NJ_AA20 Introduction to academic writing

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
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
Mgr. Ing. Petr Pytlík, 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/KombiSem01: Fri 22. 9. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 6. 10. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 20. 10. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 3. 11. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 24. 11. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 8. 12. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, P. Pytlík
NJ_AA20/02: Wed 8:00–8:50 učebna 56, P. Pytlík
NJ_AA20/03: Tue 11:00–11:50 učebna 38, 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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2024.
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