PSYb2980 Basic Academical Reading & Writing

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Stanislav Svačinka (lecturer)
Mgr. Adéla Švestková (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Fikrlová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jan Širůček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
This course is primarily meant for the beginning students of the psychology Bachelor program.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aim is to provide students with knowledge and skill to make their texts more understandable. Absolvents of the course should be able to navigate academic texts, to gain relevant information from them and to share such information in a short and understandable manner. The course also focuses on the formal structure of writing and citations.
During seminars students will get familiar with the theoretical framework of writing. They will also do short exercises on writing. To gain course credits, students need to write papers which server the purpose of training of the gained skills.
Learning outcomes
After the course students will be able:
  • to identify relevant information in texts
  • to shortly a comprehensively summarize main thoughts of a text
  • to adopt their writing style to the audience
  • to integrate and compare information from various resources
  • to deal with formal requirements of writing
    • Syllabus
    • 1. Introductory seminar
    • 2. Working with information and creating a summary
    • 3. Formal requirements of texts
    • 4. What helps or hinders the writing process?
    • 5. How to compare scientific texts?
    • 6. How to write introduction and discussion?
    Literature
      required literature
    • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
    • BILLIG, Michael. Learn to write badly : how to succeed in the social sciences. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, viii, 234. ISBN 9781107676985. info
    • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
      recommended literature
    • MAZÁČOVÁ, Pavlína. Jak (ne)psát odborný text (How (not) to write a scholarly text). 2013. URL info
    • KAHN, Norma B. Jak efektivně studovat a pracovat s informacemi. Translated by Hana Kašparovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 149 s. ISBN 8071784435. info
    • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
    • KŘÍSTEK, Michal. Stylistika a stylizace odborného textu v rámci vysokoškolského studia (Stylistics and creating scholarly texts as a part of university curricula). Fišer, Z. (red.). In Tvůrčí psaní klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 144-147. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
    • ZBÍRAL, Robert. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009, 159 s. ISBN 9788072017799. info
    • FILKA, Jaroslav. Metodika tvorby diplomové práce : praktická pomůcka pro studenty vysokých škol. 1. vydání. Brno: Knihař, 2002, 223 stran. ISBN 8086292053. info
    Teaching methods
    Seminars, seminar discussions and exercises, home assignments and peer reviews, reading of literature
    Assessment methods
    The course consists of several topical seminars. The course credit is gained based on attendance and submission of various home assignments. To meet the requirements of the course, it is also necessary to work on regular peer reviews.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Teacher's information
    The lectures will occur each week

    There are two seminar groups in this subject.

    There are 6 x 90 minutes lectures.

    The harmonogram of the course is written in the course outline.

    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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