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English. Academic Reading and Writing for Doctoral Students - ASZAJ3132
Title: Angličtina. Academic Reading and Writing for Doctoral Students
Guaranteed by: Language Centre - English (21-JCA)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2023
Semester: both
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / 15 (15)
summer:unknown / unknown (15)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level: specialized
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Terezie Límanová, M.A.
Teacher(s): Terezie Límanová, M.A.
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (05.02.2024)
This is a one-semester course, taught in 2 lessons weekly.
It is intended for doctoral students who would like to prepare for the obligatory English exam.

The aim of the course is to develop the skills of academic writing with an emphasis on the style of writing professional texts in the Anglo-Saxon environment, especially regarding specific phraseology.<br>
We will also discuss the differences between - very frequent in the Anglo-Saxon environment - essays written in academic English and purely professional texts, difference betwwen an Abstract and a Summary as well. The course will also include individual presentations done by doctoral students about their Thesis Proposal, where students will focus primarily on explaining the selected topic, the research methods they will use, hypotheses, etc.
Here is a list of several academic articles of the widest possible thematic scope, which we will work with in class: we will discuss them and we will write their Summaries.
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Aim of the course -
Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (05.02.2024)

The aim of the course is to develop the skills of academic writing with an emphasis on the style of writing professional texts in the Anglo-Saxon environment, especially regarding specific phraseology.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Terezie Límanová, M.A. (31.01.2024)

Students will be awarded with 3 credit points if they meet the following requirements.

  • active in-class participation (including self-study: the reading of academic article and presentation on doctoral topics in a form of Thesis Proposal)
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (05.02.2024)

The articles to be discussed:

Brian Goodman: Philip´s Roth´s Other Europe, 2015
Marilynne Robinson: What Are We Doing Here? 2017
Christine Schwenkel: Socialist Palimpsest in Urban Vietnam, 2014
Martha McCabe: Transnationalism and Language Maintenance, 2016

Syllabus -
Last update: Terezie Límanová, M.A. (31.01.2024)

The course is structured into three main blocks - parts: the first part focuses mainly on what makes up an ideal presentation, in terms of content, language, style and argumentation. In the next block, the students´ attention will focuse mainly on an analysis of the distinct features in basic academic short forms such as the Annotation, Abstract and Summary. In the last, third, block, all the newly acquired knowledge and competences are going to be translated in a practical context into the individual presentations of the PhD students' topics. In this last part there is detailed feedback regarding the presenting student´s performance from both the teacher and the students, including a subsequent discussion on the given topic.

 
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