CST:DAJ1 ESP - postgraduate students - Course Information
DAJ1 English for specific purposes - academic writing
Pan-university studiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Mgr. Libor Štěpánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Gabriela Hublová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Štefan Kosztolányi (assistant)
Magda Nezvalová, M.A. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- DAJ1/1: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Štěpánek
DAJ1/2: No timetable has been entered into IS. A. Hradilová - Prerequisites
- Upper-intermediate language skills in English, ability to actively participate in class discussions and basic experience in academic writing. (B2/C1)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - Course objectives
- By the end of this course, the students will be able to write and critically asses a well structured abstract of a scientific article, they will be aware of typical features of academic writing within its structure and will have samples of their own writing assessed in an international forum discussion. The aim of the course is to expose students to texts which contain these typical characteristics as well as to practice their own writing style.
- Syllabus
- Through class discussion and videoconferencing connections with experts, the students will practice the following aspects of English academic writing: 1. general characteristics and types of writing, 2. complex structure of academic writing, 3. academic writing style, 4. paragraph, its composition, length and cohesion, 5. academic text types (definitions, examples, classification, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect), 6. plagiarism and referencing, quoting, paraphrasing and summarising.
- Literature
- BALLENGER, Bruce. The curious researcher :a guide to writing research papers. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001, xxviii, 35. ISBN 0-205-31911-4. info
- BHATIA, V. K. Analysing genre : language use in professional settings. 1st pub. Harlow: Longman, 1993, xvi, 246. ISBN 0582085241. info
- SWALES, John. Genre analysis : English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, xi, 260. ISBN 0521338131. info
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: The students are expected to actively participate in three seminars which will have the form of a class peer discussion and video conference discussion with experts from abroad. They will also be expected to play an active role in the e-forum and deliver samples of their writing for class assessment.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Výuka je realizována při minimální počtu 10 přihlášených studentů.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Do každé skupiny bude zařazeno minimálně 10, maximálně 15 studentů.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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