Academic Communication and Project Presentation

Academic Communication and Project Presentation

for Master Students

at the Faculty of Literary Studies (HSE)

The three-module long course is targeted at students – non-native speakers of English doing their Master Degree in Comparative Literary Studies at the faculty and is designed to introduce students into the basic conventions of academic communication in English, thus providing them with a background necessary for entering the international academic community.  The course, embracing a wide range of topics on the nature of research and the structure of academic argumentation, is practice-centered and focused on developing and perfecting academic reading, writing and speaking skills in students. The course is discipline-sensitive and tailored to the academic interests of Master Students in Literary Studies, which implies an extensive exploration of literary genres, as well as delving deeper into the English-speaking tradition of literary studies together with assimilating and mastering technical vocabulary and conventions of academic writing specific to the discipline.  Advancing by a series of writing and speaking assignments alongside in-class discussions and peer reviews, the course culminates in research projects presentations, which students deliver to a wide audience of peers and faculty members.