AcES - Academic English Skills

Purpose: To develop written and spoken English communication skills in academic settings.

The AcES one-term course helps students acquire an understanding of the principles and praxis of academic literacy and proficiency, thus improving students’ skills about academic texts in English, from syntax to style, with an increasing focus on catering for the particular needs of the group attending each course.

Learning objectives: To improve targeted English language skills for research. AcES participants, whose main language is not English, will practice extensive academic writing and speaking, complemented by listening and reading activities. They will work in a controlled and protected environment under the language teacher’s guidance to improve their performance in the national and international academic milieu.

Course requirements:

-  B2 entry level – Upper intermediate
- Participants must attend at least 70 percent of the module and complete the required assignments in order to obtain a certificate of attendance and profit.

Course activities:

The course involves the production of written papers and oral presentations, and the completion of selected modules from the Epigeum interactive course.

Duration: 50 hours. The AcES one-term course is divided into 24+2 hours class sessions (synchronous online learning mode), and 24 hours on the CLA -Centro Linguistico di Ateneo- dedicated Moodle platform.

Delivery mode: Online

Language of delivery: English

Available places: No more than 16 students per class.

• 4th March – 29th April: Mondays 9:00 – 12:00 (Anderson Mairi Joanne)
• 6th March – 24th April: Wednesdays 9:00 – 12:00 (Anderson Mairi Joanne)
• 4th March – 29th April: Mondays 14:00 – 17:00 (Scarpa Giulia)
• 6th March – 24th April: Wednesdays 10:30 – 13:30 (Scarpa Giulia)
• 4th March – 29th April: Mondays 14:00 – 17:00 (Trevor-Briscoe Timothy)
• 7th March – 2nd May: Thursdays 9:30 – 12:30 (Trevor-Briscoe Timothy)
• 8 th March – 26th April: Fridays 8:30 – 11:30 (Nicholls Michelle Louise)
• 7^th March – 9^th May: Thursdays 09:30 - 12:30 (Crowle Joelle Mary)
• 6^th March – 24^th April: Wednesdays 9:30 – 12:30 (Brambilla Barbara)
• 7^th March – 9^th May: Thursdays 9:30 – 12:30 (Brambilla Barbara)
• 8^th March – 3^rd May: Fridays 9:30 – 12:30 (Brambilla Barbara)
• 8 ^th March – 26^th April: Fridays 15:00 – 18:00 (Hammersley Michael John)
• 7^th March – 9^th May: Thursdays 15:00 – 18:00 (Hammersley Michael John)
• 4th March – 29th April: Mondays 9:00 – 12:00 (Crowle Joelle Mary)
• 5th March – 30th April: Tuesdays 15:00 – 18:00 (Greenwood Alison Laura Mary)
• 5th March – 30th April: Tuesdays 9:00 – 12:00 (Wesley Denise)
• 7th March – 9th May: Thursdays 9:00 – 12:00 (Catalini Gabriella)

Sessions - 8 lessons per session, once a week.
N.B. PhD students enrolled in their first year are warmly invited to enroll in the second period classes. 

For more information: cla.bo-academics@unibo.it

NB: as a PhD candidate, you cannot freely enrol to an AcES course: participation is reserved only to those PhD students that each Unibo department has authorized, and indicated to us in October 2023.