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Lecturer(s)
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Mašláň Miroslav, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Course content
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1 week The subject Communication in Science. Planning a career in science. Writing up a résumé or CV. Preparing for an interview. 2 week Written communication in science. Writing a notice for a scholarship. Academic vocabulary in use. Word formation. Specific features of academic English. 3 week Oral and written communication with scientific communities. Recognizing different types of writing. Effective communication of scientific information. Writing a critical review. 4 week Principles of good communication. Academic wording, linking sentences in writing, punctuation. 5 week Doing a literature review.Taking part in a meeting (brainstorming). Arguing for and against an idea appropriately. 6 week Describing approaches to data collection: numbers, units of measurement and common symbols. Designing an experimental set-up. Making predictions of experimental results. 7 week Poster. Writing and organizing the content of the poster. Discussion after presenting the poster 8-12 week Practical training of subject ( giving a title to your paper, organizing writing in paragraphs, describing visual data, writing captions for figures, preparing and writing sections of a scientific work: organizing an abstract, writing the introduction, methods, results, conclusion , and discussion sections, discribing the limitations of the research and making suggestions for future research). 13 week Presenting a paper at a conference. Making contacts at a conference.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
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Learning outcomes
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Improvement of communication skills in science on Master students' level. Development of the principles for presenting the scientific results in both written and oral forms.
Development of the principles for presenting the scientific results in both oral and written forms in English. Skills for writing a scientific text in English.
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Prerequisites
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Skills of communicating scientific information at leasr at the level of Bachelor's thesis.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Analysis of linguistic
1) Active participation in at least 80% of seminars 2) Preparing oral and written presentation and a poster
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Recommended literature
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Coghill, A. M. (2006). The ACS Style Guide, Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Oxford University Press.
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Michael McCarthy, Felicity O´Dell. (2008). Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge.
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Tanzen Armer. (2011). Cambridge English for Scientists. Cambridge University Press.
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