Course details

Writing for Academic Purposes

JA6 Acad. year 2003/2004 Winter semester

Current academic year

Writing course for postgraduate and intermediate students.Various writing skills are trained and developed during the course: taking notes, summary, reports and articles, description of a process or instrument.

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Guarantor

Malíková Dagmar, PhDr.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Ability to distinguish various writing styles,reconstruct the text on the base of taken notes, write a summary, a report, article and also make a good presentation.

Learning objectives

Acquiring different skills necessary for writing: reading comprehension and summary, controlled writing, free composition and presentation. Note: this is a two-semester course

Study literature

  • Sparling, D.: English or Czenglish?, Praha, SPN, 1989
  • Hladký, J.: Zrádná slova v angličtině, Praha, SPN, 1990

Fundamental literature

  • McArthur, T.: The Written Word. A course in controlled composition. Oxford University Press, 1990
  • Maley, A.: Writing Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate. Oxford Supplementary Skills. OUP, 1990

Progress assessment

75% attendance Active participation in the seminars Self-study and fulfilling the set written tasks

Course inclusion in study plans

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