Academic Language Skills: Writing 1.S2.EP.AP.8

Course objectives:
The main aim is to support students in refining their MA theses as far as formal aspects of academic writing are concerned.
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Course content includes:
coherence-oriented text analysis techniques
cohesion-oriented text analysis techniques
text-editing techniques
error correction
source documentation (APA/MLA)
covering students' individual needs
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Methods of teaching: tutoring, mentoring, text analysis, writing tasks; ICT tools/MSTeams platform

Field of study

English Philology

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties Total number of ECTS points: 2 1 ECTS – 30 hours: participation in classes 1 ECTS - 20 hours preparation (writing) + 10 hours consultations

Study level

MA level studies

Education profile

full time studies academic profile

Type of course

foreign languages
obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 4

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Requirements

Academic Language Skills: Reading, writing and speaking 1 Academic Language Skills: Reading, writing and speaking 2 Academic Language Skills: Reading, writing and speaking 3

Course coordinators

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes (PRK 2019)

Knowledge
The student knows:
1. academic discourse in the field representing their MA thesis focus (k_W06/P7S_WG)
2. rules of the protection of intellectual copyright (k_W08/P7S_WK)

Skills
The student can:
3. use academic discourse to carry out academic writing tasks (k_U01//P7S_UW; k_U04/P7S_UK)
4. use English at the level of C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages and in the scope of specialist terminology in their academic writing (k_U05/P7S_UK)

Social competences
The student is ready to:
5. act ethically in the context of academic writing including source documentation, paraphrasing and quoting (k_K05/P7S_KR)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in classes - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
2. Writing tasks - each 15% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)

The individual writing tasks include:
1. progress report on own MA research project including a front page (15%)
2. samples of long and short quotations and paraphrases with references to sources (15%)
3. samples of bibliography in MLA or APA style (15%)
4. a summary of MA thesis together with key words – English and Polish versions (15%)

Grading system:
active participation and two writing tasks - grade 3,0
active participation and three writing tasks - grade 4,0
active participation and four writing tasks - grade 5,0

Bibliography

Reading list
American Psychological Association. (2015). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Gibaldi, J. (2009). MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America

used for self-study
Hinkel, E. (2004). Teaching academic ESL writing. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Swales, J.M., & Feak Ch.B. (1994). Academic writing for graduate students. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Wilson, J. & J. Newbrook. (2004). New proficiency gold. London: Longman.

supplementary reading
Fisher, A. (2011). Critical thinking: An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Leki, I. (1998). Academic writing: Exploring processes and strategies (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Additional information

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