CJXJ01 Fundamentals of academic writing

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 B2.22, except Tue 14. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! CJXL01 Academic Writing
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar focuses on the characteristics of scholarly texts, priority attention will be paid to the characteristics of theses created at the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk University.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, student will be able:
- to identify the basic characteristics of scholarly texts;
- to structure the scholarly text and to meet its content requirements;
- to comply with requirements of the language and formal aspects of scholarly texts;
- to comply with the citation norm.
Syllabus
  • The work in the course will be based on the use of authentic materials (namely from Czech studies) through which students will learn about the characteristics of scholarly texts. Besides, the exercises aimed to the development of students´ skills in stylization scholarly texts - their formal as well as content aspects - will be used, special attention will be paid to the citation norm. Students will also create their own scholarly texts (the focus will be on topics to prepare for a concrete one bachelor diploma thesis).
Literature
  • MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of tutor´s explanations and own students´ activity.
Assessment methods
Students will receive their credits on the basis of following requirements: attendance, active participation in seminars and elaboration of all tasks awarded during the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pro ty studenty bakalářského programu, kteří budou psát svou bakalářskou práci na Ústavu českého jazyka.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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