CJV_PSE Project Skills in English

Pan-university studies
spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbara Staffolani, B.A. (seminar tutor)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Bc. Martin Josef Páč (assistant)
Ing. Daniela Svobodová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Barbara Staffolani, B.A.
Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Barbara Staffolani, B.A.
Prerequisites
This MU Language Centre course is designed for Ph.D. candidates with the essentials of academic writing skills that can be effectively adopted in writing projects and grant proposals.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The goal of this MU Language Centre course is to familiarize Ph.D. candidates with the essentials of academic writing skills that can be effectively adopted in writing projects and grant proposals. It presents an overview of the fundamental concepts of grant application and project writing and offers practice-oriented insight into ways to improve both the academic language and project-specific skills of the participants. The course is completely online and self-paced, students can review specific seminars or move forward in case of already familiar topics, adjusting the course to their specific needs.
Syllabus
  • Seminar 1: Introduction to the Course
  • Seminar 2: Key Concepts of Writing, Characteristics, Academic Writing versus Project Writing
  • Seminar 3: Different Types of Grants, Sponsors and Stakeholders
  • Seminar 4.1 (4): Grantsmanship: Project Stages 1-3
  • Seminar 4.2 (5): Grantsmanship: Project Stages 4-7
  • Seminar 5 (6): Structure of a Project Proposal, Common Proposal Section
  • Seminar 6.1 (7): Project Language: Articles, Prepositions
  • Seminar 6.2 (8): Project Language: Nominalization, Passive versus Active Voice
  • Seminar 7.1 (9): Project Language: Bullet Points, Sentences
  • Seminar 7.2 (10): Project Language: Paragraphs, Cohesion
  • Seminar 8 (11): Project Language: Formal versus informal Style
  • Seminar 9 (12): Reflection on the Proposal, Feedback and Peer Review
  • Seminar 10 (13): Course Review – Seminars 1 - 5
  • Seminar 11 (14): Course Review – Seminars 6.1 - 9
Teaching methods
This course is self-paced and you can complete all seminars (and all exercises). In case of if you need consultation, please get in touch with the supervisor and the teacher: Barbara Staffolani. The overall sequence of all seminars is explanation, exercises, further reading, self-evaluation and references. In the exercise section, you will find essential exercises and tips for further reading and studying. Please also note that it is unnecessary to complete this course within one semester, in which you are enrolled. This course can be started and stopped at any moment in time.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Note related to how often the course is taught: self-study on-line course.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/course/view.php?id=7625
This course has been created as a part of IGA project No. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/19_073/0016943.
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