PdF:AJ0204 Academic Skills: Writing - Course Information
AJ0204 Academic Skills: Writing
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ0204/01: Mon 13:55–15:35 respirium (5. nadzemní podlaží), R. Vogel
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! AJPV_ASWR Academic Skills: Writing
- 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
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- In the course Academic Skills: Writing the students will:
be familiarised with the principal properties of the English written formal style (style of science / Academic English);
expand and practise their knowledge of the lexical, syntactic, graphic and structural means of Academic English;
learn to use functional strategies of writing for academic purposes and to apply adequate research methods;
distinguish between and use appropriately the basic genres of academic/scientific English;
learn how to use sources, quote from them and make references properly, create notes. - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction. Properties of the style of science (English for Academic Purposes).
- 2. Academic text / essay - instructions and recommendations. Written vs. spoken medium; formality, objectiveness.
- 3. Methodology of science and research.
- 4. Genres of academic and scientific writing. Scientific prose style vs. popular scientific / didactic style.
- 5. Cohesion and coherence. Devices of lexical and grammatical cohesion. Connectors.
- 6. Highlighting of meaning: hedging and boosting.
- 7. Vocabulary of academic texts. Structure of terms and noun phrases.
- 8. Abbreviation. English punctuation.
- 9. Syntax of academic texts. Word order.
- 10. Quotations and paraphrases. Use of sources, references.
- 11. Endnotes and footnotes. Use of tables/charts, graphs, diagrams.
- 12. Didactic aspects of Academic English. The style of textbooks and popular scientific texts.
- Literature
- required literature
- HAMP-LYONS, Liz and Ben HEASLEY. Study writing : a course in writing skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 213 s. ISBN 9780521534963. info
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- recommended literature
- URBANOVÁ, Ludmila and Andrew Philip OAKLAND. Úvod do anglické stylistiky (Introduction to English Stylistics). 1st ed. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2002, 148 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-86598-33-0. info
- MACPHERSON, Robin. Základy anglické stylistiky. Praha: Academia, 1997, 239 s. ISBN 8301118644. info
- Teaching methods
- Teaching methods:
explanation, practice and discussion in class;
home study and written assignment. - Assessment methods
- Completion prerequisites:
• attendance - minimum 80%;
• active participation in seminars;
• seminar essay - a piece of academic text, due on December 22, 2017. Pass mark: minimum 70%. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2466
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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