Ilya_Gromov

That's just it. The situation in Russia is simply identical. Just speaking Russian is usually considered by non-linguists to be enough to communicate in any sphere including the scientific one. Which too often turns out to be a mistake, not to mention what sometimes happens when you have to speak a foreign language. My own supervisor (I'm working on my Ph.D.) has devoted all her life to scientific discourse, only hers is nomination, now I've taken up organization and style. And how do you find the idea of making such a course? Let's say, is there a need for it, will it make students' life easier? That's very helpful, thank you! It's exactly engineering that I work with.

Hello, I really need help with the problem below. I'm working out a pattern of teaching English scientific discourse (which includes reading and writing articles, making reports and presentations, discussing). The problem has been brought about by considerable differeces in approaches to science in Russia and, for example, in Europe or the US, which leads to differences in etiquette, composition and style of the pieces mentioned above. I certainly don't want my students to demonstrate the best of Russian English at forums and conferences. The questions are: is foreign scientific discourse taught at higher education institutions in your countries? is English scientific discourse taught there (and what do you have to consider if English is a foreign language for you)? how is foreign scientific discourse taught there? Thanks.