Abstract
The purpose of the article is to study the potential of the “English for academic purposes” course for building research competence of graduate students. The article examines approaches to designing the syllabus for the course and determines its role in the development of learners research and academic skills. The article describes and analyses the course syllabus, highlights methods, materials and techniques used in the educational process, as well as typical practical assignments. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1s3p352
Highlights
Changes in modern educational system and an integral participation of the Russian Federation in international academic environment require significant improvement of the current higher educational curriculum in order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements [Gorelova, 2014]
This begs the question of revising the curriculum for graduate programs in general as well as the syllabus for the "English Language for Specific Purposes" (ESP) in particular [Grigorieva, 2014], as the Russian higher education system is undergoing significant changes designed to affect the quality of training and graduate competitiveness in the world job market
The methods for classifying syllabuses differ, one of the most functional concepts is the approach presented by Massoud Rahimpour [Rahimpour, 2010], where the following types of syllabuses are distinguished: a) A structural syllabus is a kind of syllabus in which the content of language teaching is a collection of the forms and structures, usually grammatical elements such as verbs, nouns, past tense and so on
Summary
Changes in modern educational system and an integral participation of the Russian Federation in international academic environment require significant improvement of the current higher educational curriculum in order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements [Gorelova, 2014]. The existing realities require students and would-be professionals to have a deep knowledge of the latter in Russian Language, but in English as well [Khusainova, Rahmatullina, 2014], since the visibility of scientists in the world academic environment is only possible if the publications in the leading peer-reviewed journals are in English [Kalganova, 2014] This begs the question of revising the curriculum for graduate programs in general as well as the syllabus for the "English Language for Specific Purposes" (ESP) in particular [Grigorieva, 2014], as the Russian higher education system is undergoing significant changes designed to affect the quality of training and graduate competitiveness in the world job market
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