Academic writing 1 1.S3.EP.44
Course objectives:
- developing academic writing skills
- practicing academic referencing skills (MLA/APA)
- practicing academic discourse
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Course content:
1. The formal properties and conventions of academic writing
2. Selected stylesheet guidelines (APA, MLA)
3. In-text citations and quotations
4. Compiling a bibliography
5. Paraphrase
6. Summary
7. Introduction to effective synthesising (continued in Academic Writing 2)
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
short writing practice tasks, discussion, feedback, group tasks, ICT tool/MSTeams platform
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019
Knowledge:
Student knows and understands:
1.methods of analysis and interpretation of texts within selected traditions, theories and research schools in linguistics, literature or culture studies (k_W04/P6S_WG)
2. principles of copyright and its protection in relation to referencing academic sources, in particular in the field of English philology (k_W10/P6S_WK)
Skills
Student can:
3. use their philological knowledge in proper selection of sources and information drawn from them in the processes of evaluation, critical analysis and synthesising of that information in English (k_U04/P6S_UK)
4. use arguments and formulate logical conclusions based on studies of other authors (k_U03/P6S-UW)
Social competences
Student is ready to:
5. critically evaluate and solve problems arising from the implementation of professional tasks such as texts creation (k_K02/P6S_KK)
6. in a responsible way, exercise professional roles, including:
complying with the rules of professional ethics when using academic sources for own writing (k_K05/P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Summaries - 30% of the final grade (outcome: 1,3,5,6)
2. Paraphrases - 30% of the final grade (outcomes: 2,3,5,6)
3. Syntheses 20% of the final grade (learning outcomes: 1,2,4,5,6)
4. Active participation in classes including group cooperation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3)
Bibliography
Reading list:
MLA style manual
APA style manual
Additional information
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