SPUAJ002 Academic writing for LD 2

Pan-university studies
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Kollárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. Ilja Rajdová
Supplier department: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Before enrolling in this course, it is strongly advisable to complete the SPUAJ001 course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/8
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to assist students with learning differences in acquiring skills and strategies that will enable them to cope with writing texts in Academic English. Students will learn to analyse typical features of texts in Academic English (on the level of the whole text, paragraph as well as sentence) and subsequently write their own. Apart from that, they will get acquainted with text review techniques, including, but not limited to, peer review.
Syllabus
  • Unit 1: Writing strategies, writing for different purposes, sources on the Internet (personal experience)
  • Unit 2: Structure of a written text, introduction, main body, conclusion, organising paragraphs, links and markers
  • Unit 3: Structure of a paragraph in writing, paragraph extension, connection of paragraphs
  • Unit 4: Formal style and its signs, formal writing, grammar structures and phrases in formal style
  • Unit 5: Characteristics of final specialized/formal written text, proof reading, peer review
Literature
    recommended literature
  • FOLSE, Keith S., Elena Vestri SOLOMON and David CLABEAUX. Great writing. From great paragraphs to great essays. Third edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2015, xv, 248. ISBN 9781285750613. info
  • LANGAN, John. College writing skills with readings. Ninth edition. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2014, xxx, 770. ISBN 9780078036279. info
  • FOLSE, Keith S., April MUCHMORE-VOKOUN and Elena Vestri SOLOMON. Great writing. Great essays. Fourth edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014, xv, 210. ISBN 9781285750620. info
  • FOLSE, Keith S., April MUCHMORE-VOKOUN and Elena Vestri SOLOMON. Great writing. Great paragraphs. Fourth edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014, xvi, 302. ISBN 9781285750606. info
  • BOUCHARD, Margaret. Comprehension strategies for English language learners : 30 research-based reading strategies that help students read, understand, and really learn content from their textbooks and other nonfiction materials. New York: Scholastic, 2005, 128 stran. ISBN 0439554284. info
    not specified
  • + vlastní materiály vyučujícího
Teaching methods
Interactive language seminar
Assessment methods
Credit test requirements: attendance, active participation, written assignment (a text in Academic English)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: V období Jaro 2017 předmět nelze zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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