| Course title | Writing III: Academic Writing |
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| Course code | KAJ/PP3BE |
| 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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Academic style. Choosing research topic and research questions. Research methods. Bachelor thesis: structure, requirements, common problems. Finding and using secondary sources. Citing and citation styles. Summarizing and paraphrasing. Plagiarism and AI in thesis writing. The amount of the face-to-face instruction for part-time students: 9 lessons/semester
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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/PP1BE ----- or ----- KAJ/PP2BE |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay, Test
Attendance and active participation is required; two absences are allowed in the full-time program. Students are required to submit five assignments in the course of the semester and one final assignment, as specified by the respective teachers. Each assignment may be resubmitted once; the students' language skills are also evaluated in the assignments. |
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