VB000 Elements of Style

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Petr Peňáz (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Hlaváčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Nečas (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Bušta (assistant)
RNDr. Miloš Jakubíček, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Svatoslav Ondra (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VB000/01: Tue 10:00–11:50 A107, K. Pala
VB000/02: Tue 12:00–13:50 A107, K. Pala
VB000/03: Fri 10:00–11:50 B204, P. Peňáz
VB000/04: Fri 12:00–13:50 B204, P. Peňáz
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers the principles of the positive communication, the explanation of communication barriers and the ways of their removing. The part of the course are practical exercises helping to obtain at least the basic experience with writing technical texts (reviews, essays).
Syllabus
  • Communication Skills, Practical Writing
  • Communication maxims, basic principles of the positive communication.
  • Communication barriers and the ways of getting over them.
  • Language and communication, various registers and styles.
  • Language correctness and the principles of correct writing. Spelling, orthography, language support software.
  • Colloquial and Common Czech, Dialects, slangs.
  • Writing technical and research documents, their composition, vertical and horizontal structuring, lexical features, terms, terminology.
  • Oral and written presentations: talks, lectures, articles, posters etc.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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