VB000 Elements of Style

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Hlaváčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Petr Peňáz (lecturer)
RNDr. Zuzana Nevěřilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Nečas (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr.art. Terezie Migelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
each even Thursday 12:00–13:50 D3
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
VB000/01: each even Tuesday 12:00–13:50 C525, Z. Nevěřilová
VB000/02: each odd Tuesday 12:00–13:50 C525, Z. Nevěřilová
VB000/03: each even Thursday 10:00–11:50 C511, D. Hlaváčková
VB000/04: each odd Thursday 10:00–11:50 C511, D. Hlaváčková
VB000/05: each even Friday 10:00–11:50 G123, P. Peňáz
VB000/06: each odd Friday 10:00–11:50 G123, P. Peňáz
VB000/07: each even Monday 10:00–11:50 C511, K. Pala
VB000/08: each odd Monday 10:00–11:50 C511, K. Pala
VB000/09: each even Wednesday 8:00–9:50 C525, H. Žižková
VB000/10: each odd Wednesday 8:00–9:50 C525, H. Žižková
Prerequisites
Ability to communicate and write Czech text on the high school level requirements.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able: to master the principles of the positive communication, knowledge of communication barriers and the ways of their overcoming; to apply rules for writing technical texts in theory and practice; to acquire the basic skills for writing technical texts (introduction to Bachelor thesis and essay); to recognize and correct spelling and grammatical errors in the technical texts; to possess a basic knowledge about orthography systems and the rules of language correctness; to prepare oral presentation about the given topic; to learn the basic rules of the correct argumentation; To sum up: students should be able to communicate (in Czech)and write both technical and normal texts with correct spelling and composition;
Syllabus
  • Communication maxims, basic principles of the positive communication.
  • Communication barriers and the ways of their overcomning.
  • Communication skills, practical writing
  • Language and communication, various registers and styles.
  • Language correctness, spelling, orthography, language support software.
  • Colloquial and Common Czech, dialects, slangs.
  • Writing technical and research documents, their composition, vertical and horizontal structuring, lexical features, terms, terminology.
  • Oral and written presentations: talks, lectures, articles, posters etc.
Literature
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří, Petr SEJK, Věra ANTHOVÁ and Marek STEHLÍK. Metodika tvorby bibliografických citací. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. Elportál. ISSN 1802-128X. url PURL info
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
  • JANOVEC, Ladislav. Na co se často ptáte : jak používat čárku a další interpunkční znaménka. 1. vyd. Praha: Klett, 2006, 135 s. ISBN 8086906760. info
  • ŠVANDOVÁ, Blažena and Milan JELÍNEK. Argumentace a umění komunikovat (Argumentation and the art of communication). první. Brno: PedF MU Brno, 1999, 330 pp. Monografie 74. ISBN 1-210-2186-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises and discussions in the class
Assessment methods
Two written texts (technical text and essay), their correction; oral presentation (video recorded and evaluated);
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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