An Introductory Course to Academic English

for M.S. Students at IASBS

5th New Edition

Spring 2019

Developed by Language Teaching Group

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ I

III ........................................................................................... مقدمهای بر دوره انگلیسی با اهداف دانشگاهی

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... VI

How to Improve Your Vocabulary ............................................................................................................. 8

Introduction to Academic Presentations ................................................................................................... 13

Chapter 1: Getting started ..................................................................................................................... 14

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به نام خداوند حکیم

مقدمهای بر دوره انگلیسی با اهداف دانشگاهی

مقابل، رد است. بلندمدت فرایندی و طلبدمی را بسیاری زمان فراگیران دانش عمق افزایش برای که است آن وسیع گستره عمومی زبان ماهیت

زا تعدادی در را زبانی توانش میزان توانمی ترکوتاه نسبتاً زمانی هایبازه در جهیدرنت و دارد محدودی یگستره ویژه اهداف با انگلیسی

ؤثرم زمانی هادوره این که است این دارد وجود ویژه اهداف با انگلیسی درباره که مهمی نکته ولی کرد. تعمیق شدهتعیین یشپ از هایمهارت

باشند. برخوردار زبانی توانش یهاحداقل از دوره بدو در کنندگانشرکت که هستند

هاییمهارت افزودن جدید سرفصل هایویژگی از اند.شده گذاریهپای متون خواندن پایه بر بیشتر کشور هایدانشگاه زبان آموزش هایسرفصل

و گفتاری هایمهارت مطلب، درک مهارت بر عالوه دانشجویان تا است درس شالوده به علمی سخنرانی ارائه و چکیده و نامه نگارش مانند

هیپا علوم یتکمیل تحصیالت دانشگاه که است ضروری جهتازآن امر این نمایند. کسب نیز را المللیبین علمی ارتباطات در پرکاربرد نوشتاری

دارد. المللیبین دانشگاه یک به شدنلیتبد برای سالهده یابرنامه

به که تاس شدهطراحی ایگونهبه دوره این تکمیلی تحصیالت دانشگاه در زبان تدریس قرن ربع تجربه اساس بر و آمدهعملبه نیازسنجی با

رودمی رانتظا گردند. آشنا دانشگاهی هایمحیط در علمی پیشرفت و تحصیلی موفقیت برای الزم زبانی هایمهارت با نماید کمک دانشجویان

نمایند. کسب را ذیل یهامهارت بتوانند دوره در فعال شرکت با دانشجویان

علمی متون خواندن پایة هایمهارت با آشنایی

آن نگارش تمرین و هانامهیانپا و مقاالت چکیده ساختار با آشنایی

پرکاربرد عمومی کلمات فهرست از واژه صد چند و علمی متون در پرکاربرد واژه صد چند یریادگی

دانشگاهی ازیموردن انامهیرا سه نگارش و نگاری رایانامه اصول فراگیری

پژوهشی و تحصیلی حوزه تخصصی یهاواژه صحیح تلفظ تمرین )شامل انگلیسی زبان به علمی سخنرانی تمرین و کلی اصول

دانشجو(

علمی حالشرح نگارش

مانند داخلی هایآزمون و آیلتس و تافل مانند یالمللنیب یهاآزمون در شرکت برای ضروری هایمهارت از برخی با آشنایی

دکتری زبان آزمون

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ان،یدانشجو قاتیتحق و مطالعات تیفیک به تواندیم که است یرتمها و یاحرفه مدون، فشرده، دوره کی یدانشگاه اهداف با یسانگلی زبان دوره

یم هیتوص قاتیتحق آغاز از قبل فصول در درس نیا گذراندن لذا د؛ینما کمک ،یالمللنیب ارتباطات و زبانیسیانگل منابع یریکارگبه لیتسه با

.شود

رد شرکت با خود یعموم زبان یارتقا به که است نیا دارند یفیضع یعموم زبان سطح که انیدانشجو از دسته آن به زبان گروه هیتوص

الزمه کنند. اخذ را درس نیا خود لیتحص دوم سال زییپا در الزم یآمادگ کسب از پس و بگمارند همت شهر سطح در یعموم زبان یهاکالس

رایب ساعت هشت تا شش حداقل اختصاص متوسط، یعموم زبان سطح داشتن بر افزون یدانشگاه اهداف با یسیانگل انزب درس در تیموفق

است. فیتکال انجام و کالس در منظم شرکت بر عالوه یهفتگ مطالعه

یپژوهش یزندگ در ینینو و جذاب اریبس یهاافق کنندیم کسب آن در که ییهامهارت نیتمر ادامه با و دوره نیا موفق گذراندن با است دیام

شود. گشوده انیدانشجو یعلم و

چهارم، ویرایش رد ولی بود؛ ویراستاری تغییرات شامل بیشتر سوم ویرایش بود؛ ظاهری تغییرات و ییآراصفحه به ناظر بیشتر کتاب دوم ویرایش

شردهف جزوه یک و شدند بازنگری متون ساختار و مطلب درک سخنرانی، بخش مثال، برای بودیم؛ محتوایی و ظاهری گسترده تغییرات شاهد

مرتبط طالبم برخی دانشجویان، و اساتید نظرات اساس بر کتاب کلی ویراستاری بر عالوه پنجم، ویرایش در شد. افزوده وستپی به زبان دستور

هافزود حالشرح و رایانامه قسمت به جدیدی مطالب و شد منتقل مطلب درک و سخنرانی قسمت به چکیده( )تدوین متون ساختار بخش از

کمک DVD یک که است ذکر به الزم است. گرفته انجام جزئی اصالحات شده دریافت بازخوردهای اساس بر نیز جدید ویرایش در گشت.

و الح شرح نمونه چند کارت، فلش صورت به دانشگاهی لغات فهرست آموزشی، های فیلم حاوی که است شده تهیه کتاب این برای آموزشی

است. مرتبط مفید مطالب دیگر و تحصیلی سوابق

کنم.می تشکر اندکرده همکاری کتاب این تدوین در ذیل شرح به که خارجی هایزبان آموزشی گروه همکاران از پایان در

علمی حالشرح و رایانامه سخنرانی، بخش فرنودی: بهمن دکتر آقای جناب .1

زبان دستور و مطلب درک بخش رحمانی: شاهرخ دکتر آقای جناب .2

مطلب درک و سخنرانی بخش از ییهاقسمت چکیده، تدوین بخش زندی: حامد دکتر آقای جناب .3

جلد روی طراحی و مطالب برخی یگردآور ،ییآراصفحه منفرد: حسینی مولود خانم سرکار .4

باشید پیروز و موفق

انمؤلف گروه سرپرست

زندی حامد

زنجان، پایه، علوم تکمیلی تحصیالت دانشگاه

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Introduction

This course has been developed to help you improve your English for Academic Purposes (EAP). In order

to improve your EAP, it is crucial that you improve your general English as well. Therefore, we strongly

advise you to have a plan to attend general English courses available in the city and dedicate some serious

time for self-study.

The course aims at developing the following skills: reading academic texts, writing emails and CV,

writing an abstract, and giving an academic presentation. To achieve these goals you need to build up

your vocabulary and brush up your grammar and pronunciation. Therefore, we have introduced several

resources to help you learn the most important academic words. In addition, we have included several

grammar mini-lessons in this course book.

We recommend that you spend 6 to 8 hours per week to study the material in this course:

You should study and memorize 570 academic words on your own.

You should read the reading materials that your teacher asks you to learn before the class.

You should post your written assignments to Moodle.

You should prepare to give an academic presentation.

Grading will be based on:

Quizzes on the materials covered in previous sessions.

Mid-term exam

Final exam

Class presentation

Moodle assignments (moodle.iasbs.ac.ir)

Attendance policy:

The classes officially start on Mehr 1st, Dey 1st, and Farvardin 14th each term.

A session where students do not attend the class or only a few do still counts as an official session.

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How to Improve Your Vocabulary

1. First things first: learn the most important frequent words:

a. For general English: New General Word List:

http://www.newgeneralservicelist.org/

b. For Academic English: Academic Word List (AWL):

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/sublists

http://www.newgeneralservicelist.org/nawl-new-academic-word-list/

2. Learn the whole word:

a. Pronunciation

b. Stress

c. Spelling

d. Parts of Speech and Usage

(see the first page of "Useful Grammar Lessons" at the end of the book, p. 133)

e. Meanings

3. Learn the meaning in context.

4. Learn different equivalents for the same word and choose the best for your context.

5. Review the words systematically every day using Anki:

a. Anki is an app for all your devices: Download it from here: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

b. Register and search for vocabulary flash cards (decks) here:

https://ankiweb.net/decks/

c. Download the decks related to AWL such as:

/səkˈses/

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https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2732926056

d. Use your Anki every day to memorize new words and review the previous words.

6. Test your knowledge every week:

a. http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/

b. http://www.newgeneralservicelist.org/ngsl-for-quizlet-soon/

7. Some other useful websites to learn AWL:

a. https://vocapp.com/sublist-1-flashcards-138095

b. http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/academic_wordlist.html

c. http://elss.elc.cityu.edu.hk/ELSS/Resource/Using%20the%20Academic%20Word%20List

%20(ICOSA%20version)/

Vocabulary Activity 1

These are some of the best dictionaries in the market:

a. Millennium Bilingual Dictionary (English to Persian) ( فرهنگ هزاره)

b. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

c. Longman Exams Dictionary

d. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

e. Aryianpoor (فرهنگ دو زبانه آریانپور)

f. Narcisi Dictionary for PC (فرهنگ لغات نارسیس)

g. Oxford Elementary Learner’s dictionary

h. Oxford Student Dictionary

i. Longman Active Study Dictionary

j. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

k. )فرهنگ یک جلدی پیشرو آریان پور )فارسی به انگلیسی

1. Get online and learn more about these dictionaries.

2. Can you rate them based on their usefulness for you?

3. Ask your teacher about his/her favorite dictionary.

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Vocabulary Activity 2

For this activity look up the words “essay”, “article”, and “paper” in a good dictionary and fill out the

following table.

Essay Article Paper

Pronunciation &

Stress

Parts of Speech

& Usage

Meanings

Example

sentences from

the text or the

dictionary

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Vocabulary Activity 3

Your teacher will ask you to fill out this table for three other words.

1. 2. 3.

Pronunciation &

Stress

Parts of Speech

& Usage

Meanings

Example

sentences from

the text or the

dictionary

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Introduction to Academic Presentations

Note to Students

Welcome to the Presentation Skills module! Giving a presentation in English is a real challenge, even for

those who have a good knowledge of the language.

In the following lessons, selected from the book entitled “English for Presentations”, you can learn the

essential vocabulary and expressions that anyone needs when giving a presentation. There are also several

useful tips that will help you to have a more effective presentation in English.

The seven units of this course cover all the stages of a presentation. Many useful tips are also given which

are followed by related exercises.

Remember that studying these lessons does not guarantee a successful presentation in English unless you

improve your level of General English.

Figure 1

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1.1

You and presentation

Work with a partner. Ask the questions below and make a note of the answers. Then tell the group what you found out and discuss.

1) How often do you give presentations?

2) Who do you normally present to? (Classmates, faculty, etc.)

3) When was the last time you gave a presentation in English?

Was it a success? If yes, why? If no, why not? Explain your answer.

4) How do you feel about presenting in a foreign language?

5) Think of an excellent (or terrible) presentation that you have attended.

What made it good (or bad)?

1.2 An academic presentation

An academic presentation / talk consists of:

1. an opening

2. the actual academic presentation

1. In the opening, you introduce yourself and set the scene to start your presentation. The opening can be

as short as a few seconds or as long as a few minutes depending on the time available to you and your

plan of action.

2. The actual academic presentation usually consists of:

a. an introduction,

b. the main point(s)

c. conclusion

Question: Which one of these three sections do you think is more important, introduction, main

point(s), or conclusion?

Starter

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Chapter 1: Getting started

- You and presentation - An academic presentation - Opening a presentation

- How to develop an outline - An effective introduction

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a. Introduction:

In the introduction, you set the scene for the main act.

The main act: the presentation of your theory, model, proof, experimental setup, calculations, computer

simulation, or your results, if you have any, and more importantly, your interpretation of your results.

Therefore, again depending on the time available to you, your introduction could be very short or as long

as necessary. It is all a matter of choice.

Question: Which do you prefer, a long introduction or a short one?

The introduction usually contains the necessary definitions and basic ideas. Here you set up a

framework in order to be able to present the main point(s) of your talk.

On the other hand, your introduction could include

the presentation of a theory or model

experimental setup, computer simulation

a number of theorems, or the method used, etc.

so that when the main point(s) is (are) presented, it (they) would be meaningful.

It all depends on your field of study, the focus of your presentation, and the time available to you.

b. Main point(s):

Emphasize the most important findings; include the descriptive and analytic results.

The main point(s) of your talk can be

your results and their interpretation (any subject),

a new model and its meaning and implications (any subject),

alterations to an older model,

a theorem and its meaning and applications (any subject, especially mathematics),

proof of a theorem (any subject, especially mathematics),

computer simulation of a phenomenon (any subject, usually not including mathematics),

results of an experiment (any subject, usually not including mathematics),

design and/or construction of a device (usually not mathematics or computer science),

introduction of a new algorithm (any subject, especially computer science),

etc.

You need to mention your interpretation of your results—the discussion of the results—as one of the most

important part of your presentation.

c. Conclusion:

Summarize and conclude. You can also provide recommendations (directions for future studies) if you

have.

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According to Anholt (2010)1 the conclusion of a scientific presentation should

always be firm and decisive;

provide the take-home message, often the only thing that will be remembered;

determine the final impression and impact that you will make on your audience;

always be reduced to a concise statement, preferably shown as text or a simple diagram on a slide;

consist of a single major statement, with not more than two or three connotations.

1.3 Opening a presentation

It is a good idea to take the following steps at the beginning of your presentation, again depending on the

time available to you.

1 Anholt, R. R. (2010). Dazzle'em with style: The art of oral scientific presentation. Elsevier.

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Say what the

topic is

Introduce

yourself

Welcome

the audience

1. Introduction

Introduce basic concepts

2. Main point(s)

Provide information, results and argument

(discussion)

3. Conclusion

Summarize and conclude