Writing skills 1.S2.MLA.6
Course objectives
- to improve students' proficiency in writing at C1 level.
- to prepare students for C1-Level Practical English Exam with respect to writing
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Course content:
- essay organization (Introduction (Thesis Statement) , Main Body (Topic Sentences), Conclusions)
- persuasive/argumentative essay
- punctuation
- elements of academic style
- sentence building with relative clauses
- persuasive stylistic devices: emphasis
- stylistic/syntactic variation: left and right handed sentences
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity
extensive reading, writing tasks, feedback, individual work, discussion, ICT tools/MSTeams
Kierunek studiów
Nakład pracy studenta
Poziom studiów
Profil kształcenia
Rodzaj przedmiotu
języki obce
obowiązkowe
Semestr, w którym realizowany jest przedmiot
Tryb prowadzenia
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
W cyklu 2023/24-Z: | W cyklu 2024/25-Z: |
Efekty kształcenia
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019:
Knowledge
A student knows :
1. scientific facts pertaining to the complexity of phenomena related to language in (mediated) communication (k_W01/P7S_WG)
2. specialist terminology and advanced reasoning and presentation techniques characteristic of academic exposition in the selected discipline (k_W09/P7S_WG)
Skills
A student is able to:
3. recognise and replicate typical genres, styles and rhetorical conventions characteristic of (academic) communication (k_U01/P7S_UW)
4. select information from various sources and evaluate its relevance and credibility to be used in writing (k_U02/P7S_UW)
5. understand and process information and reconstruct underlying meaning and argumentation given specific cultural context (k_U03/P7S_UW)
6. argue a point and respond in writing to offer alternative viewpoint or reasoned critique (k_U12/P7S_UK)
7. use English at least at the level of C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages and in the scope of specialist terminology in the humanities and social sciences (k_U13/P7S_UK)
Social competences
A student:
8. is able to critically assess incoming information, acknowledge merits and limitations of various viewpoints, theories, methods and research results (k_K02/P7S_KK)
Kryteria oceniania
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active in-class participation 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,8)
2. Written assignments up to 80% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
Grading criteria:
60% -67% grade 3.0 (pass)
68% - 75% grade 3.5
76% - 83% grade 4.0
84% - 91% grade 4.5
92% - 100% grade 5.0
Literatura
Reading list:
Adams-Tukiendorf, M., & Rydzak, D. (2012). Developing writing skills: A manual for EFL students (2nd ed.). Opole: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego.
Foley, M., & Hall, D. (2003). Advanced learners’ grammar. London: Longman.
Huddleston, R., & Pullum, G. K. (2005). A students’ introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jordan. R.R. (1997). Academic writing course (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wyric, J. (1990). Steps to writing well. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Więcej informacji
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