(in Polish) Academic writing

General data

Course ID:	1.2.D2.MLA.7
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Academic writing
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Studia stacjonarne (in Polish) Studia stacjonarne
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The aim of the course is to improve students' proficiency in writing. Number of hours: 30 Number of ECTS: 3 1 point ECTS = 30 hours of classes 1 point ECTS = 20 hours of preparation to classes (reading assignments and take-home exercises) 1 point ECTS = 30 hours of preparation of written assignments Contact for students only dr Przemysław Wilk (przemekwilk82@gmail.com)
Full description:	The aim of the curse is to give students extensive hands-on experience with writing in English at the academic level. During the course students will develop critical and evaluative skills to be used in composing a critique. Moreover, students will be familiarized with the research paper as a fundamental form of academic communication with professionals in a given field.
Bibliography:	Adams-Tukiendorf, M., & Rydzak, D. (2012). Developing writing skills: A manual for EFL students (2nd ed.). Opole: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego. Swales, J., & Feak, Ch. B. (1999). Academic writing for graduate students. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. Wyric, J. (1990). Steps to writing well. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Learning outcomes:	Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019: Knowledge A student: 1. knows specialist terminology and advanced reasoning and presentation techniques characteristic of academic exposition in the selected discipline (_W09/P7S_WG) 2. knows advanced sampling and data processing techniques characteristic of academic activity in the selected discipline (_W09/P7S_WG) 3. knows rules of the protection of intellectual and industrial copyright, information and intellectual property management (_W15/P7S_WK) Skills A student: 4. is able to recognise and replicate typical genres, styles and rhetorical conventions characteristic of (academic) communication (_U01/P7S_UW) 5. is able to conduct a debate according to a particular rhetorical format, respond in writing to offer alternative viewpoint or reasoned critique (_U12/P7S_UK) 6. is able to use English at least at the level of C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages and in the scope of specialist terminology in the humanities and social sciences and another language at B2+ (_U13/P7S_UK) Social competences A student: 7. is able to recognise the role of interdisciplinarity and cooperation in solving practical problems (_K04/P7S_KK)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes in reference to learning outcomes: active in-class participation 20% (effect 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) written assignments 80% (effect 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

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