Course: Technical and Scientific Communication

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Course title Technical and Scientific Communication
Course code KHT/ODK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fridrichová Ludmila, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Students learn search in the informative resources. They write the scientific text according to standards and they form the presentation at the conference. Lecture 1. The scientific communication - purpose, audience, tools, terminology. 2. The informative sources, search of information 3. The standards, the bibliographical citation, the example of citation, the author's law. 4. The scientific communication written- kinds of the paper, scheduling and production of technical text, exhibits of technical texts, corrections. 5. Scientific communication verbal. 6. How create poster 7. What is a review and how create it. What is academic ethics? 8-14 Presentation of processed topics Lesson 1. Search academic articles 2. Working with scientific article. 3. Scientific article of foreign language. 4. The use of standards when writing an academic text. 5. Formal editing of professional texts: pictures, graphs, tables. 6. Oral presentation 7. Credit

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence, Group consultation, Demonstration of student skills, Lecture, Practicum, E-learning, Students' portfolio, Students' self-study
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments - 4 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments - 4 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students learn search in the informative resources. They write the scientific text according to standards and they form the presentation at the conference.
Students can create research. Student is able to write articles and create professional presentations at the conference.
Prerequisites
PC skills and basic work with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Student's linguistic performance analysis, Practical demonstration of acquired skills, Oral presentation of self-study, Written assignment, Test

Student will work up text with technical themes from textile sphere
Recommended literature
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha, 1999. ISBN 80-8 5927-69-1.
  • VYMĚTAL, J. Úvod do studia odborné literatury.. Praha: Orac,, 2000. ISBN 80-86199-19-3.


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