CTU FEE Moodle
Academic Writing
B232 - Summer 23/24
Academic Writing - BE9M04AKP
| Credits | 2 |
| Semesters | Summer |
| Completion | Graded Assessment |
| Language of teaching | English |
| Extent of teaching | 2C |
Annotation
ACADEMIC WRITING COURSE (BE9M04AKP)
Objective(s): The overall aim of this course is not to increase the student's level of English, but to improve the student's skills and abilities of writing academically (in English). This course is not simply an opportunity for students who have registered to have someone (the instructor) simply proofread and correct their texts - the ultimate goal of the course will be that the student is able to write (better) in English at an academic level.
If a student's level of English is not up to the expected level of this course (B2 Upper-Intermediate), it is the student's responsibility to take action to improve it (outside of this course). It is hoped that by working and writing in English on a regular basis throughout this course that participants will, naturally, improve their level of English in one way or another.
Objective(s): The overall aim of this course is not to increase the student's level of English, but to improve the student's skills and abilities of writing academically (in English). This course is not simply an opportunity for students who have registered to have someone (the instructor) simply proofread and correct their texts - the ultimate goal of the course will be that the student is able to write (better) in English at an academic level.
If a student's level of English is not up to the expected level of this course (B2 Upper-Intermediate), it is the student's responsibility to take action to improve it (outside of this course). It is hoped that by working and writing in English on a regular basis throughout this course that participants will, naturally, improve their level of English in one way or another.
Study targets
to improve the student's skills and abilities of writing academically (in English).
Course outlines
Week 1: Course Introduction, Credit Requirements
UNIT ONE: What is Academic Writing?
Academic Vocabulary
Week 2: UNIT TWO: Types of Academic Writing
Formality, Accuracy and Punctuation in Academic Writing
Week 3: UNIT THREE: The Structure of Academic Texts
Sentence Structures
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: Organisation
Understanding the Task
The Process of Academic Writing (Pre-writing & Planning)
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: Complexity in Academic Writing
Articles in English
Week 6: UNIT SIX: Objectivity & Hedging in Academic Writing
Using ‘For Example’ and Phrases like ‘For Example’
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: The Introductory Paragraph
The Difference between an Abstract and an Introduction
Thesis Statements
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: Body Paragraphs
Paragraph Structure (Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details)
Paragraph Unity & Coherence
Week 9: UNIT NINE: Transition Signals
Week 10: UNIT TEN: Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing:
Reasons and Explanations (Cause and Effect)
Comparison and Contrast
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: Concrete Support
Facts versus Opinions / Supporting Details / Extended Examples / Statistics
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries / Documenting Sources of Information
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: Writing a Conclusion
Proofreading & Editing
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: Supplemental Materials & Further Reading
Week 14: Spare Week
Week 3: UNIT THREE: THE INTRODUCTION
Writing an Introductory Paragraph
Writing a Conclusion
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: PARAGRAPHS Part One
Paragraph Structure
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: PARAGRAPHS Part Two
Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details
Week 6: UNIT SIX: PARAGRAPHS Part Three
Unity & Coherence
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part One
Facts versus Opinions
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part Two
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Week 9: UNIT NINE: TRANSITION SIGNALS
Week 10: UNIT TEN: COMPARISON & CONTRAST
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: CAUSE and EFFECT
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: PUNCTUATION
The Comma / The Semicolon / The Colon
Abbreviations & Numbers / American vs British English
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: FORMAL LETTER WRITING
Letters of Application & Complaint
Week 14: Spare Week, Credits
UNIT ONE: What is Academic Writing?
Academic Vocabulary
Week 2: UNIT TWO: Types of Academic Writing
Formality, Accuracy and Punctuation in Academic Writing
Week 3: UNIT THREE: The Structure of Academic Texts
Sentence Structures
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: Organisation
Understanding the Task
The Process of Academic Writing (Pre-writing & Planning)
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: Complexity in Academic Writing
Articles in English
Week 6: UNIT SIX: Objectivity & Hedging in Academic Writing
Using ‘For Example’ and Phrases like ‘For Example’
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: The Introductory Paragraph
The Difference between an Abstract and an Introduction
Thesis Statements
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: Body Paragraphs
Paragraph Structure (Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details)
Paragraph Unity & Coherence
Week 9: UNIT NINE: Transition Signals
Week 10: UNIT TEN: Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing:
Reasons and Explanations (Cause and Effect)
Comparison and Contrast
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: Concrete Support
Facts versus Opinions / Supporting Details / Extended Examples / Statistics
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries / Documenting Sources of Information
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: Writing a Conclusion
Proofreading & Editing
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: Supplemental Materials & Further Reading
Week 14: Spare Week
Week 3: UNIT THREE: THE INTRODUCTION
Writing an Introductory Paragraph
Writing a Conclusion
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: PARAGRAPHS Part One
Paragraph Structure
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: PARAGRAPHS Part Two
Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details
Week 6: UNIT SIX: PARAGRAPHS Part Three
Unity & Coherence
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part One
Facts versus Opinions
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part Two
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Week 9: UNIT NINE: TRANSITION SIGNALS
Week 10: UNIT TEN: COMPARISON & CONTRAST
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: CAUSE and EFFECT
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: PUNCTUATION
The Comma / The Semicolon / The Colon
Abbreviations & Numbers / American vs British English
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: FORMAL LETTER WRITING
Letters of Application & Complaint
Week 14: Spare Week, Credits
Exercises outlines
Week 1: Course Introduction, Credit Requirements
UNIT ONE: What is Academic Writing?
Academic Vocabulary
Week 2: UNIT TWO: Types of Academic Writing
Formality, Accuracy and Punctuation in Academic Writing
Week 3: UNIT THREE: The Structure of Academic Texts
Sentence Structures
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: Organisation
Understanding the Task
The Process of Academic Writing (Pre-writing & Planning)
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: Complexity in Academic Writing
Articles in English
Week 6: UNIT SIX: Objectivity & Hedging in Academic Writing
Using ‘For Example’ and Phrases like ‘For Example’
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: The Introductory Paragraph
The Difference between an Abstract and an Introduction
Thesis Statements
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: Body Paragraphs
Paragraph Structure (Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details)
Paragraph Unity & Coherence
Week 9: UNIT NINE: Transition Signals
Week 10: UNIT TEN: Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing:
Reasons and Explanations (Cause and Effect)
Comparison and Contrast
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: Concrete Support
Facts versus Opinions / Supporting Details / Extended Examples / Statistics
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries / Documenting Sources of Information
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: Writing a Conclusion
Proofreading & Editing
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: Supplemental Materials & Further Reading
Week 14: Spare Week
Week 3: UNIT THREE: THE INTRODUCTION
Writing an Introductory Paragraph
Writing a Conclusion
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: PARAGRAPHS Part One
Paragraph Structure
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: PARAGRAPHS Part Two
Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details
Week 6: UNIT SIX: PARAGRAPHS Part Three
Unity & Coherence
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part One
Facts versus Opinions
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part Two
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Week 9: UNIT NINE: TRANSITION SIGNALS
Week 10: UNIT TEN: COMPARISON & CONTRAST
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: CAUSE and EFFECT
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: PUNCTUATION
The Comma / The Semicolon / The Colon
Abbreviations & Numbers / American vs British English
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: FORMAL LETTER WRITING
Letters of Application & Complaint
Week 14: Spare Week, Credits
UNIT ONE: What is Academic Writing?
Academic Vocabulary
Week 2: UNIT TWO: Types of Academic Writing
Formality, Accuracy and Punctuation in Academic Writing
Week 3: UNIT THREE: The Structure of Academic Texts
Sentence Structures
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: Organisation
Understanding the Task
The Process of Academic Writing (Pre-writing & Planning)
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: Complexity in Academic Writing
Articles in English
Week 6: UNIT SIX: Objectivity & Hedging in Academic Writing
Using ‘For Example’ and Phrases like ‘For Example’
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: The Introductory Paragraph
The Difference between an Abstract and an Introduction
Thesis Statements
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: Body Paragraphs
Paragraph Structure (Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details)
Paragraph Unity & Coherence
Week 9: UNIT NINE: Transition Signals
Week 10: UNIT TEN: Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing:
Reasons and Explanations (Cause and Effect)
Comparison and Contrast
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: Concrete Support
Facts versus Opinions / Supporting Details / Extended Examples / Statistics
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries / Documenting Sources of Information
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: Writing a Conclusion
Proofreading & Editing
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: Supplemental Materials & Further Reading
Week 14: Spare Week
Week 3: UNIT THREE: THE INTRODUCTION
Writing an Introductory Paragraph
Writing a Conclusion
Week 4: UNIT FOUR: PARAGRAPHS Part One
Paragraph Structure
Week 5: UNIT FIVE: PARAGRAPHS Part Two
Topic Sentences / Supporting Sentences & Details
Week 6: UNIT SIX: PARAGRAPHS Part Three
Unity & Coherence
Week 7: UNIT SEVEN: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part One
Facts versus Opinions
Week 8: UNIT EIGHT: CONCRETE SUPPORT Part Two
Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Week 9: UNIT NINE: TRANSITION SIGNALS
Week 10: UNIT TEN: COMPARISON & CONTRAST
Week 11: UNIT ELEVEN: CAUSE and EFFECT
Week 12: UNIT TWELVE: PUNCTUATION
The Comma / The Semicolon / The Colon
Abbreviations & Numbers / American vs British English
Week 13: UNIT THIRTEEN: FORMAL LETTER WRITING
Letters of Application & Complaint
Week 14: Spare Week, Credits
Literature
Materials can be found on the department's website: http://jazyky.fel.cvut.cz/
Recommended Reading:
McCarthy, M. & O'Dell, F. (2008). Cambridge University Press. Academic Vocabulary in Use.
Recommended Reading:
McCarthy, M. & O'Dell, F. (2008). Cambridge University Press. Academic Vocabulary in Use.
Requirements
Students are expected to be at upper-intermediate level of English at least.