A2BK_ZPBP Zásady a postupy psaní bakalářské práce

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2021
Rozsah
0/0/1. 12 hodin. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Předpoklady
( A2BK_PJ1B Praktický jazyk 1B && A2BK_GR1B Gramatika B && A2BK_SFFB Seminář z fonetiky B ) || A2BK_SOZK Souborná zkouška
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course is designed to prepare students for writing their bachelor theses. The course is taught once in two weeks and it is also run on-line on Moodlinka. Students are required to attend at least 3/4 of all classes held during the semester. In class students will practice the skills that they will need for writing their theses and completing the course successfully. In class students will also have an opportunity to clarify anything that they find difficult or misleading when working on their assignments.
At the end of this course, students should be able to write their Bachelor theses on the topics of their own choice in the appropriate style, use the relevant research methods, and quote from and refer to the sources according to some respected styles.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, students will be able to:
utilise the presented procedures, language devices and structures in writing their own bachelor theses;
select a suitable research method, as well as to analyse and interpret appropriately the results of their research;
work correctly with primary and secondary sources and make references.
Students will have submitted three individual assignments - parts of a bachelor thesis (an abstract, a list of references, a chapter or its part) and a group assignment (a complete academic paper on a chosen topic).
Osnova
  • The course will cover the following topics:
  • 1. Introduction. Bachelor thesis – purpose, choice of a topic and a supervisor, format, structure, procedure. Working with the Bachelor thesis project in the Information System of MU. 2. Academic and scientific style. Formal and impersonal register. 3. Abstract – structure, appropriate language devices. 4. Identification of a research gap. Formulation of a research problem, research questions, hypotheses. 5. Methodology of scientific work. 6. Cohesive devices – grammatical, lexical and structural cohesion. Pronominal reference, substitution, ellipsis, repetition, relexicalisation. 7. Connective devices. Syntax of complex and compound sentences. Word order problems. Syntactic condensation. 8. Working with sources. Citation styles. Direct citation, paraphrase. Avoiding plagiarism. 9. Block quotation, footnotes and endnotes. Bibliographic reference to the main types of sources. 10. Comparison – procedure, language devices. 11. Interpretation of research outcomes. Visual devices (graphs, diagrams, flowcharts, tables). 12. Writing a conclusion.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • HAMP-LYONS, Liz a Ben HEASLEY. Study writing : a course in writing skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 213 s. ISBN 9780521534963. info
    doporučená literatura
  • MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
    neurčeno
  • Gibaldi, J. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
  • Craswell, G. Writing for academic success: a postgraduate guide. London : SAGE Publications, 2005.
Výukové metody
Teaching methods:
- class explanation and discussion;
- controlled writing practice in seminars;
- home assignments (individual assignments: an abstract/summary, a list of references, a chapter from the Bachelor thesis; a group assignment: a research paper);
- individual consultations.
Metody hodnocení
Completion prerequisites:
Students are required to attend at least 75% of classes. The course is based on continuous assessment and students are expected to submit 3 individual assignments and 1 group assignment.
The pass mark is 70% in each assignment and students have to pass all the parts of continuous assessment to obtain the credits for the course.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2525
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá každý týden.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2011, jaro 2012, jaro 2013, jaro 2014, jaro 2015, jaro 2016, jaro 2017, jaro 2018, jaro 2019, jaro 2020, jaro 2024.