PdF:NJ_AA20 Scholarly Skills - Course Information

NJ_AA20 Scholarly Skills in German

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Petr Pytlík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

NJ_AA20/Kombi01: Fri 22. 2. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 8. 3. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 22. 3. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 5. 4. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 26. 4. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 10. 5. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, P. Pytlík, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/Prez01: Mon 15:00–15:50 učebna 53, P. Pytlík, R. Wagner
NJ_AA20/Prez02: Mon 16:00–16:50 učebna 67, P. Pytlík, R. Wagner

Prerequisites

The course is recommended for students in the 4th semester of the bachelor program. It can be absolved earlier if students meet (according to their own assessment) the following requirements:
- They have knowledge of German corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Languages.
- They have prior experience with reading longer texts in German.
- They have advanced productive language skills in German which allow them to argue a certain point of view, to refute objections to their arguments or to present and compare different points of view.
- They are prepared to work intensively on their written style and to improve their manuscripts.
- They are ready to spend a great amount of time in reading scientific texts and to revise their own texts.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course introduces students to academic writing, a skill which will be necessary for writing semester papers and the bachelor or master theses. In the first half of the term, receptive skills in reading scientific texts will be developed. In the second half of the term, the course advances towards productive skills. Students will get the opportunity to improve their writing in German by composing small academic texts as e.g. a partial chapter of a fictitious bachelor theses.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to
- find their way through the formal demands laid on bachelor theses at the PdF MU,
- analyse, confront and excerpt basic literature on the topic,
- choose a proper topic of the BA thesis,
- give the thesis a coherent structure,
- make literature searches and compare the results,
- employ basic academic writing skills.

Syllabus

• dealing with scholarly sources excerpting literature search aim of academic writing structuring of text paraphrasing, language skills describing pictures and tables quoting, plagiarism

Literature

• ROST, Friedrich. Lern- und Arbeitstechniken für das Studium. 6. Aufl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010, 339 s. ISBN 9783531172934. info

Teaching methods

seminar, partly lecture: group assignments, literature search, presentations, training in writing skills, homework

Assessment methods

no test, but activity in and out of class will be appreciated: all writing assignments, literature search, presentation will be part of the overall assessment

Language of instruction

German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kombinované studium má výuku v pátek, prezenční od pondělí do čtvrtka..
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin v kombinované formě.

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