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- To gain confidence in reading and writing texts in English academic style. - To become more adept at formulating, developing and communicating ideas through written English. - To compose persuasive essays, with attention to vocabulary and sentence and paragraph structures. Poslední úprava: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (11.09.2018)
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Selected material from: Supplementary resources: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/writing-purpose/writing-purpose Poslední úprava: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (28.09.2020)
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Credits for the course will be awarded on the basis of: (1) class participation (working as an individual, in pairs or groups; reading and discussion); this entails at most 3 absences from class (2) performance on short written assignments (set during the semester fortnightly on average, submitted for marking and feedback) (3) a final essay (begun in the last third of the semester, on a topic of your choice)
Homework will consist of reading and writing tasks; every other week a written homework assignment will be set on which you will receive feedback. The subject of the longer piece of writing written toward the end of the semester is agreed upon individually (this may be a “real” essay you wish to prepare as part of your studies, or one on a topic of independent interest).
Classes only in person at Opletalova, in conjunciton with online platform Moodle. (Should a return to online classes be necessary, Zoom will be used, in which case, the component (1) above will receive lightly less weight, with more emphasis being placed on (2) and (3).) Poslední úprava: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (07.09.2022)
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The writing process. The (argumentative) essay: paragraphs, sentences, and vocabulary. Texts and exercises from the reading and writing sections of the textbook Oxford EAP, Upper Intermediate/B2 (and maybe a little of Oxford EAP, Advanced/C1) will be used to explore the above aspects of academic writing: see the reading and writing sections listed in OxfEAP-B2-Contents.pdf. The primary focus of the course is acquiring proficiency in academic English vocabulary, grammar and style by means of regular writing exercise in English. This page will be continuously updated: material covered in each class will be detailed below as the semester proceeds, including a description of homework assignments and dates for submission of work. 29 September 2020 First class What is academic writing - discussion. Poslední úprava: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (28.09.2020)
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English at upper intermediate level or higher is a prerequisite (level B2 or higher in the Common European Framework). A desire to write in English! Poslední úprava: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (08.09.2017)
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