Academic skills
Week Six, 27. 10. 2022
Work-In-Progress: Seminar I
Dr. Šárka Gmiterková

Agenda
•Structure
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•Presenting your individual research papers (topic, research questions, primary and secondary
sources)
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•Targeted Learning Outcome
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•Identifying issues with current state of research and finding possible solutions

Present briefly your paper
•What is your topic?
•What are your primary and secondary sources?
•What is currently known in your area of research and do you have any idea how you might contribute
to the field (your position)?
•What is/are your research question(s)?
•What kind of challenges are you facing with your research?
•Do you have any possible solutions to the issues you are facing right now?

Take-aways
•Your research is still in an early stage - you got time to come up with your position on the
specific area of your interest.
•Rest assured that it is natural to do a wider research first and then narrowing it down to certain
areas and / or cases of your interest.
•However, we are moving towards the execution phase of the seminar. You should at least know what
topic you would like to research and what parts of your selected area offer a hypothesis for a
short research paper.
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Next time
•Date: 3. 11.
•Instructor: Richard
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•Topic: Project Execution Seminar I: Arguments
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•Outcome: Delivering argument-driven work
•Prepare:Think about something from everyday life that you hold strong opinions about, and be
prepared to talk about it in class.
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