Academic Writing for Bachelors - JLB057

• Anglický název: Academic Writing for Bachelors
• Zajišťuje: Centrum jazykové přípravy (23-KJP)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2017 do 2019
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 3
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:0/2, Z [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / 12 (12)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
• Vyučující: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
• Třída: Courses for incoming students

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2018)

- 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. 

Literatura

Poslední úprava: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (28.09.2020)

Selected material from:
E. de Chazal and S. McCarter, Oxford EAP, Upper Intermediate/B2 (Oxford University Press, 2012),
K. Paterson, R. Wedge, Oxford Grammar for EAP, OUP, 2013.
(You will be provided with pdf/print copies of relevant sections from the above books over the course of the semester.) 

Supplementary resources:
E. de Chazal and J. Moore, Oxford EAP, Advanced/C1 (Oxford University Press, 2013).
M. McCarthy and F. O’Dell, Academic Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
T.S. Kane, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994)
E. Hayot, The Elements of Academic style: Writing for the Humanities (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014).

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/writing-purpose/writing-purpose
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/2/
http://www.uefap.net/index.php
http://sana.aalto.fi/awe/index.html
http://ocw.usu.edu/English/intermediate-writing/index.html

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (07.09.2022)

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)

Throughout the course emphasis will be put on the active use of English, making the most of class time for discussion and reading aloud (good writing comes from good reading).

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).)

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (28.09.2020)

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. 
Writing in an academic style CambridgeAcadEnC1-p51andp170.pdf
Homework:
What is special about academic English? Exercises 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 from AcademicVocabInUsepp3-4.pdf

6 October 2020

Vstupní požadavky

Poslední úprava: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (08.09.2017)

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!