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Lecturer(s)
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Vernyik Zénó, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Světlíková Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Khodaverdi Neda, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Tymbay Alexey, Mgr. CSc.
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Weder Nandi, Ph.D. B.Sc. MA.
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Rhys Maxmilian, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
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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
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Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Individual consultation, Practicum, E-learning, Students' portfolio
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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.
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Prerequisites
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B2 level of English, successful completion of at least one previous course of writing
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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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Recommended literature
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Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. New York: Routledge, 2018.
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Bell, Judith. Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-time Researchers in Education and Social Science. Maidenhead, MA: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014.
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Hartmann, Pamela, Laurie Blass, and Kristin Sherman. Quest 3: Reading and Writing. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
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Zemach, Dorothy E., and Lisa A Rumisek. Academic Writing. From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford: Macmillan, 2015.
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