English in Psychology for Students and Practitioners I

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.

Should the progression of the pandemic allow it, classes will again be offered on site.

Course information

Course level
B2/ C1
Date
21.10.2021–16.12.2021
  • Thursday, 12:00–14:00
24 Lessons
Lecturer
Sandra Senti, Dr.
Credit points
3 ECTS
Registration deadline
Tuesday 19.10.2021
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 291.00
Members of staff: CHF 579.00
Alumni: CHF 579.00
Alumni FHNW: CHF 579.00

The sessions on 28 October and 18 November 2021 will take place online.

Course materials

Handouts, publications and wordlists provided by the lecturer.

Requirements

Active participation is assumed.

In order to receive credit points, participants will

  • not be absent more than once (additional inevitable absences must be compensated in consultation with the lecturer),
  • 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

± 90 minutes / week

Certificate of attendance

Active participation is assumed. In order to receive a certificate of attendance (available on request) for this course, you are not allowed to be absent more than once.
Additional inevitable absences must be compensated in consultation with the lecturer.

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: 4 December 2021 from 10:00 - 16:00.

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