A2MP_ACWR Academic Writing

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2MP_ACWR/Prez01: Mon 7:30–9:10 učebna 53, R. Vogel
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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 student should be able to:
use the linguistic devices characteristic of the style of science adequately;
distinguish and choose relevant research methods and procedures, describe them and use them in their own work;
know the lexical and syntactic means related to analysis, comparison, classification, quantification, summary, conclusion, etc.;
write a formally appropriate academic text on one of the topics related to the courses in the Master´s programme (including an abstract, a list of references and visuals);
transfer the knowledge into teaching writing in English lessons and work with relevant academic genres.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic features of the style of science - a review.
  • 2. Formality, impersonality, explicitness and objectivity of academic texts.
  • 3. Connectors and other cohesive devices.
  • 4. Formal and abstract verbs.
  • 5. Nominalisation, multi-word terms.
  • 6. Qualifying expressions. Adjectives and adverbials in the style of science. Quantifiers.
  • 7. Syntactic devices: relative and adverbial clauses, non-finite constructions.
  • 8. Methods of research and science (induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis, comparison, observation, description, experiment, etc.).
  • 9. Formulation of an argument; discussion, confrontation with sources.
  • 10. Classification, summary, conclusion.
  • 11. Quotation and paraphrase, compiling a list of references. Footnotes/endnotes.
  • 12. Visual devices in academic texts (graphs, charts, diagrams, tables).
Literature
    required literature
  • HAMP-LYONS, Liz and Ben HEASLEY. Study writing : a course in writing skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 213 s. ISBN 9780521534963. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Ludmila and Andrew Philip OAKLAND. Úvod do anglické stylistiky (Introduction to English Stylistics). 1st ed. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2002, 148 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-86598-33-0. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
    recommended literature
  • MACPHERSON, Robin. Základy anglické stylistiky. Praha: Academia, 1997, 240 pp. ISBN 80-200-0644-3. info
    not specified
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods:
explanation and discussion in seminars;
observation of selected phenomena during teaching practice;
home study and practice.
Assessment methods
Completion prerequisites:
- attendance: minimum 80%;
- active participation in seminars;
- seminar essay: a piece of academic text, due on May 28, 2018. Pass mark: 70%.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2632
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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