FPF:UCJAU019 Academic writing 1 - Course Information
UCJAU019 Academic writing 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA
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
- Secondary School Teacher Training in English (programme FPF, N7504 UcSS)
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on systematic development of the students` abilities to create various text types in English. The course loosely follows up Writing Skills, in which the basic writing skills are the focus. In Academic Writing 1, the main aim is for the students to operate with a larger amount of information and use it creatively and correctly in writing.
- Syllabus
- 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
- 1. Thesis statement, outline and paragraph structure
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Tasks are specified in the study support.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2013, recent)
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