Předmět Academic Writing (VLAW051)

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Materiál	Typ	Datum	Počet stažení

Cíl

To familiarize students with selected lexico-grammatical features of English academic style by means of language analysis of exemplary academic texts.To develop students' strategies for the specific phases of the writing process (prewriting, writing, editing).To discuss and achieve an understanding of important themes, issues and debates related to academic writing in the context of English as a foreign language.

Osnova

1. Introduction to the Course; Introduction to Academic Writing: Audience, Purpose, Organization, Style, Flow, Presentation; Features of Academic Writing2. The Writing Process; Writing Stages: Pre-Writing, Writing, Re-Writing, Editing; The Use of Techniques from Creative Writing; Types of Academic Publications; Structure of a Research Paper3. Academic Vocabulary: Synonyms, Nominalizations, Levels of Formality, Paraphrasing; Collocations: Using Corpora for Language Learning4. Academic Grammar: Objective Language, Hedging, Metalanguage; Selected Points of Grammar for Academic Writing (Passive vs. Active Voice)5. Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts: Types of Abstracts, Their Structure and Typical Moves, Summarizing and Paraphrasing6. Medical Case Reports: Structure and Language, Case Presentation Section: Problem-Solution Pattern; Conventions of Medical Writing7. Revision – Midterm Evaluation8. Constructing a Research Paper I: IMRaD Structure; Introductions: Creating a Research Space, Citations and Tenses, General-to-Specific Pattern9. Constructing a Research Paper II: Methods Sections; Selected Points of Grammar for Academic Writing: Linking Devices10. Constructing a Research Paper III: Results Sections; Selected Points of Grammar for Academic Writing: Location Statements, Making Comparisons11. Constructing a Research Paper IV: Discussion Sections, Levels of Generalizations, Expressions of Limitations12. How To Get Published: Writing for Specific Audiences; Target Journal Analysis; Selected Points of Grammar for Academic Writing: Gerunds and Infinitives13. Remaining Issues and Topics14. Final Revision and Consolidation, Final Evaluation

Literatura

doporučená literaturaAcademic writing for graduate students :essential tasks and skills. ISBN 9780472034758. infoGODSON, Patricia. Becoming an Academic Writer. Texas A and M University: Sage, 2013.KLAUSER, Heriette Anne: Writing on both sides of the brain. New York: Harper Collins, 1987.ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor , Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ a David SCHÜLLER . Academic English – Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce. Praha: Grada, 2011. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3577-1. infoBAILEY, Stephen. Academic writing :a handbook for international students. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2011. xx, 293 s. ISBN 9780415595803. infoGILLETT, Andy, Angela HAMMOND a Mary MARTALA. Successful academic writing. 1st pub. Harlow: Pearson, 2009. xxvi, 334. ISBN 9780273721710. infoHARTLEY, James. Academic writing and publishing :a practical handbook. New York: Routledge, 2008. viii, 196. ISBN 9780415453219. infoSWALES, John. Research genres :explorations and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xii, 314 s. ISBN 0-521-53334-1. infoThe A to Z of medical writing. Edited by Tim Albert. London: BMJ Books, 2000. 145p. ;. ISBN 0727914871. infoHUFF, Anne Sigismund. Writing for scholarly publication. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1998. xi, 185 s. ISBN 0-7619-1805-1. infoSWALES, John. Genre analysis :English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xi, 260 s. ISBN 0-521-33813-1. info

Požadavky

VSAJ0222 Angličtina 1 II -p || VLAJ0222Students should have the minimum knowledge of English corresponding to the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Garant

Mgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Mgr. Radomíra BednářováMgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D.