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MonikaSobejko
researchpapers,preciselybecausemanytasksinvolvetextanalysis.Studentsare
alsorequiredtosearchformodeltextsthemselves(thesearemainlyexcerptsfrom
researchpapersconcerningtheirspecificfieldsofstudy),exemplifyingthelan-
guagefunctionsortextpatterncurrentlybeingfocusedon,whichmakesiteven
morerelevanttotheirindividualneedsandexpectations.
Particularlyinterestingisthefactthatthestudentsrepresentsuchavariety
ofdisciplines(inotherwords,thecoursereallyinvolves"teachingacrossthe
curriculum”).Thisyear,forexample,myclasscontainsstudentsofchemistry,
physics,philosophy,medicine,biology,psychology,tonamebutafew.However,
thisseemstobeabenefitratherthanadrawback.Firstly,itmakesforveryinter-
estingdiscussions,drawingcomparisonsofconventionsandpracticesofwriting
researchpapersacrossarangeofdisciplines;andsecondly,ithelpsstudentsfocus
moreonlanguagethanoncontent(unliketheapproachtheymightadoptintheir
otherclasseswherecontentmattersmore).Tosupportmyobservation,letme
quoteJohnSwalesonthesubjectofmultidisciplinarycourses:
"…itisinourexperience(…)thatamultidisciplinaryclasshasseveraladvantagesover
a‘monodisciplinary’one.Theformerturnsattentionawayfromwhethertheinformation
orcontentofthetextis‘correct’towardquestionsofrhetoricandlanguage.Inthiswayit
encouragesrhetoricalconsciousness-raising.Italsoleadstointerestinggroupdiscussions
amongmemberswhocomefromverydifferentpartsoftheuniversity.”(SwalesandFeak,
2004:4)
Courseaims
Theaimsofthecoursecanbedescribedasfollows:
1.Developingwritingskillsbyanalyzingmodeltexts(writtenby‘expert’wri-
ters)andtextswrittenbystudents(withparticularfocusonissuesinvolving
coherenceandcohesion);
2.Expandingacademicvocabulary;
3.ConsolidatingmoreadvancedaspectsofEnglishgrammarrelevanttowri-
tingresearchpapers;
4.Consolidationoflanguagefunctionsfoundinresearchpapers;
5.Comparingvariouspracticesandconventionsusedinwritingresearchpa-
persacrossarangeofdisciplines.
Coursesyllabusandmaterials
Thesyllabus(seefig.1)islargelybasedontwowell-researchedacademictext-
books,namelyAcademicWritingforGraduateStudents(SwalesandFeak,2004)
