VV043 Academic Writing in English

Fakulta informatiky
jaro 2014
Rozsah
0/2. 5 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. RNDr. Antonín Kučera, Ph.D.
Fakulta informatiky
Kontaktní osoba: prof. RNDr. Antonín Kučera, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Fakulta informatiky
Rozvrh
Út 10:00–11:50 G107
Předpoklady
SOUHLAS
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 11 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
The overriding aim of this course is to guide novice writers in aspects of discovery learning. It is important to understand the conventions of the academic writing genre at all levels: from the minutiae of language such as the use of prepositions, through clause and sentence structure, paragraph structure and up to full text. With the conventions being systematic, the task for novice writers is to discover the regular, standard features of usage and then employ them in their own writing. Searching large databases of relevant texts allows conclusions to be drawn from the findings.
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction: What is academic prose? Hierarchy of Language, Linear Unit Grammar
  • 2. Academic Vocabulary: Academic Word List, Word Families, About verb patterns and noun frames, Pronunciation, Online tools
  • 3. Verbs and their patterns: Academic verbs with a simple patterns including prepositions
  • 4. Nouns and their frames: General Nouns, Nouns with adjectives, Nouns with articles.
  • 5. Other Words and Phrases in the Message: multi-word units
  • 6. Words and phrases of the Organisational Language: Academic Formulas list
  • 7. General issues in Ac writing: Written vs spoken language, Sexism, Numbers, Authorial voice
  • 8. Sentence Grammar: Structure of sentences, End weight, Comma splice, Punctuation, Subjunctive
  • 9. Text issues: Topic sentences, Paragraph hooks, Sentences: linking, Superordinates, Topic sentences, Paragraph hooks
  • 10. Sections of papers: Abstracts, Review of Literature, etc.
  • 11. Mechanical Matters: Citation and Plagiarism, Footnotes and Endnotes
  • 12. Writing: Developing a text from point form, Text flow
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • ZOBEL, Justin. Writing for computer science :the art of effective communication. Singapore: Springer, 1997, xiii, 176. ISBN 981-3083-22-0. info
    neurčeno
  • GILLETT, Andy, Angela HAMMOND a Mary MARTALA. Successful academic writing. 1st pub. Harlow: Pearson, 2009, xxvi, 334. ISBN 9780273721710. info
  • BAILEY, Stephen. Academic writing : a handbook for international students. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 260. ISBN 0415384192. info
  • 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
  • BAILEY, Stephen. Academic writing : a handbook for international students. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2011, xx, 293. ISBN 9780415595803. info
  • Academic writing and genrea systematic analysis. Edited by Ian Bruce. New York: Continuum, 2008, vi, 194 p. ISBN 0826498442. info
Výukové metody
The course is run as a seminar in which students are involved in analysing documents on macro and micro levels, analysing language phenomena in the British National Corpus and our very own Informatics Corpus, and of course, writing.
Metody hodnocení
Corpus study test, terminology test, various pieces of writing demonstrating the language concepts taught.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2006, jaro 2008, jaro 2009, jaro 2010, jaro 2011, jaro 2012, jaro 2013, jaro 2015, jaro 2016, jaro 2017, jaro 2018, jaro 2019, jaro 2020, jaro 2021, jaro 2022, jaro 2023, jaro 2024, jaro 2025.