| Course title | Writing III: Academic Writing |
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| Course code | KAJ/KPP3B |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | Course does not contain work placement |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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The course aims to cover the following topics, however, the exact order and content may change on the basis of the requests and needs of the students. - Register and style in thesis writing: Academic English - Choosing a topic - Research questions and thesis statements - Finding (and evaluating) sources - Reading academic sources effectively - The structure of the bachelor's thesis - Documenting sources: Direct quotes, summaries and paraphrases; Avoiding plagiarism - Citation styles and citation managers - Using AI in academic writing
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Individual consultation, Practicum, E-learning, Students' portfolio |
| Learning outcomes |
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This course focuses on the academic style of English and the fundamentals of applied research. Students familiarize themselves with the principles of creating academic texts and the standard sequence of research, with special emphasis on their ability to choose a topic, identify problems, formulate research questions, search for available information, choose from methods of empirical research, select and interpret relevant results. In addition, students will acquire the skills needed for reading academic literature, which will help them understand, analyse and critically evaluate various sources. The course is also aimed as preparation for writing bachelor's theses.
Students will be able to write a logically structured, reasonably supported and stylistically correct academic essay. They will also learn to choose and evaluate academic sources and use full-text and bibliographic databases. |
| Prerequisites |
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B2 level of English, successful completion of at least one previous course of writing
KAJ/KPP1B ----- or ----- KAJ/KPP2B ----- or ----- KAJ/PPP1B ----- or ----- KAJ/PPP2B |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay, Presentation of student research activity, Test
The course ends with a credit. You will be evaluated on the basis of the following components: - attendance - active participation in seminars - 3 home assignments (annotated bibliography, essay outline, final essay) Students can obtain 40 points in the course: 5 points for the annotated bibliography, 5 points for the essay outline and 30 points for the final essay. In order to pass the course, one needs to get at least 15 points on the final essay, and at least 28 points altogether. All assignments can be resubmitted once. |
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