The course aims to improve students’ knowledge and use of the conventions of academic and scientific English. It will cover some of the areas of scientific communication that students should master in order to successfully promote their research, including how to write cohesive and coherent sentences and paragraphs, how to paraphrase, how to write abstracts, and how to prepare and deliver academic presentations. Students will get a chance to practice their writing and speaking skills, and improve their academic English vocabulary and grammar.

On completion of the course, students should be able to
1. Communicate in a clear, concise and correct manner.
2. Extract required information from spoken or written science and technology-related material,
using skills in note-taking and summarization
3. Describe information (data, processes and phenomena) in a formal, objective manner.
4. Exchange science and technology-related information using language that is appropriate to the
medium - including visuals/diagrams, presentations, group
discussions, and written reports.
5. Develop communication skills relevant to science and technology-related employment -
including professional expression, teamwork and job applications.