English in Psychology for Students and Practitioners I ONLINE

A good command of English has become indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners in psychology. In addition to reading and listening tasks that develop your receptive skills, the course includes written and oral exercises such as summaries, discussions and short presentations that develop your productive competencies.

It acquaints you with reading techniques and the language of written English (special terminology and common phrases) to enhance your understanding of complex academic publications on a range of psychology topics. Listening exercises familiarize you with various presentation styles and accents to develop your capacity to extract and understand crucial information. And you develop confidence, fluency and accuracy in discussing, presenting and writing.

You are encouraged to work on your own materials and topics that interest you and will receive additional support according to your individual needs.

Course information

Course level
B2/ C1
Date
01.10.2020–17.12.2020
  • Thursday, 18:00–20:00
24 Lessons
Lecturer
Sandra Senti, Dr.
Credit points
3 ECTS
Registration deadline
Wednesday 30.09.2020
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 291.00
Members of staff: CHF 579.00
Alumni: CHF 579.00
Alumni FHNW: CHF 579.00

There will be no class on 15 October, 5 November and 26 November 2020.

This course will take place in virtual classrooms. To meet various requests in this regard, two to three face-to-face sessions are envisaged per course during the semester. This will depend on the evolving corona situation and available facilities.

Course materials

Handouts, publications and wordlists provided by the lecturer.

Requirements

Requirements for acquisition of credit points

In order to receive credit points, participants will

  • participate actively in course,
  • read and prepare selected articles,
  • learn new vocabulary,
  • submit two satisfactory texts (if a text is unsatisfactory, it may be resubmitted once),
  • prepare an oral presentation based on an article (20-30 min. including class discussion plus a one-page handout).

You can get a total of 3 credit points.

Students are assessed by means of a portfolio (pass/fail).

Homework

± 120 minutes / week

Certificate of attendance

In order to receive a certificate of attendance (available on request), you must participate actively in the course.

Placement test

This course requires either an obligatory computer placement test or completion of a preceding course. If you have not attended a preceding course, a computer placement test has to be taken prior to registration.

Replacement date

The supplementary replacement date for lessons that might not take place is: 5 December 2020 from 10:00 - 16:00.

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