CJV_AP1 Academic Writing in English - CEITEC

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Anjuli Pandavar, PhD (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Karolína Marková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Karolína Marková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJV_AP1/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. A. Pandavar
CJV_AP1/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. A. Pandavar
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
Course objectives
This course is designed to be combined with CJV_AP2 Academic and Presentation Skills. Students are strongly encouraged to register for both courses. This course is designed for students who need to revise or upgrade their grammar skills to ensure accuracy of communication in academic environments and contexts. Through the execution of a small live project, course participants are placed in authentic academic and research situations, some of which require active interaction with external parties in English. Diverse tasks, interactions and written texts engender or further develop participants’ knowledge of English, skills in applying the language both accurately and flexibly in both prepared and unprepared academic scenarios, improve participants’ macros-skills, and boost their confidence to the point of unconscious use of English. Projects will expose participants to such academic tasks as writing abstracts, summaries, proposals, and articles, giving and receiving feedback in critique, describing trends in their fields, as well as the results of their research. This course addresses grammar from an EAP/ESP perspective.
Learning outcomes
Within the context of a clearly-defined overall goal, e.g., submitting a paper to an actual journal for publication, participants will learn to communicate in the appropriate register, use the English language with both flexibility and accuracy in a variety of real-life academic contexts and environments, applying and integrating specialized terminology into effective grammatical structures. Participants will know how to compose abstracts, outlines, summaries, and short descriptions of their research, methods, trends, and developments in their fields of research in appropriate academic English.
Syllabus
  • Fixed component: Making academic judgments: relevance and reliability Register in academic communication The good and bad of grammar rules English academic vocabulary
  • Flexible component: This can include anything from the entire spectrum of English language learning and academic skills acquisition, depending on the most pressing student needs at the time.
Teaching methods
Under guidance from the instructor, small teams of students brainstorm, conceptualise and design a paper that the team members will jointly submit for publication to an English-language scientific journal of their choice. They will go through all the stages of research, debating, writing, proofreading and submission, including all associated correspondence. At every stage of the project, the instructor will guide the participants towards the most effective grammar and the most appropriate register. Along the way, participants will be exposed to editorial policies, style guides, and the range of publication options. The outcome of their project, a paper submitted for publication, serves as the starting point for associated course CJV_AP2 Academic and Presentation Skills, the project of which is the submission of the paper’s abstract to an actual conference for presentation and preparing for that presentation.
Assessment methods
Attendance and active participation in class (20%)
Weekly reflections (20%)
Portfolio complete (20%)
Appropriate and effective portfolio register, grammar and vocabulary (20%)
Final portfolio presentation and defense (20%)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: The course is designed for PhD candidates from Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine
Teacher's information
Group 1 — Tue 17:00–18:35, **ONLINE ONLY**

Group 2 — Thu 17:00–18:35, **ONLINE ONLY**

Registration to seminar groups will be opened later. All registered students will be informed about it.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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