UCJOKN03 Text Composition 1 (Administrative Style)

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJOKN03/A: Fri 13:05–14:40 PrPed, M. Urbanec
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
Course objectives
The seminar introduces the composition of the most important text types - administrative and commercial correspondence. On the basis of a common discussion of possible variations of the given text types, students will learn to compose authentic texts in the seminars. Simultaneously, syntax, lexis and idiomatics of commercial correspondence will be practised. At the end of the students shall be able to compose administrative and commercial texts with all their specifics. Seminars: 1. Introduction: Basics of text composition 2. Quotation and bibliography 3. Stylistics 4. Means of writing 1 5. Means of writing 2 6. Argumentation 1 7. Argumentation 2 8. Text type 1: CV and letters of application 9. Text type 2: Commercial correspondance 10. Text type 3: Requests 11. Text type 4: Offers and Public relations 12. Text type 5: Complaints Obligatory literature: Schäfer, Susanne / Heinrich, Dietmar: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten an deutschen Universitäten. Eine Arbeitshilfe für ausländische Studierende im geistes- und gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Bereich mit Übungsaufgaben. München 2010. Recommended literature: Grigull, Ingrid / Raven, Susanne: Geschäftliche Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Leipzig 2008. Wergen, Josef / Wörner, Annette: Bürokommunikation DEUTSCH. Stuttgart 2010.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Basics of text composition
    2. Quotation and bibliography
    3. Stylistics
    4. Means of writing 1
    5. Means of writing 2
    6. Argumentation 1
    7. Argumentation 2
    8. Text type 1: CV and letters of application
    9. Text type 2: Commercial correspondance
    10. Text type 3: Requests
    11. Text type 4: Offers and Public relations
    12. Text type 5: Complaints
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Attendance, active participation, porftolio. There will be a written examination at the end of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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