CST:MAW Academic Writing for Masters - Course Information
MAW Academic Writing for Master's Degree
Pan-university studiesSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Language Centre
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:30 U44
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15 - Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to produce different genres of academic texts at upper-intermediate/advanced level. They should be able to use sophisticated strategies to help them understand abstract academic texts and interpret logical relations between parts of a coherent academic text.
Entry expectations: upper-intermediate language skills in English, ability to actively participate in class discussions and basic experience in academic writing. (B2/C1) - Syllabus
- Through class discussions and intensive writing, students will learn to interpret and practice aspects of English academic writing in the course. 1. general characteristics and types of writing, talking about one's own research, describing research to different audiences
- 2. the paragraph: the topic sentence, the T-E-E structure, coherence; describing research to fellow students
- 3. academic writing style, formal vs. informal register; transformations of short texts
- 4. case detail report: reporting formally on experiences
- 5. complex structure of academic writing, nominalization, the passives
- 6. writing summaries for different purposes
- 7. writing abstracts
- 8. abstracts, introductions and conclusions
- 9. plagiarism and referencing, quoting, paraphrasing and summarising.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ and David SCHÜLLER. Academic English – Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce (Academic English: a guide for students, academics and scientists). Praha: Grada, 2011, 224 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-3577-1. info
- Teaching methods
- writing assignments and reflections mostly at home, weekly in-class sessions: analyses, discussions and peer-review
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: The students are expected to a) actively come to and participate in the seminars, b) hand-in their assignments in time and c) comment on peers' work. In each category, 75 per cent activity/success rate is expected.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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