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Lecturer(s)
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Kucíková Monika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Characteristics of academic style Week 3: Structuring the text; paragraph and internal structure Week 4: Cohesion and coherence; linking expressions Week 5: Expressing cause and effect; comparisons Week 6: Paraphrasing and plagiarism Week 7: Note-taking Week 8: The Bachelor's thesis and its requirements Week 9: Practical exercises Week 10: Practical exercises Week 11: Recapitulation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 15 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 22 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to use English at level B2 according to CEFR |
| to demonstrate understanding of the basic morphological and syntactic categories of English |
| to be familiar with functional styles and their characteristics |
| to identify the differences between formal and informal English |
| to be familiar with the basic English language literature |
| Skills |
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| to demonstrate professional skills at CEFR level B2 |
| to summarise the content of an English popular science text and identify its main ideas |
| to identify basic morphological and syntactic phenomena in an English text |
| to translate selected passages of English texts into Czech |
| to produce coherent written texts in general language |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to use the English language at the B+ level according to CEFR |
| to identify the morphosyntactic structure of an academic text |
| to understand the phenomena of coherence and cohesion as applied to academic texts |
| to characterize the vocabulary and phraseology typical of academic text |
| to identify the main characteristics of the annotation and citation apparatus |
| Skills |
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| to demonstrate specialized skills at the B2+ level according to CEFR |
| to understand more challenging English academic texts in the humanities |
| to summarize the content of an English academic text and identify its main ideas |
| to effectively translate academic-style vocabulary into English |
| to create cohesive and coherent academic texts |
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| teaching methods |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Skills |
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| Cooperative instruction |
| Skills demonstration |
| E-learning |
| Seminar |
| Competences |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Task-based study method |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Bailey, Stephen. Academic writing : a handbook for international students. 3rd ed. London : Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-59581-0.
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Birkenstein, C., Graff G. They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.. New York, 2014.
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Haines, Simon; Nettle, Mark,; Hewings, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : supplementary exercises : with answers. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-78807-6.
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Legg, Miranda. Academic English. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
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Savage, Alice. Effective Academic Writing 3 The Essay. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780194309240.
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Simpson, Paul. Stylistics : a resource book for students. 1st ed. London ; Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-28105-9.
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Swales J. M. & C. B. Feak. Academic Writing for Graduate Students.. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2004.
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Vince, Michael. Advanced langugage practice : English grammar and vocabulary : with key. Oxford : Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0-2307-2703-8.
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