Course: Academic Writing

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Course title Academic Writing
Course code KLKS/OPSP
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
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
  • BONO, Edward de. Šest klobouků, aneb, Jak myslet.. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-7203-128.
  • 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.
  • CHÝLA, Roman. Publish or perish?. Ikaros, r. 10, č. 9. Praha, 2006.
  • Johns, Adrian. Pirátství : boje o duševní vlastnictví od Gutenberga po Gatese. Brno: Host, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7294-711-9.
  • 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.
  • MATHESIUS, Vilém. Řeč a sloh. Praha, 1966.
  • Menoušek, J. Jak (ne)napsat článek pro odborný časopis?. Praha, Ikaros, 2002.
  • PICHA, Marek. Základy odborného výzkumu. Horyna, Břetislav, ed. a Krob, Josef, ed. Cesty k vědě: jak správně myslet a psát. Olomouc, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7182-223-3.
  • Řepa, M. Poetika českého dějepisectví. Brno, 2006.
  • Sgall, P. - Panevová, J. Jak psát a jak nepsat česky. Praha, 2004.
  • SCHNEIDEROVÁ, Soňa. Jak nepsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc, 2011. ISBN 97880-244-2968-7.
  • STYBLÍK, V. - ČECHOVÁ, M. Mluvnická a slohová cvičení k stručné mluvnici české. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-7168-118-0.
  • 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.
  • White, H. Metahistory. The Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century Europe. Baltimore, 1972.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Documental and Archival Services (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2015) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter