAT SRIRAK