TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITTEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION TO MASTER OF SCIENCE STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL PROFILE

Abstract

The governments have realized that universities in the modern world are not only sources of national cultural pride but also represent the foundation of the future prosperity of the state, human capital and innovative ideas. The international prestige of the university is determined by the position it occupies in numerous international rankings. This position depends heavily on science citation indexes for pub-lished academic papers and methodological papers of its faculty members. However, most high quality, peer-reviewed scientific journals accept articles in English and require standard language of academic communication. The article advances the general principle of the English language academic writing, analyses existing recommendations and reveals difficulties regarding the problem. Exercises have been developed for Master of Science students of various technical profiles in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Each module offers tasks for independent search and work on various parts of a scientific article in the specialty of a graduate student with a further discussion of the features and patterns in the classroom. To test the effectiveness of the proposed method, a pedagogical experiment was con-ducted. Analysis of the experiment results showed a significant increase in indicators, especially in the ‘content’ component. The smallest change is observed in the ‘grammar’ component, which is considered to a lesser extent in the author's methodology. The author's methodology allows to expand the profes-sional and academic competence of students, help them get the skills necessary to participate in international seminars and conferences and to publish papers in foreign scientific journals.