Academic writing

- participation in classes (30 hours)

- revision, preparation for tests, completing homework and classroom assignments (30 hours)

Altogether: 60 hours (2 ECTS)

The student:

[W1] knows the principles of summarising, paraphrasing and quoting short passages of text, as well as citations according to the guidelines of the stylesheet for the BA at C1 level (K_W02)

The student:

[U1] uses other researchers’ ideas and critical texts to support his or her thesis (K_U16)

[U2] can create items of references and citations with due care as to the copyright and ethical use of sources and can create adequately structured and formatted formal short academic texts at C1 level based on sources, following the departmental BA stylesheet guidelines and the teacher’s suggestions (K_U17)

The student:

[K1] is aware of the level of their knowledge and language skills and understands the need for continuous practice (K_K01)

[K2] is capable of identifying and solving problems connected with working with short texts based on sources written in English at C1 level (K_K06)

Expository teaching methods: description, discussion

Exploratory teaching methods: practical, brainstorming

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The course develops students’ academic writing skills on C1 level and focuses on the skills required to write a BA thesis.

The course develops students’ academic writing skills on C1 level and focuses on the skills required to write a BA thesis. Throughout the semester, paraphrasing, summarising, citing, and referencing will be practised in shorter texts, with particular attention paid to the ability to work with academic sources and to document their use in accordance with the Department of English stylesheet.

Content distribution:

- principles of ethical use of sources and issues related to citing sources, and creating lists of references,

- paraphrasing,

- summarising,

- integrating quotations with the text,

- introduction to the Department of English BA stylesheet and the structure of the BA thesis,

- introduction to argumentation in academic texts (cohesion and coherence – in short texts)

- formal register

Required reading (selected chapters):

Bailey, S. 2006. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. London and New York: Routledge.

Dellar, H., Walkley, A. 2012. Outcomes. Advanced. Andover: Cengage Learning.

Macpherson, Robin. 1996. English for Writers and Translators. Warszawa.

BA stylesheet (available at the website of the Department of English).

Selection of texts and materials developed by the teachers, made available on the Moodle platform.

Written assignments created in class and as homework. (U1, U2)

Observation of participation documented in an activity log (K1, K2)

Mid-semester tests and end-of-semester writing test (W1, U1, U2)

Assessment criteria:

Academic Writing course grades will be given in reference to the following criteria:

fail – 0 – 59%

satisfatory - 60 – 69%

satisfactory plus - 70 – 75%

good - 76 – 85%

good plus - 86 – 90%

very good - 91 – 100%

Instructors are authorized to refuse credit when the student’s absenteeism rate is around 50%.

Timely completion of assigned tasks is obligatory. In the case of assignments submitted after the deadline or re-submitted, the grade is lowered.