English Language 1 (MA)

This course, reserved for first year graduate students, is made up of two classes, one monographic and the other language practice. In the monographic class, the students will acquire the necessary theoretical and practical tools to stimulate critical thinking skills, enrich vocabulary use, and provide an academic framework for speaking and writing tasks. In the language practice class, passive and active language skills will be consolidated.

Knowledge and understanding of academic English both spoken and written through the analysis of newspaper articles and research papers in the humanities. Applying knowledge and understanding: in the monographic class, the ability to express oneself proficiently on current affairs issues; to analyse and comment upon the structure of an academic research paper; in the language practice class, the ability to write an argumentative essay on a literary topic.