FSS:CJVA401 Academic Writing and Other Stu - Course Information
CJVA401 Academic Writing and Other Study Skills
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Straková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- CJVA401/02: Tue 13:30–15:00 U36, F. Hanzelka
CJVA401/04: Wed 17:00–18:30 U36, F. Hanzelka - Prerequisites
- FAKULTA(FSS) &&TYP_STUDIA(MN)&& ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 || FF:ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2
Passing ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 with the result indicating that you are on the B2 level or higher. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45 - Course objectives
- By the end of this course, students will be able to
a/ use strategies to make their academic texts coherent and logically structured
b/ summarize texts effectively, accurately interpreting the author's argument and stance
c/ identify and effectively use five rhetorical moves in abstracts
d/ identify various functions in different sections of academic texts
e/ produce more academic texts, utilizing multiple linguistic strategies s.a. nominalisation, passivisation, hedging and using complex noun phrases and gender-neutral language
Apart from academic writing exercises, students will also be given many opportunities to practice their reading, speaking and listening skills through intensive pair and group discussions and analyses in classes and through individual work both in class and at home. - Syllabus
- W1 topic sentence, paragraph structure
- W2 sentence connectors, organizing information in sentences; introducing research to different audiences G&V: problem words, classifying phrases, problem-solution phrases, word order in as-clauses
- W3 note-taking, summarizing; in-text references, reference lists, choosing between paraphrase and quotation
- W4+5 reasons for referencing, quotation conventions, summarizing multiple sources, using primary and secondary sources, using evidence G&V: using gender-neutral language, complex conjunctions, complex prepositions, items in list, ‘being’
- W6+7 essay writing: different types of essays, understanding essay instructions G&V: subject-verb agreement, tense choice in reporting verbs, punctuation: colons and semi-colons
- W8+9: writing up research: abstracts G&V: complex noun phrases, producing compound nouns, as-clauses, ‘of which’
- W10 writing up research: an introduction G&V: complex noun phrases II, classifying nouns, compound adjectives
- W11 writing up research: methodology G&V: irregular plural nouns, it-clauses, word families
- W12 writing up research: results; reading and reporting graphs and charts G&V: Collocations, hedges, problem words: tendency, trend, tend; comparing results
- W13 writing up research: the discussion section
- Literature
- HEWINGS, Martin and Craig Thaine. Cambridge academic English :an integrated skills course for EAP : student's book : advanced. Course Consultant: Michael McCarthy. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 176 s. ISBN 9780521165211.
- 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
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- Teaching methods
- pair and class discussions and analyses
individual (writing) homework exercises
peer review
using corpora - Assessment methods
- Regular attendance (3 absences allowed)
Continuous assessment (five tasks in the IS Odevzdavarna, e.g. reworking one's position paper or another academic text): 30 points
Argumentative essay (1200-1500 words) using one written source and one lecture (35 points) followed by a presentation and discussion (35 points) - Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- CJVA402 Academic Presentations and Other Study Skills
- CJVA403 Intercultural Communication and Study Skills
- CJVA451 English for Psychology
- CJVA452 English for Social Policy and Social Work
- CJVA453 English for Sociology and Environmental Studies
- CJVA454 English for Political Science
- CJVA455 English for International Relations and European Studies
- CJVA456 English for Media Studies and Journalism (M.A.)
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- CJVA402 Academic Presentations and Other Study Skills
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- CJVA402 Academic Presentations and Other Study Skills
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