The seminar serves to cultivate academic writing. In the seminar, students present their academic texts (elaborated bachelor's theses and seminar papers) and learn to develop them further in critical discussion. The first hours of the seminar are devoted to explaining the basic rules of writing extended academic papers, demonstrating common mistakes students make, effective methods of writing procedures, methods of working with primary and secondary literature, scheduling work, etc. Emphasis is also placed on formulating research questions, defining basic professional terminology, structuring a professional text, searching and creating a bibliography on a topic, etc. At the same time, students improve their knowledge and skills regarding the formal requirements of a bachelor's thesis. Students are also introduced to and practise IT tools that facilitate the production of academic texts. Issues of plagiarism and unethical publishing (predatory publishing) are also highlighted. In the second part of the course, students present the outlines of their theses and the chapters of their theses that they have developed the most. The texts are sent to all participants in advance so that others are familiar with the texts in time and in detail and are able to discuss them critically. Usually, each paper is accompanied by a referee who critiques the submitted text - looking for formal errors and content and methodological ambiguities, contradictions and similar problems. After the response - a defence of the author of the text - a discussion of all participants follows.
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