ENHANCING ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AT A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article aims to address the pressing issue of increasing the publication activity of university academic staff. The authors examine the causes behind the current challenges in composing original research texts in English and presenting them to the academic community as scientific articles, reviews, or conference papers. The work provides evidence for focused training in Academic Writing in English in graduate school, using Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) as a case study. Specific conditions have been outlined to enhance the English-language communicative competence of future academic staff related to communicative, cognitive and behavioral skills and abilities necessary to ensure the entire process of producing and publishing a scientific text in English. The authors conclude that compliance with the formulated conditions in the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies can contribute to the improvement of their English-language communicative competence in terms of academic writing skills, associated not only with rhetoric and structuring of a scientific text, but also with communicative, cognitive and behavioral skills and abilities necessary to ensure the entire process of producing an academic text and presenting it to researchers.