RLDrA06 Writing Skills in English

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Lang, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Dr. phil. Anna Michalík Kvíčalová, MA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course gives students intensive training in academic writing, with special emphasis on academic writing in English. It thus introduces some general conventions of English-language academic style and its special phraseology.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
  • write a well-structured academic text with clear composition and argument;
  • analyze critically the plot and argument of other scholars' academic articles;
  • use some important idioms widespread in English-language academic writing.
    • Syllabus
    • Writing a summary or abstract.
    • Devising a good plot.
    • Situating one's research persuasively in the context of the current state of research (writing a literature review).
    • Building the argument: logic, composition, important conjunctions.
    • Teacher's individual feedback on shorter texts by students.
    Teaching methods
    Writing texts, seminars, written and oral feedback.
    Assessment methods
    Assessment of the style and language of:
  • summary/abstract (10 %);
  • literature review (20%);
  • a passage from the central argument (70 %).
    • Language of instruction
    English
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is taught each semester.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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