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Academic English II - JLM002

Title:	Academic English II
Czech title:	Academic English II
Guaranteed by:	The Language Centre (23-KJP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / 15 (15)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
Teacher(s):	Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
Class:	Courses for incoming students
Pre-requisite :	JLM001

Examination dates SS schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

An opportunity to further develop speaking, listening and writing skills in English, with a specific focus on language features of academic discourse.

Aim of the course -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

To acquire and develop English language techniques, both written and spoken, that help communicate ideas and persuade others effectively in an academic setting.

Literature -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

All material will be posted on the Moodle 2 course Academic English II, including links to online resources. (Access to the Moodle course will be given after the first class.)

Textbooks from which material will be drawn

M. Firth, M. Hewings and C. Thaine, Cambridge Academic English Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

E. de Chazal and J. Moore, Oxford EAP, Advanced/C1 (Oxford University Press, 2013).

S. Bailey, Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (4th ed., Routledge, 2015)

K. Paterson and R. Wedge, Oxford Grammar for EAP (Oxford University Press, 2018)

M. McCarthy and F. O’Dell, Academic Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

T. S. Kane, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Oxford University Press, 1994)

J. Williams, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. (9th ed., Pearson Longman, 2007)

A. Mooney and B. Evans, Language, Society and Power (6^th ed. Routledge, 2023)

Teaching methods -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)

Throughout the course, emphasis will be put on the active use of English, making the most of class time for collective language activities, readings, discussions and presentations. Homework tasks are devoted to grammar, vocabulary and writing exercises, and preparatory reading/listening/viewing.

Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will be exercised individually, in pairs or small groups.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (01.02.2024)

Credits for the course will be awarded on the basis of the following components, given equal weight (12 points each) in making an assessment:

class participation (working as an individual, in pairs or groups; reading and discussion)
regular grammar, vocabulary, and composition assignments set during the semester, submitted via Moodle
own written academic text, drafted during the semester, revised by the end of the course
preparing and giving a presentation on the topic of the text being written for 3.

A credit is awarded for 33 points or more out of the maximum 48. There is no mid-term test, and a satisfactory completion of items 3 and 4 serves in lieu of an end-of-semester test. "Re-sits" are accordingly not possible, but in bordeline cases - i.e. for those with 30 points or more and a valid reason for not achieving sufficiently many points, e.g. unavoidable absence from classes due to illness - an oral exam may be offered in the examination period to establish if a credit is to be awarded.
For the extended piece of writing, the submitted text may, by agreement, take the form of a "real" paper the student wishes to prepare as part of his/her studies elsewhere, but it should be composed during the semester for this course. A deadline will be agreed for a first draft, and another for the revised version. Assessment focuses on the use of English language and devices of rhetoric and academic style, and in the revised version on how the revision responds to comments on the draft and otherwise develops the text.
Each student will give an in-class presentation on the topic of their written text-in-progress. Questions and discussion will then follow. Presentations will be scheduled via Moodle. Assessment is based on the presentation itself (language, use of visual materials, persuasiveness) and its integration with the composition of the corresponding written text.

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (01.02.2024)

Pro získání kreditů je třeba splnit následující aktivity, které mají stejnou váhu (12 bodů každá):

Účast na hodinách (individuálně, ve dvojicích nebo skupinách; čtení a diskuse)
Pravidelné úkoly týkající se gramatiky, slovní zásoby a kompozice, které budou zadány během semestru a odevzdány prostřednictvím Moodle
Vlastní akademický text, vypracovaný během semestru a revidovaný do konce kurzu
Příprava a prezentace vlastního projektu na téma psaného textu pro 3.

Zápočet je udělen za 33 bodů nebo více z maximálního počtu 48 bodů. Není zde žádný dílčí test a uspokojivé splnění bodů 3 a 4 slouží místo testu na konci semestru. Opakování jednotlivých součástí není možné, ale v případech, kdy má student 30 - 32 bodů a existuje důvod, proč nedosáhl dostatečného počtu bodů, např. nevyhnutelná absence z hodin z důvodu nemoci, může být ve zkouškovém období nabídnuta ústní zkouška.

Pro psaní akademického textu budou nabídnuta témata související s tématy probíranými během kurzu. Nicméně odevzdaný text může mít po dohodě s vyučujícím formu skutečného vědeckého textu, který si student přeje napsat jako součást práce pro jiný předmět. ale měl by být vytvořen během semestru pro tento předmět. Bude stanovena lhůta pro první návrh a další pro přepracovanou verzi. Hodnocení se zaměřuje na použití anglického jazyka, prostředky rétoriky a akademický styl, a ve verzi po přepracování také na to, jak revize reaguje na komentáře k návrhu a jinak rozvíjí text.

Prezentace bude předvedena na hodině. Poté budou následovat otázky a diskuse. Prezentace budou plánovány prostřednictvím Moodle. Hodnocení je založeno na samotné prezentaci (jazyk, použití vizuálních materiálů, celkový dojem) a jejím propojení s kompozicí příslušného písemného textu.

Syllabus -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (10.09.2023)

We shall read (and occasionally listen to or watch extracts) from a range of English-language sources in various genres and media, responses to which will form the basis for exploring techniques of language and composition in academic genres at a micro and macro level (for example, rhetorical figures, formal English vocabulary, citation conventions, the structure of argumentative essays, register in verbal and written presentations).

Vocabulary, grammar and composition exercises will be based on material from Oxford EAP C1, and other textbooks (see under Literature).

Details of the syllabus will be given on the Moodle course Academic English II, access to which will be given to participants after the first class; relevant study materials will also be posted on this Moodle page (for dissemination only among registered users).

Entry requirements -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)

English at level C1 and a pass in JLM001 (Academic English I).