PdF:NJ_AA20 Academic writing - Course Information

NJ_AA20 Introduction to academic writing

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ing. Petr Pytlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Hana Peloušková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

NJ_AA20/Kombi01: Fri 16. 9. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 30. 9. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 14. 10. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 4. 11. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 18. 11. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 2. 12. 13:00–13:50 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), P. Pytlík
NJ_AA20/Prez01: Thu 12:00–12:50 učebna 53, except Thu 27. 10., P. Pytlík
NJ_AA20/Prez03: Tue 10:00–10:50 učebna 2, except Tue 25. 10., P. Pytlík

Prerequisites

It is recommended to complete the course in the first semester of the bachelor's degree. General requirements are:
- has general knowledge of German at level B1,
- has experience in reading longer coherent texts,
- can use the idioms in German with which he justifies his opinion, refutes a counter-argument, opposes other views, etc.,
- is willing to think about the formulation and conception of your own texts.

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

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to prepare the participants for writing class papers or a bachelor thesis in German. Students learn how to handle scientific texts, how to prepare comprehensive papers, how to organize their writings and how to coherently formulate hole passages in German. In addition, some basics of citing sources are introduced.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to
- find their way through the formal demands laid on bachelor theses at the PdF MU,
- analyse, confront and excerpt basic literature on the topic,
- choose a proper topic of the BA thesis,
- give the thesis a coherent structure,
- make literature searches and compare the results,
- employ basic academic writing skills.

Syllabus

• dealing with scholarly sources excerpting literature search aim of academic writing structuring of text paraphrasing, language skills describing pictures and tables quoting, plagiarism

Literature

recommended literature
• FRANKE, Fabian, Hannah KEMPE, Annette KLEIN, Louise RUMPF and André SCHÜLLER-ZWIERLEIN. Schlüsselkompetenzen: Literatur recherchieren in Bibliotheken und Internet. 2., aktualisierte und erweit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2014, vi, 161. ISBN 9783476025203. info

not specified
• FRANCK, Norbert. Handbuch Wissenschaftliches Schreiben : eine Anleitung von A bis Z. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2019, 248 stran. ISBN 9783825251086. info
• FISCHER, Simone. Erfolgreiches wissenschaftliches Schreiben. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2015, 203 s. ISBN 9783170225237. info
• FRANK, Andrea, Stefanie HAACKE and Swantje LAHM. Schlüsselkompetenzen : Schreiben in Studium und Beruf. 2., aktualisierte und erweit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2013, xi, 218. ISBN 9783476024770. info

Teaching methods

seminar, partly lecture: group assignments, literature search, presentations, training in writing skills, homework

Assessment methods

no test, but work during the semester: submission of all assignments, participation in class, research.

Language of instruction

German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.

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