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Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов факультета международных отношений МГИМО МИД России, обучающихся по направлениям «Международные отношения» и «Зарубежное регионоведение». Пособие также будет полезно всем, кто интересуется академическим письмом и готовится к сдаче письменной части экзаменов по английскому языку на уровне B1-C1 согласно классификации Совета Европы. Цель пособия — повышение грамотности и ясности письменной англоязычной речи студентов через обучение основным правилам пунктуации в английском языке и знакомство со стилистическими и социокультурными особенностями применения различных пунктуационных знаков.

Учебник нацелен на формирование профессионально ориентированной коммуникативной компетенции в академическом письме в инженерно-технических отраслях науки и устной научной дискуссии. В фокусе учебника — написание проекта исследовательской (курсовой, выпускной квалификационной) работы на английском языке в формате научной статьи для международных рецензируемых журналов, индексируемых в базах данных Web of Science и Scopus. Особое внимание уделяется устной форме научного дискурса — как презентации, так и последующей дискуссии. Материалом учебника послужили статьи, опубликованные в международных рецензируемых журналах.Для студентов образовательных программ бакалавриата по направлениям «Информатика и вычислительная техника», «Математика», «Прикладная математика и информатика», «Прикладная математика», «Компьютерная безопасность», «Информационная безопасность», а также для магистрантов и аспирантов соответствующих направлений подготовки.

Учебник нацелен на формирование профессионально ориентированной коммуникативной компетенции в академическом письме в инженерно-технических отраслях науки и устной научной дискуссии. В фокусе учебника — написание проекта исследовательской (курсовой, выпускной квалификационной) работы на английском языке в формате научной статьи для международных рецензируемых журналов, индексируемых в базах данных Web of Science и Scopus. Особое внимание уделяется устной форме научного дискурса — как презентации, так и последующей дискуссии. Материалом учебника послужили статьи, опубликованные в международных рецензируемых журналах. Для студентов образовательных программ бакалавриата по направлениям «Информатика и вычислительная техника», «Математика», «Прикладная математика и информатика», «Прикладная математика», «Компьютерная безопасность», «Информационная безопасность», а также для магистрантов и аспирантов соответствующих направлений подготовки.

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