Teaching English as a foreign language at the postgraduate level in Russia: a multi-modular PHD course as a solution to the current crisis

Автор: S.N. Kucherenko, T.V. Makhmudova, I.O. Shcherbakova

Журнал: Высшее образование сегодня @hetoday

Рубрика: Педагогика

Статья в выпуске: 1, 2020 года.

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This paper touches upon some of the problems experienced by postgraduate programmes at Russian universities with regards to teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It attempts to highlight some of the solutions proposed by researchers of higher education, some of whom advocate for multi-dimensional solutions plan. The paper throws light on a multi-modular EFL course implemented at National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Russia, Saint-Petersburg as a showcase of the approach vouching for a dramatic boost in English expertise among PhD students.

Efl, esp, eap, esap, academic writing, writing for the research, phd course, higher education

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/148321302

IDR: 148321302   |   DOI: 10.25586/RNU.HET.20.01.P.54

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