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

Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019

Knowledge
The student knows and understands:
1. to an in-depth extent 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. participate in various forms of cultural life through academic reading and writing (k_K04/P7S_KO)
6. act ethically in the context of academic writing including source documentation, paraphrasing and quoting (k_K05/P7S_KR)

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

Reading list
American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th 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.

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