FPF:UCJA6324 Academic Writing 2 - Course Information
UCJA6324 Academic Writing 2
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Guaranteed by
- Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Physics for Secondary School Teachers (programme FPF, M1701 Fyz)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- Stručná anotace předmětu: Seminář je zaměřen na systematické rozvíjení dovedností v psaní různých útvarů v cílovém jazyce. Sylabus ZS: 1. Thesis statement, outline and paragraph structure 2. Collecting, plannning, developing ideas for the body 3. Transitional words and phrases 4. Writing and rewriting the draft 5. Language awareness (spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary) 6. Coherence and cohesion, consistency 7. Documentation and interpretation of data, organization of secondary material 8. Editing, revising and proofreading 9. Drawing conclusions, writing a summary (an abstract) 10. Writing letters 11. Explanation, illustration, description 12. Comparison and contrast Sylabus LS: 1. Process, definition, classification, generalisation and qualification 2. Evaluation, analysis 3. The author's approach (intent, attitude, tone, bias, assumptions, implications) 4. Writing for different audiences 5. Persuasive writing 6. Review 7. Doublespeak, vagueness, wordiness 8. Critical reading, critical thinking, critical writing 9. Argument (strategies for persuasion, errors in reasoning) 10. Freewriting, writer's readiness 11. Consistency 12. Writing techniques Odborná literatura: Hugh, C.: Advanced writing with English in use, Oxford, 1996. Jordan, R. R.: Academic Writing Course. London, 1989. Heather, A. (ed.): Thinking it through. A practical guide to academic essay writing, Peterborough. Academic Skills Center, 1995.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2008, recent)
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