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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1: Introduction; Purpose and type of writing Week 2: Organizing paragraphs, coherence Week 3: Stages of writing, correcting, a typical structure of an essay, punctuation, cohesion Week 4: Chronological relations, narration. Week 5: Formal and informal English, a typical structure of a CV Week 6: A formal letter layout, cover letter Week 7: A formal business letter Week 8: Giving instructions, describing a process Week 9: Ways to persuade, an advert Week 10:Compare and contrast essay, giving opinion Week 11: Interpreting information from visuals Week 12: Test Week 13: Course evaluation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Multimedia supported teaching, Students' self-study, Seminar
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| Students can: - use simple grammar structures adequate to situations to write short texts on general topics - understand short simple texts and find required information in them - follow and understand teaching material presented in the target language |
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| Students can: - differentiate between formal and informal styles - write both formal and informal letters - describe activities, customs and work processes - describe events in an interesting way - express their ideas and support them by arguments in writing - choose the correct style based on the purpose of the text - apply and keep the form of a specific style correctly - choose correct language means and arrange them logically - evaluate drafts or rearrange texts before submitting final drafts - consolidate their knowledge from the fields of lexicology, morphology and syntax and apply this knowledge correctly in their writing - keep principles of the correct writing procedures |
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| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Test |
| Portfolio |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Bailey, S. Academic Writing - a handbook for international students. London, 2006.
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Hamp-Lyons, Liz; Heasley, Ben. Study writing : a course in writing skills for academic purposes : second edition. 1st ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-53496-8.
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