FPF:UCJMB004 Academic Writing 1 - Course Information
UCJMB004 Academic Writing 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 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 offered to students of any study field.
- 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
- 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 2017, recent)
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