CST:NPO_WL Better Academic Writing in Eng - Course Information
NPO_WL Better Academic Writing in English
Pan-university studiesspring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Joseph Lennon, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Daniela Svobodová (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Joseph Lennon, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Joseph Lennon, Ph.D. - Prerequisites
- The course is aimed especially at graduate students and academics, but is suitable for anyone with at least an intermediate level of English and some experience with academic writing.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The course introduces a few specific strategies and structures for writing better academic texts in English - that is, texts that are clearer, more interesting, and more impactful. It offers guided practice with these strategies through self-study materials and one-to-one consultations with a writing expert.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, participants will:
- Be familiar with several new perspectives on reading, conceiving, structuring, writing, and revising academic texts in English;
- Be able to identify a few specific techniques professionals use to make their writing clear, concise, and engaging;
- Be well-practiced in adapting these techniques to their own writing;
- Be introduced to the Masaryk University Writing Lab and its one-on-one writing consultation services - Syllabus
- There are 5 units to the course:
- Unit 1 - That's Interesting! Introducing Your Work
- Unit 2 - Referring to Sources: Escaping the Parentheses
- Unit 3 - Transitions: Going from WHAT to WHY (and HOW)
- Unit 4 - Rescuing Your Sentences: The Paramedic Method for Revision
- Unit 5 - Making your Abstract Less Abstract (and Using 'I' Wisely)
- Each unit has 5 elements:
- 1. A video from the Masaryk University Writing Lab that introduces a concept for improving your writing, and shows examples of how that concept can be applied to real texts
- 2. Some extra materials that show different perspectives or applications of the concept
- 3. A "Better Academic Reading" exercise that offers practice in recognizing the concept at work in professional texts
- 4. A "Better Academic Writing" exercise that offers practice in using the concept in one's own writing
- 5. An invitation to bring the writing produced in the course for a one-on-one consultation in the Writing Lab
- Teaching methods
- The course consists of self-study materials in the form of videos, handouts, and short reading and writing exercises. Participants are also encouraged to meet for a few one-to-one consultations with a writing expert from the Language Centre.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Teacher's information
- Funded by the MUNI 3.2.1. project, project no. NPO_MUNI_MSMT-16606/2022.
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2024, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/cus/spring2024/NPO_WL