Spanish course Spanish for Academic purposes

By Beatriz Lupiano

Languages

Spanish

Level

Upper-Intermediate

Lessons

School

None

If you're planning to study in a Spanish-speaking country or taking non-language lessons in Spanish, then this is the course for you. We'll cover note-taking, writing essays and other academic-related text types, as well as reading academic texts and summarizing them. If you think you will need to, we can also cover presentation skills. Please take the complimentary "Meet your teacher" lesson to establish your specific needs and priorities

Teachers:

1. 1 - Reading and summarizing

In this lesson we will read a text related to your studies... more In this lesson we will read a text related to your studies and learn various ways to process it and summarize it. less

2. 2 - Note-taking

This lesson deals with taking down effective notes from... more This lesson deals with taking down effective notes from class in Spanish. Ususally you don't have time to look up words in the dictionary or translate what the teacher/professor/trainer is saying. Your notes are a vital part of your learning process. less

3. 3- Note-taking B

We will practise those aspects of note-taking that resulted... more We will practise those aspects of note-taking that resulted more complex in the previous lesson, and use your notes and your summary from lesson 1 to study for a test. less

4. 4- Written assignments

We will cover the basic steps of planning and drafting a... more We will cover the basic steps of planning and drafting a written assignment related to your object of study. less

5. 5- Written assignments B

We will write your assignment and edit it, going over... more We will write your assignment and edit it, going over recurrent issues. less

6. Accounts

We'll look at examples of accounts (for example a lab... more We'll look at examples of accounts (for example a lab account) and learn to write one in your field. less

7. Management of study

We'll learn and practise some new ways of organizing your... more We'll learn and practise some new ways of organizing your study in terms of time and information processing. less

8. Reference skills

We'll look at the various options of references in your... more We'll look at the various options of references in your field (journal articles, reports, encyclopedias, online information, case studies, etc) and learn how to tackle them best. less

9. Seminars and tutorials

Asking the right questions to be helped is important and... more Asking the right questions to be helped is important and we'll practise how to do so by being specific and using language to express exactly what you want to say. We'll also look at interaction in tutorials and seminar presentations as a participant. less

10. Seminars: presentation and social skills

At the other end of a seminar in this lesson...We'll also... more At the other end of a seminar in this lesson...We'll also look at small talk and "talking shop" with other participants. less

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Course plan

Skills involved