Abstract
The paper presents the ideas on integration of English language academic writing into the training of Mater of Pharmacy students. The academic literature demonstrates a powerful didactic potential for the development of both language and professional competence of students majoring in pharmacy. This fact is evidenced by the empirical study that demonstrates the finding reflected in students’ graduation academic project performance. As a measurement tools we employed assessment rubrics of the graduate project, content analysis and questionnaire on teachers’ feedback. The participants of the study were students from the Pharmacy faculty and teachers of English for Academic Purposes in cooperation with teachers of pharmacy. Together they outlined the criteria for the texts selection. According to the results, students mastered not only academic writing skills, but also the skills of information processing and evaluation, critical thinking, presentation of information and academic integrity. The paper also presents methodological recommendations on academic texts selection for pharmaceutical students and forms of teachingacademic writing to students of non-linguistic specialties. The results of the study allow to draw the conclusion academic writing course will enhance professional competence and reduce students’ misinterpreting of academic language.
Highlights
The advancement of pharmaceutical speciality has emphasised the role of students’ communicative skills in administrative and practical work, bringing communication abilities to the cutting edge of pharmaceutical students’ education
The present study is aimed to analyse the influence of academic writing extra-curricular course on English language and professional competence levels that are reflected in graduation scientific projects
In the light of recent events, we find the research of Cherie et al (2019) advanced and timely due to the integration of digital tools into the teaching of academic writing for Master in Pharmacy students
Summary
The advancement of pharmaceutical speciality has emphasised the role of students’ communicative skills in administrative and practical work, bringing communication abilities to the cutting edge of pharmaceutical students’ education. In order to find an appropriate solution to the problem, the faculty should consider the focus on students’ academic writing skills development in the skill-based curricular of English Language course and Pharmaceutical Research course design This step has not been done yet and Ukrainian pharmacy students do not have the opportunity to take such а course during their regular study. Criteria 1 Independence of work performance and initiating of scientific search 2 Sources credibility and variety 3 Academic integrity assessment 4 Originality and novelty of the work 5 Accuracy of the problem statement 6 Literature review quality 7 Coherence of work to a theme, the purpose and tasks 8 Logical arrangement and information analysis of the material 9 Practical results significance The validity of the conclusions and their compliance with the objectives Quality of work presentation Participation in scientific conferences, number of abstracts and papers Quality of abstract translation. If students have been familiarised with academic papers, participated in conferences, published abstracts, they were active in their scientific search and were aware of the research methodology, design their project independently and initiated new ideas or changes
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