Course: Language Skills - Academic Writing

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Course title Language Skills - Academic Writing
Course code KAJ/YAWRI
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kořínková Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: Academic writing styles. Avoiding plagiarism. Citations, paraphrasing, summarizing. Compiling bibliography. Referencing. Planning, structuring, writing and editing an academic essay.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
Learning outcomes
Aims: After completing the course students will be able to: - characterise academic writing in terms of appropriate style, language structures and vocabulary, - recognize and avoid various kinds of plagiarism, - effectively quote, paraphrase and summarize various types of resources, - compile bibliography and provide in-text referencing, - plan, structure, write and edit a short academic essay.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

80% attendance, Active participation in classes, Timely submission of an academic essay (details to be specified by the teacher).
Recommended literature
  • Bailey, S. (2011). Acadmic Writing. A handbook for international students..
  • Barry, M. (2011). Steps to Academic Writing. Cambridge.
  • Rogers, L. (2012). Delta Academic Objectives: Writing Skills Student´s Book.. Surrey.


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