English for Academic Purposes: Literature reviews 1.S2.MLA.3

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019:

Knowledge
A student knows and understands:
1. scientific facts pertaining to the complexity of phenomena related to language in (mediated) communication (k_W01/P7S_WG)
2. applications of research results in solving social problems through regulation (k_W06/P7S_WG)
3. specialist terminology and advanced reasoning and presentation techniques characteristic of academic exposition in the selected discipline (k_W09/P7S_WG)
4. advanced sampling and data processing techniques characteristic of academic activity in the selected discipline (k_W10/P7S_WG)
5. rules of the protection of intellectual and industrial copyright, information and intellectual property management (the issue of plagiarism) (k_W15/P7S_WK)

Skills
A student is able to
6. recognise and replicate typical genres, styles and rhetorical conventions characteristic of (academic) communication (k_U01/P7S_UW)
7. select information from various sources and evaluate its relevance and credibility (k_U02/P7S_UW)
8. communicate in writing research results and other specialist topics with different groups of recipients (k_U11/P7S_UK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active in-class participation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
2. Written assignments - 30% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
3. Final project - 50% 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

Reading list:
Hart, C. (2018). Doing a literature review: Releasing the research imagination.
Purdue Owl Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of 1.S2.MLA.3 in USOSweb