CJVAPS Akademické psaní v angličtině

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2023
Rozsah
0/2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Daniel Gerrard, M.A. (cvičící)
Joseph Lennon, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (pomocník)
Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová (pomocník)
Garance
Joseph Lennon, Ph.D.
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Dana Plíšková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
CJVAPS/01: Út 14:00–15:40 K24, J. Lennon
CJVAPS/02: Čt 10:00–11:40 K21, D. Gerrard
Předpoklady
This course will require 10-20 pages of reading and 1-2 pages of writing in English every week. The class is designed for students with an English level of upper-intermediate or higher who already have some experience reading and writing in English and would like to be challenged further.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 8/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/30
Jiné omezení: Nezbytná vstupní úroveň B2.
Cíle předmětu
In this course, you will:

-Discover that writing for academia can be much more interesting, useful, enjoyable, open, and challenging than you thought
-Expand your ideas about what an essay is and how it can be written
-Read many essays in English, covering a wide variety of styles, genres, and audiences
-Develop a weekly practice of reading and writing in English
-Build an understanding of writing as a continuous process of revision
-Learn concepts and vocabulary for thinking about and talking about your own and others' writing process
-Design and implement your own unique essay-writing project
Výstupy z učení
By the end of the course, students will:

-be familiar with a great variety of ways of reading, conceiving, structuring, writing, and revising essays in English
-be able to identify several key techniques writers use to make their essays clear, concise, and engaging
-be well-practiced in adapting those techniques to their own writing
-have produced a polished essay on a topic of their choice, in their own unique style, which has gone through three revisions and two rounds of constructive feedback from the teacher and their classmates
Osnova
  • Here are some of the main questions (topics) we will take up in this course:
  • 1. What is the definition of an "essay"?
  • 2. What is considered "good" writing style in English, and what are some practical ways to get better at doing this type of writing?
  • 2. How can I recognize "bad" writing in English, and how can I avoid doing it in my own writing?
  • 3. How can I think and write in ways that will help me reach my intended audience?
  • 3. What are some tricks and tips for revising my work?
  • 4. How "creative" can I be when I am writing essays for school (and what are the differences/similarities between academic and creative writing)?
  • 5. How can I improve my reading skills in English?
  • 6. How can I talk about whether or not I like a piece of writing in English in an academically acceptable way (not just saying "I like it" or "It's boring")?
  • 7. Is good writing dangerous?
  • As the course goes on, I will expect you to bring your own questions to discuss.
Výukové metody
This course is taught in the form of seminar sessions, reading and writing assignments to do at home, and a few one-on-one consultations with the professor.
Metody hodnocení
Students will be assessed in three ways: 1. Attendance and active participation at the weekly seminars 2. Short weekly reading and writing assignments which will be submitted to the professor and/or shared with classmates. 3. A writing project which each student will develop individually (with guidance from the professor), and which will be worked on in several stages over the course of the semester
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každý semestr.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2017, podzim 2017, jaro 2018, podzim 2018, jaro 2019, podzim 2019, jaro 2020, podzim 2020, jaro 2021, podzim 2021, jaro 2022, podzim 2022, podzim 2023, jaro 2024, podzim 2024, jaro 2025.