AJ3204 Academic Writing

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, 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
AJ3204/Kombi01: Fri 15. 2. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 1. 3. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 15. 3. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 29. 3. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 12. 4. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 3. 5. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
AJ3204/Kombi02: Fri 22. 2. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 8. 3. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 22. 3. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 5. 4. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 26. 4. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, Fri 10. 5. 13:00–14:50 učebna 10, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
AJ3204/Prez01: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 11, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
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
The course aims to:
consolidate and enhance the knowledge of devices characteristic of the English style of science;
practise the ability to formulate an argument, to discuss, to use relevant sources critically and to draw conclusions;
It will teach students how to:
select, describe and apply appropriate research methods and procedures;
utilise academic skills such as classifying, analysis and synthesis, comparison, summarising, generalisation;
improve work with sources (use of quotations and paraphrases, making reference) and visual devices.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will 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 OAKLAND. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. 1. vydání. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2002, 145 stran. ISBN 8086598330. info
    recommended literature
  • HYLAND, Ken. English for academic purposes : an advanced resource book. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006, xvi, 340. ISBN 0415358698. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
  • MACPHERSON, Robin. Základy anglické stylistiky. Praha: Academia, 1997, 239 s. ISBN 8301118644. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods:
explanation and discussion in seminars;
observation of selected phenomena during teaching practice;
assignment of several writing tasks;
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 27, 2019. Pass mark: 70%.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2636
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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