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

Kierunek studiów

English Philology

Nakład pracy studenta

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

Poziom studiów

studia drugiego stopnia

Profil kształcenia

studia stacjonarne profil akademicki

Rodzaj przedmiotu

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Semestr, w którym realizowany jest przedmiot

semestr 4

Tryb prowadzenia

Realizowany w sali

Wymagania

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

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf

Efekty kształcenia

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)

Kryteria oceniania

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

Literatura

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.

Więcej informacji

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