15EJEJ41 - Academic Skills

Course specification
Course title Academic Skills
Acronym 15EJEJ41
Study programme English language and literature
Module
Type of study first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB 3.0 Status
    Condition OJV and OJV exams passed Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The purpose of this course is for students to learn strategies which are at the foundation of academic skills: reading academic and scientific texts, writing seminar papers, review and research papers, and the skill of oral presentation.
    The outcome Students are able to independently read academic text for various purposes (scanning, skimming, detailed reading) and are able to extract necessary information from it. Students are able to prepare for essay writing (brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing), for writing longer academic texts (seminar papers, research papers). Students are able to prepare an oral presentation (powerpoint, organization of the presentation, body posture, voice).
    Contents
    Contents of lectures Strategies for successful reading. Critical stance towards the text. Selection of relevant information. Argumentation. Writing as a process – preparation, brainstorming, outline; introduction, theoretical framework, research and results, discussion, conclusion; unity of the text, cohesion, coherence. Individual and group presentations. Topic, focus and content of the presentation. Strategies for preparation and skills of presentation. Role of visual aids.
    Contents of exercises Reading and analysis of academic text with a focus on the development of reading strategies. Practicing all stages of academic writing. Practicing all stages of preparing an oral presentation.
    Literature
    1. De Chazal, E., McCarter, S. 2012. Oxford EAP. A Course in English for Academic Puroposes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Original title)
    2. Fava-Verde, A., et. al. 2009. Transferrable Academic Skills Kit. Modules 4 (Teamworking), 6 (Critical Thinking), 8 (Essay Writing), 11 (Presentations). Reading: Garnet Education. (Original title)
    3. Zemach, D. A., Islam, C. 2006. Writing in Paragraphs. Oxford: Macmillan Education. (Original title)
    4. Zemach, D. A., Rumisek, L. A. 2003. Academic Writing. From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford: Macmillan Education. (Original title)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    1 2
    Methods of teaching Discussions, reading texts, discussing problems, interactive teaching.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures 10 Test paper 30
    Practical lessons 30 Oral examination
    Projects 10
    Colloquia 20
    Seminars
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