Course TIG119,1 · Year I · Autumn 2024-2025

Written and Oral Communication Techniques. English language

Elective (1 of 3) course in Translation and interpretation, taught by Adina Botas.

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Overview

Lecturer
Adina Botas
Seminar tutor
Adina Botas
Type of course
Elective (1 of 3)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Applied Modern Languages
Field of study
Translation and interpretation
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures
Entry requirements
Good general knowledge of the English Language (B2)

Aims

Understand the meaning of academic communication from a philological perspective

Learn how to use the APA referencing style in academic writing

Learn how to develop and deliver an oral presentation based on a written paper

Course contents

This course is concerned with exploring the notion of "communication" from a philological perspective, of what philologists do and communicate in the world, according to various possible fields of interest (Linguistics, Translation studies, Literary studies, Discourse studies, Language teaching and education etc). Lectures and discussions are based on the particularities of academic writing and speaking, with a particular focus on discovering and applying the APA referencing style. 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to elaborate a piece of text in accordance with the basic principles of academic writing with APA referencing, in the form of a short final paper, and deliver an oral presentation of the written paper.

Assessment

Individual assignments: Final paper and Presentation.

Recommended reading

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association, Washington, 2020 · pp. 390
How to write a thesis
Umberto Eco
MIT, Cambridge, Massachussets, 2015 · pp. 257
Cum se scrie un text
Andra Serbanescu
Polirom, Bucuresti, 2000 · 472