CLA Academics

CLA Academics modules are divided into two tracks that differ in objectives:

 1. 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: Minimum entry level Upper Intermediate B1++ verified through the mandatory, online entrance test.

Completion of 70 percent of the activities is required: classroom attendance, assignments, work on the CLA platform, which will be monitored and verified by the teacher, in order to obtain an open badge.

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 17 students per class.
Sessions - 8 lessons per session, once a week.
Doctoral credits: 4 doctoral credits.

N.B. PhD students enrolled in their first year are warmly invited to enroll in the second period classes. 

For more information about Online entry test and registrations: 
Website: https://centri.unibo.it/cla/en/courses/cla-academics
Contact: cla.bo-academics@unibo.it

Please note: participation is reserved only to PhD students authorized by their Unibo department.

2. LEA - Language Empowerment for Academics

Learning objectives: to improve communication skills and fluency within the participant's specific academic areas (comfort zone), and to acquire skills outside of them (colloquial language), in order to achieve a more confident and complete mastery of English at an advanced level and to acquire and expand knowledge of English, of academic and non-academic registers, and to attest possession of C1 level.

Course requirements: Minimum entry level B2+ verified through the mandatory, online entrance test.

This course will end after two courses for those entering with B2+ level and after one course for those entering with C1 level. 

Completion of 70 percent of the activities is required: classroom attendance, assignments, work on the CLA platform, which will be monitored and verified by the teacher. 

The CLA C1 Certificate will be issued after passing the profit test at the conclusion of the course

Duration: 50 hours. The LEA 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
Sessions - 12 lessons per session, once a week.
Doctoral credits: 4 doctoral credits.

For more information about Online entry test and registrations:

Website: https://centri.unibo.it/cla/en/courses/cla-academics
Contact: cla.bo-academics@unibo.it

Please note: participation is reserved only to PhD students authorized by their Unibo department.