Period (from – till): Eight times a year, two groups per period. The exact dates are displayed in the table below.
For course content related questions or contact with lecturers, please contact the Babel Language Institute at
cursuscoordinatie@babel.nl.
For matters regarding the GSLS and course registration, please contact the GSLS course coordinator coupled as contact person to this course.
Faculty
Teachers from Babel Talen, Utrecht.
Course description
The Babel Language Institute organises an English for Academic Purposes course specifically for Life Sciences students. You can take this course as part of your elective component.
You will learn how to write academic texts and give academic presentations in English. It is important to note that academic presenting and writing have their own style, and while you may already be able to write and present general information, this course will take your skills a step further.
You will look at formality, vocabulary, sentence types, and the way that academic information is normally presented to readers and listeners. There are patterns to this and established conventions and ways of writing and speaking in academic science. Your teacher will help you to understand these so you can produce your own academic writing with confidence. You can work on your own texts and receive feedback on these texts.
This course prepares you for writing academic research (either as a thesis or as part of further study) and will help you to present your findings professionally at conferences and to others in your field. These are important skills for a career in science.
During the course period, seven meetings of two hours will take place, alongside which students will have to complete three e-learning modules. Students need to invest 3-5 hours of self-study per week. A table with all the exact dates for the meetings during the whole year can be found in below. All meetings are scheduled from 19:15-21:15h.
Students will pass the course if they attend at least six meetings, have given a presentation, completed all the e-learning modules, and have handed in a paper.
Registration
Registration for the courses will be through OSIRIS Student. If the number of registrations exceeds the number of spots, students will be selected by lottery. In the table below the corresponding registration periods (code) for each edition have been added under the group number, to indicate which one you should use when registering via
OSIRIS Student. More information about the registration procedure can be found
here on the GSLS Students' Site.
The maximum number of participants per group is 12, the minimum is 4.
Mandatory for students in Master’s programme
N.A.
Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programmes
Yes.
Prerequisite knowledge
In order to determine your starting level, we ask you to take a placement test. In that way we can offer you educational content tailored to your level. Babel's placement test can be found
here.
Teaching Schedule:
The lessons in this course are taught between 19:15 – 21:15. Before the start of the course the teacher (from the Babel Language Institute) will send you information about the classes and the online learning environment for the e-modules.
*group 2 (BMS_P1_B) is not running in 2022-2023
| Group: |
group 1 |
group 3 |
group 4 |
group 5 |
group 6 |
group 7 |
group 8 |
| OSIRIS: |
BMS_P1_A |
BMS_P2_A |
BMS_P2_B |
BMS_P3_A |
BMS_P3_B |
BMS_P4_A |
BMS_P4_B |
| |
Monday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
| 1 |
05/09/2022 |
14/11/2022 |
15/11/2022 |
06/02/2023 |
07/02/2023 |
24/04/2023 |
25/04/2023 |
| 2 |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
| 3 |
19/09/2022 |
28/11/2022 |
29/11/2022 |
20/02/2023 |
21/02/2023 |
08/05/2023 |
09/05/2023 |
| 4 |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
| 5 |
03/10/2022 |
12/12/2022 |
13/12/2022 |
06/03/2023 |
07/03/2023 |
22/05/2023 |
23/05/2023 |
| 6 |
10/10/2022 |
19/12/2022 |
20/12/2022 |
13/03/2023 |
14/03/2023 |
05/06/2023 |
30/05/2023 |
| 7 |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
e-module |
| 8 |
24/10/2022 |
16/01/2023 |
17/01/2023 |
27/03/2023 |
28/03/2023 |
19/06/2023 |
13/06/2023 |
| 9 |
31/10/2022 |
23/01/2023 |
24/01/2023 |
03/04/2023 |
04/04/2023 |
26/06/2023 |
20/06/2023 |
| 10 |
07/11/2022 |
30/01/2023 |
31/01/2023 |
17/04/2023 |
11/04/2023 |
03/07/2023 |
27/06/2023 |
| reserve |
14/11/2022 |
06/02/2023 |
07/02/2023 |
24/04/2023 |
18/04/2023 |
10/07/2023 |
04/07/2023 |