UCJOKN15 Text Composition 1 (Administrative Style)

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
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
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.
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
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
https://elearning.fpf.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=316
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 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2016.
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