LMKB102 Academic Writing

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar is aimed at developing basic skills important for creating professional texts of different genres, especially final dissertations, essays and studies. This course is meant to be a catalogue of methods and techniques for individual stages in writing academic texts. It is concerned with creative as well as technical and organizational aspects of academic work.
At the end of this course, students should be able:
to use correct methods and techniques in individual stages of academic writing;
to create definitions of terms of their subject field;
to understand different academic genres;
to interpret communicative function of different academic genres;
to create communicative texts of different academic genres.
Syllabus
  • Selection of exercises and techniques:
  • looking for a theme,
  • forming an assignment,
  • forming a hypotheses,
  • creating an outline,
  • planning the work,
  • the chronological axis,
  • rewording, shortening, cutting, methods of critical evaluation,
  • collective revision
  • work with the primary literature,
  • collecting and working with secondary literature,
  • principles of quoting,
  • fine art techniques in academic work.
Literature
  • Náhradní obsah: Eliášová, Viera a kol. Na stope slovám. Príručka tvorivého písania pe učiteľov slovenského jazyka a literatúry. Bratislava: ŠPÚ; British Council Slovakia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-89225-35-4.
  • HORÁČEK, Radek, Zbyněk FIŠER and Vladimír HAVLÍK. Slovem, akcí, obrazem - příspěvek k interdisciplinaritě tvůrčího procesu (Among words, action, picture - a contribution to the interdisciplinarity of the creative process). 1. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 208 pp. SPISY PEDAGOGICKÉ FAKULTY MU sv. 146. ISBN 978-80-210-5389-2. info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk and Jitka CHOLASTOVÁ. Tvorba odborného textu a techniky tvůrčího psaní na vysoké škole. (The Creation of the Academic Text and the Techniques of Creative Writing at University.). In Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, p. 65-75. ISBN 978-80-210-4396-1. info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. Tvůrčí psaní pro dospělé v teorii a praxi. (Creative writing). 1st ed. Brno: Vzdělávací a poradenské centrum Masarykovy univerzity, 2005, 32 pp. Univerzita třetího věku. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Jan CHLOUPEK, Marie KRČMOVÁ and Eva MINÁŘOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika. Vydání první. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003, 342 stran. ISBN 8086642003. info
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
seminar, teamwork.
Assessment methods
Requirements for obtaining a credit: portfolio including work created in seminars, active participation in lessons. Portfolio has to be handed in before the end of June 2017, in electronic form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: BLOKOVĚ: 20.-24.2.2017.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
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