Print syllabusAcademic writing 1
General data
| Course ID: | 1.2.D3.EP.44 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
| Course title: | Academic writing 1 |
| Name in Polish: | Academic writing 1 |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Philology |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Studia stacjonarne (in Polish) Studia stacjonarne |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | obligatory courses |
| Supplementary literature: | Cumming, Alistair (ed). (2006). Goals for academic writing: ESL students and their instructors. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. |
| Short description: |
The writing skills to be achieved within this module include quoting and reference-making (according to APA/MLA guidelines), summarizing, paraphrasing and synthesizing academic texts in accordance with worldwide standards for published research. --- ECTS points: 2 1 ECTS: 30h attending classes 0,5 ECTS: 10hconsultations 0,5 ECTS:15h --- instructors: Katarzyna Buczek, PhD: kbuczek@uni.opole.pl Marlena Marciniak, PhD: marciniakm@uni.opole.pl Sławomir Kuźnicki, PhD: skuznicki@uni.opole.pl Wacław Grzybowski, PhD: wgrzybowski@uni.opole.pl Zbigniew Pyż, PhD: zpyz@uni.opole.pl --- coordinator: Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf, PhD: m.tukiendorf@uni.opole.pl |
| Full description: |
1. The formal properties and conventions of academic writing . 2. Selected stylesheet guidelines (APA, MLA). 3. In-text citations and quotations 4. Compiling a bibliography 5. Paraphrase. 6. Summary. |
| Bibliography: |
For Linguistics: Bailey, S. (2011). Academic Writing - A Handbook for International Students (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge. Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2006). Writing Academic English (4th ed.). New York: Pearson Education. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2017). Washington: APA. --- For Literature Studies: Adams-Tukiendorf, M. and D. Rydzak, Developing writing skills: a manual for EFL students, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Opole, 2012. Macpherson, R, English for writers and translators, Wydaw. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2004. MLA style manuals. |
| Learning outcomes: |
Knowledge Graduate knows and understands: 1. academic forms of writing used for writing BA thesis: quotation, summary, paraphrase; advanced forms of opinion essay, expository essay, argumentative essay, synthesis. (k-W-4, P6S_WG) Skills Graduate can: 2. use proper English, grammatical and syntactical structures, together with advanced vocabulary and phraseology, both in summaries and paraphrases used for writing BA thesis. (k-U-1, P6S_UW) 3. achieve coherence, clarity of meaning, and varied, attractive linguistic expression at advanced level used for writing BA thesis. (k-U-2,P6S_UW) 4. write selected parts of BA thesis with the application of formal guidelines and proper stylistic and linguistic elements. (k-U-3,P6S_UW) Social competences Graduate is ready to: 5. use their writing skills to describe the results of their research and literature review. (k-K-1, P6S_KK ) 6. respond critically in a written form to other academic texts. (k-K-3, P6S_KR) |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Methods of evaluation: 1) 70% - 2 summaries and 2 paraphrases written in class (outcomes: 1, 2,3,4,5,6) 2) 30% 2 grammatical tests written in class (outcomes: 1,2) --- Criteria of evaluation: grade 2,0 (fail): 0–59% grade 3,0 (average): 60–68% grade 3,5 (plus average): 69–76% grade 4,0 (good): 77–84% grade 4,5 (plus good): 85–92% grade 5,0 (very good): 93–100% |
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