Foreign Languages for Academic Purposes

Our teaching unit Foreign Language for Academic Purposes offers a series of courses and workshops on Academic English (or English for Academic Purposes) - i.e., the type of English used for studying at university and disseminating research. The focus is on the specific language skills necessary for using Academic English proficiently as well as on the competencies required for effective and audience-based academic communication in writing and speaking. This includes considering how rhetoric and language usage is related to and embedded in cultural practices and values.
The courses offered, thus, cover topics related to the stylistic design, textual mechanisms, operative practices, and genre performance of academic texts - while also addressing how to manage and master language-related tasks in academic contexts.

Direct embedding of courses from the LB Academic Foreign Language Teaching, as on the old website.