BA_09 Introduction to Academic Writing II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Kabeláčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Tereza Kabeláčová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
BA_08 Academic Writing I
Credits from the course BA_08 needed.
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
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Course objectives
After completing this seminar, the student will have a deeper and broader knowledge of how to approach reading and writing scientific texts consciously. Absorption of the scientific text's content will be a common practice for him. He will be familiar with the standard genres of scientific activity (annotation, abstract, summary, review, etc.) and can create them himself. He can use the acquired knowledge about different citation styles in his professional text. Last but not least, he is informed about various citation standards.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- will be able to explain contents of scientific text;
- formulate main ideas of a scientific text in variuos written forms (annotation, abstract, summary, review etc.);
- write a shorter scientific paper meeting the requirements for a scientific text with respect to contents, form and citation ethics.
Syllabus
  • This course has been primarily conceived for first year students of baltistics and puts mind to methodology of professional academic reading and writing. The basic goal of this course is to expand and deepen students' knowledge and skills in ​​conscious and consistent work with scientific text.
  • 1. Types of scientific texts: What genres can be encountered in scientific work? What are they for? What are their distinguishing features? How can such text be created and used?
  • 2. Citation styles: Which citation styles are most commonly used? How do they differ from each other? How are they appropriately used?
  • 3. Citation standards: Which citation standards are there? What do they have in common? How are they specific?
  • 4. Reading and interpretation of selected scientific texts.
Literature
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
  • CULLER, Jonathan D. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 168 s. ISBN 8072940708. info
  • DANEŠ, František. Jazyk a text. Edited by Oldřich Uličný. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2000, 304 s. ISBN 8085899868. info
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
Teaching methods
tutorials, class discussion, workshop
Assessment methods
homework assignments during the semester, final written paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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