NJ_AA20 Scholarly Skills in German

Faculty of Education
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, 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_AA20/01: Fri 26. 2. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, Fri 11. 3. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, Fri 1. 4. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, Fri 15. 4. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, Fri 29. 4. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, Fri 13. 5. 8:25–9:10 učebna 63, J. Budňák, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/02: Fri 26. 2. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, Fri 11. 3. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, Fri 1. 4. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, Fri 15. 4. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, Fri 29. 4. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, Fri 13. 5. 9:20–10:05 učebna 63, J. Budňák, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/03: Mon 13:00–13:45 učebna 51, J. Budňák, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/04: Mon 16:40–17:25 učebna 55, J. Budňák, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/05: Mon 15:45–16:30 učebna 55, J. Budňák, R. Wagner
Prerequisites
The course is recommended for students in the 4th semester of the bachelor program. It can be absolved earlier if students meet (according to their own assessment) the following requirements:
- They have knowledge of German corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Languages.
- They have prior experience with reading longer texts in German.
- They have advanced productive language skills in German which allow them to argue a certain point of view, to refute objections to their arguments or to present and compare different points of view.
- They are prepared to work intensively on their written style and to improve their manuscripts.
- They are ready to spend a great amount of time in reading scientific texts and to revise their 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
Course objectives
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
  • a. dealing with scholarly sources
  • b. excerpting
  • c. literature search
  • d. aim of academic writing
  • e. structuring of text
  • f. paraphrasing, language skills
  • g. describing pictures and tables
  • h. quoting, plagiarism
Literature
  • ROST, Friedrich. Lern- und Arbeitstechniken für das Studium. 6. Aufl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010, 339 s. ISBN 9783531172934. info
Teaching methods
seminar, partly lecture: group assignments, literature search, presentations, training in writing skills, homework
Assessment methods
no test, but activity in and out of class will be appreciated: all writing assignments, literature search, presentation will be part of the overall assessment
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kombinované studium má výuku v pátek, prezenční od pondělí do čtvrtka..
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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