A2BP_ZPBP Zásady a postupy psaní bakalářské práce

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2021
Rozsah
0/2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Předpoklady
( A2BP_PJ1B Praktický jazyk 1B && A2BP_GR1B Gramatika B && A2BP_SFFB Seminář z fonetiky B ) || A2BP_SOZK Souborná zkouška
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course, the students will have:
prepared for the process of writing their bachelor theses; familiarised themselves with their parameters and suitable procedures;
been presented and practised the principal means of the English professional and academic styles;
got acquainted with the methods of research and science;
learnt to analyse and present appropriately their research outcomes and opinions;
managed to use sources, to quote and paraphrase properly, and to create notes.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, students will be able to:
utilise the presented procedures, language devices and structures in writing their own bachelor theses;
select a suitable research method, as well as to analyse and interpret appropriately the results of their research;
work correctly with primary and secondary sources and make references.
Students will have submitted three individual assignments - parts of a bachelor thesis (an abstract, a list of references, a chapter or its part) and a group assignment (a complete academic paper on a chosen topic).
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction. Bachelor thesis – purpose, choice of a topic and a supervisor, format, structure, procedure. Working with the Bachelor thesis project in the Information System of MU.
  • 2. Academic and scientific style. Formal and impersonal register.
  • 3. Abstract – structure, appropriate language devices.
  • 4. Identification of a research gap. Formulation of a research problem, research questions, hypotheses.
  • 5. Methodology of scientific work.
  • 6. Cohesive devices – grammatical, lexical and structural cohesion. Pronominal reference, substitution, ellipsis, repetition, relexicalisation.
  • 7. Connective devices. Syntax of complex and compound sentences. Word order problems. Syntactic condensation.
  • 8. Working with sources. Citation styles. Direct citation, paraphrase. Avoiding plagiarism.
  • 9. Block quotation, footnotes and endnotes. Bibliographic reference to the main types of sources.
  • 10. Comparison – procedure, language devices.
  • 11. Interpretation of research outcomes. Visual devices (graphs, diagrams, flowcharts, tables).
  • 12. Writing a summary and a conclusion.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
  • HAMP-LYONS, Liz a Ben HEASLEY. Study writing : a course in writing skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 213 s. ISBN 9780521534963. info
    doporučená literatura
  • CRASWELL, Gail. Writing for academic success : a postgraduate guide. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012, xi, 248. ISBN 9780857029287. info
  • GIBALDI, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003, xviii, 361. ISBN 0873529863. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Ludmila a Andrew OAKLAND. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. 1. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2002, 145 s. ISBN 8086598330. info
Výukové metody
Teaching methods:
- class explanation and discussion;
- controlled writing practice in seminars;
- home assignments (individual assignments: an abstract/summary, a list of references, a chapter from the Bachelor thesis; a group assignment: a research paper);
- individual consultations.
Metody hodnocení
Completion prerequisites:
Students are required to attend at least 75% of seminars. The course is based on continuous assessment and students are expected to submit 3 individual assignments (an abstract, a list of references, a chapter of bachelor thesis) and 1 group assignment (a paper).
The pass mark is 70% in each assignment and students have to pass all the parts of continuous assessment to obtain the credits for the course.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2633
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá každý týden.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2011, jaro 2012, jaro 2013, jaro 2014, jaro 2015, jaro 2016, jaro 2017, jaro 2018, jaro 2019, jaro 2020.
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