UCJANP22 Academic Writing 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
M.Sc. Gary Rostock (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
M.Sc. Gary Rostock
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
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. The course provides an overview of Irish poetry and culture, from the French Revolution until contemporary times. It focuses on the most influential movements and representatives of Irish poetry.
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. Irish fairy-tales
    2. Mythology
    3. Poetry written in Irish
    4. Political speeches, nationalist writings
    5. Irish ballads
    6. Thomas Moore
    7. W.B. Yeats
    8. Patrick Kavanagh
    9. Louis MacNeice
    10. Seamus Heaney
    11. Ciaran Carson
    12. Paul Muldoon
    Requirements :
    Regular attendance to the seminars, presentation/essay and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Tasks testing student`s understanding of the topics covered in the seminars.





ANP24 Anglo-Irish Poetry/ Anglo-irská poezie
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
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