Language for Specific Purposes: Scientific English

Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication

Academic staff

Course code:

70483121

Type:

Compulsory – Professional Applications Itinerary (Module 3)

Approach to Education

Blended-learning (25%)

Term

Second

Classroom

Humanities Building II, classroom 13

Teaching period

27 March – 30 April 2025

Teaching times

Wednesdays 18.45 – 21.00

Thursdays 18.45 – 21.00

Teaching guide

Language for Specific Purposes: Scientific English

Description

The present course is framed within the field of English for specific purposes (ESP). It focuses on the study of those texts involved in the field of science and technology as a necessary branch for different professional fields. It aims to provide students with a solid theoretical base that allows them to undertake the proposed practical tasks autonomously

The course is divided into four thematics blocks:

Block I – Introduction to the scientific-technical language

‣ Concept and definition of the scientific-technical language

‣ Principles of the scientific-technical language

‣ Features of the scientific-technical language (register)

Block II – Text typologies

‣ Types of scientific and technical texts (genres)

‣ Structure and discourse features of scientific and technical text genres

Block III – Analysis of scientific and technical texts

‣ Analysis of the register of scientific and technical texts

‣ Pragmatic and textual analysis of scientific and tecnical genres

‣ Writing scientific and technical texts