Course: The stylistics of the academic text

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Course title The stylistics of the academic text
Course code KBH/ESTYL
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svobodová Jindřiška, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The work in the seminar will be divided into three parts: 1) Practice of problematic orthographic, syntactic and stylistic phenomena 2) Working lecture focused on a new phenomenon 3) Proofreading of existing texts and production of own forms of professional style Program: 1) Characteristics of professional style, types of professional texts 2) Structure and composition of professional text, functions of individual parts of professional work (annotation of work, introduction, methodology, characteristics of the obtained material, analysis, synthesis, commentary on the obtained data, conclusion) 3) Work layout, project preparation 4) The most important forms of professional style - written and spoken (their characteristics, analysis, practice) 5) Work with sources, citation standards 6) Preparation of questionnaires Odeslat zpětnou vazbu

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Students will master the rules of writing professional style texts, are familiar with the requirements for the construction of basic genres of professional style, will reveal shortcomings in existing professional texts and correct them. They are familiar with the citation norm and citation ethics, and master the norm of professional communication.
Students master the norms of professional communication, adequately interpret scientific texts, master the rules of professional communication genres and are able to produce them themselves. They recognize violations of the norm in existing texts and carry out proofreading. They master the citation norm and follow the principles of citation ethics.
Prerequisites
Students master the basics of academic communication standards, adequately interpret and produce texts in a academic functional style.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Students will: 1) write a professional review of a monograph thematically related to the field of study, or the topic of their own qualification thesis; 2) proofread an authentic professional text focusing on orthographic accuracy, adequacy of stylistic means used, and composition of the text.
Recommended literature
  • Čmejrková, S. - Daneš, F. a kol. (1999). Jak napsat odborný text. Praha.
  • Čmejrková, S., Daneš, F., Světlá, J. (1999). Jak napsat odborný text. Praha.
  • Eco, U. (1997). Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc.
  • Filka, J. (2002). Metodika tvorby diplomové práce. Brno.
  • Hierhold, E. (2008). Rétorika a prezentace. Praha.
  • Hoffmannová, J. a kol. (2016). Stylistika mluvené a psané češtiny. Praha.
  • Svobodová, J. (2020). Jak napsat závěrečnou kvalifikační práci. Olomouc.
  • Svobodová, J. (2020). Jak napsat závěrečnou kvalifikační práci. Olomouc.
  • Svobodová, J. (2020). Jak napsat závěrečnou kvalifikační práci. Olomouc.
  • Šanderová, J. (2009). Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha.


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