Course: Academic Writing

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Course title Academic Writing
Course code KLK/BOPSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pató Marta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Basic modes of academic writing Types of academic texts Structure of an academic text Bibiographical quotations The author and the reader Strategy of the text Strategy of the writing Structure of the text Principles of publishing ethics Formal principles of creating a text The seminar: Features of academic writing, ways of its reading Choice of the topic and construction of the basic scheme Annotation Bibliography Recherche and excerption Vertical and horizontal text structuring Bibliographical quotation Quotation and paraphrase Summary Graphic and language norms; emendation Use of the media of simplex styles

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 32 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 16 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 4 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 36 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to acquire basic theoretical knowledge of academic writing and practical skills in creating expert texts, with maximum use of the potential of the Czech language. Through practical exercises the students will get acquainted with key forms of academic writing - starting with the shorter forms (annotation, review), proceeding to longer ones (reports, articles, lectures) and finally to more complex forms, as expert study and monography. The gradual process of constructing a text (choice of title, formal structuring, the general composition of text regarding the facts presented) will be stressed.
On completion of the course, students should be able to write texts in their respective fields of studies.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Oral performance analysis, Work-related product analysis

Attendance at lectures and studying the recommended literature is necessary to pass the examination. Attendance at the seminars is obligatory (only three absences per term are permitted). An exame will serve to verify the theoretical knowledge that has been achieved and will demonstration the practical skills learned.
Recommended literature
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Úvod do literární historie.. Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-04-26004-7.
  • Čmejrková, Světla. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha: Leda, 1999. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
  • Eco, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.
  • KARLÍK, Petr, ed., NEKULA, Marek, ed. a PLESKALOVÁ, Jana, ed. Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7422-480-5.
  • KLIMEŠ, Lumír. Úvod do vědecké práce v jazykovědné bohemistice: (se zvláštním zřetelem k pracím seminárním a diplomovým). Plzeň, 2001. ISBN 80-7082-740-8.
  • kol. autorů. Kurz práce s informacemi. FF MU.
  • kol. autorů ÚJČ. Internetová jazyková příručka.
  • Kožmín Zdeněk. Tvořivý sloh: malé traktáty a malé scénáře. Praha, 1995. ISBN 80-7187-037-4.
  • Lakoff, George. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Brno: Host, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7491-152-1.
  • MATHESIUS, Vilém. Řeč a sloh. Praha, 1966.
  • NOVOTNÁ, H.; ŠPAČEK, O.; ŠŤOVÍČKOVÁ JANTULOVÁ, M. Metody výzkumu ve společenských vědách. Praha: FHS, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7571-025-3.
  • Řepa, M. Poetika českého dějepisectví. Brno, 2006.
  • Šanderová, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005. ISBN 80-86429-40-7.
  • Šesták, Z. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Praha, 1999.
  • Šmilauer, Vladimír. Technika filologické práce. Praha, 1955.
  • Vodička, Felix. Svět literatury. Praha. 1992.


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