FSS:PSYb2980 Basic Academical Reading & Wri - Course Information

PSYb2980 Basic Academical Reading & Writing

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Stanislav Svačinka (lecturer)
Mgr. Adéla Švestková (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Fikrlová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jan Širůček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable of Seminar Groups

PSYb2980/01: Thu 22. 2. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 7. 3. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 21. 3. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 4. 4. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 18. 4. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 2. 5. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 16. 5. 12:00–13:40 P21b, J. Fikrlová, S. Svačinka, A. Švestková
PSYb2980/02: Thu 29. 2. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 14. 3. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 28. 3. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 11. 4. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 25. 4. 12:00–13:40 P21b, Thu 9. 5. 12:00–13:40 P21b, J. Fikrlová, S. Svačinka, A. Švestková

Prerequisites

This course is primarily meant for the beginning students of the psychology Bachelor program.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/30, only registered: 1/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Psychology (programme FSS, B-PSY) (4)

Course objectives

The course aim is to provide students with knowledge and skill to make their texts more understandable. Absolvents of the course should be able to navigate academic texts, to gain relevant information from them and to share such information in a short and understandable manner. The course also focuses on the formal structure of writing and citations.
During seminars students will get familiar with the theoretical framework of writing. They will also do short exercises on writing. To gain course credits, students need to write papers which server the purpose of training of the gained skills.

Learning outcomes

After the course students will be able:

to identify relevant information in texts

to shortly a comprehensively summarize main thoughts of a text

to adopt their writing style to the audience

to integrate and compare information from various resources

to deal with formal requirements of writing

Syllabus

• 1. Introductory seminar
• 2. Working with information and creating a summary
• 3. Formal requirements of texts
• 4. What helps or hinders the writing process?
• 5. How to compare scientific texts?
• 6. How to write introduction and discussion?

Literature

required literature
• ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
• BILLIG, Michael. Learn to write badly : how to succeed in the social sciences. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, viii, 234. ISBN 9781107676985. info
• ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info

recommended literature
• MAZÁČOVÁ, Pavlína. Jak (ne)psát odborný text (How (not) to write a scholarly text). 2013. URL info
• KAHN, Norma B. Jak efektivně studovat a pracovat s informacemi. Translated by Hana Kašparovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 149 s. ISBN 8071784435. info
• ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
• KŘÍSTEK, Michal. Stylistika a stylizace odborného textu v rámci vysokoškolského studia (Stylistics and creating scholarly texts as a part of university curricula). Fišer, Z. (red.). In Tvůrčí psaní klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 144-147. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
• ZBÍRAL, Robert. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009, 159 s. ISBN 9788072017799. info
• FILKA, Jaroslav. Metodika tvorby diplomové práce : praktická pomůcka pro studenty vysokých škol. 1. vydání. Brno: Knihař, 2002, 223 stran. ISBN 8086292053. info

Teaching methods

Seminars, seminar discussions and exercises, home assignments and peer reviews, reading of literature

Assessment methods

The course consists of several topical seminars. The course credit is gained based on attendance and submission of various home assignments. To meet the requirements of the course, it is also necessary to work on regular peer reviews.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials

Teacher's information

The lectures will occur each week

There are two seminar groups in this subject.

There are 6 x 90 minutes lectures.

The harmonogram of the course is written in the course outline.

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