(in Polish) Warsztaty pisania tekstów naukowych 7403-WPTN

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Learning outcomes - knowledge

Students shall attain knowledge of differing modes of presenting academic research, reflecting different national traditions (e.g. British, American, German) and changes over time within those traditions.

Learning outcomes - skills

Students shall attain a capacity to structure and to present an overarching argument within a PhD as, and a capacity to structure and to present chapter-/article-length arguments, in a manner in keeping with the expectations of academics (e.g. external PhD examiners and publication reviewers) in the Anglo-American tradition.

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Students shall attain a proficiency in framing and communicating their research questions and results to other students and scholars generating research in the Anglo-American tradition.

Teaching methods

Teaching will comprise a mixture of traditional lectures, student-led discussion, and formal student presentations. Online teaching may be used during COVID-19 lockdown.

Expository teaching methods

- participatory lecture
- discussion
- informative (conventional) lecture
- description

Exploratory teaching methods

- brainstorming
- presentation of a paper
- case study

Online teaching methods

- evaluative methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods

Prerequisites

Written and spoken English language skills.

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24:

Marta Białecka

Term 2022/23:

Matthew Stevens

Assessment criteria

ASSESSMENT REGIME - due Friday 11 November 2022, 18:00.

• 1 of 3 – 60% 1,000 to 1,200 word written assessment.

This is an analysis of the structure, language and style of three key works in your field, namely, 1 book and 2 articles. Do not write more than 1,200 words in total. Use the language of description provided in the lectures. Use SHORT quotations from your chosen works to prove your points.

This must be submitted in English, Times New Roman font, 12 point font, double spaced.

You must employ FOOTNOTE references in the MHRA style. Notation IS NOT included in the word count.

Submit this work by email to m.f.stevens@umk.pl by Friday 11 November 2022, 18:00.

• 2 of 3 – 30% Text of a Three Minute Thesis.

The Three Minute Thesis competition or 3MT, is an annual competition held in over 200 universities worldwide. It is open to PhD students, and challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging form that can be understood by an intelligent audience with no background in the research area. This exercise develops presentation, research and academic communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to explain their work effectively.

Submit this work by email to m.f.stevens@umk.pl by Friday 11 November 2022, 18:00.

Go to www.youtube.com and search ‘Three Minute Thesis’. Listen to examples.

You MUST write a script of your presentation. It should set out your PhD topic, using the generic structure of an Anglo-American article as discussed in SESSION 5, and build an argument in one of the ways described in SESSION 6. It DOES NOT require notation. If it is too long, or too short, you will be penalised.

• 3 of 3 – 10% Presentation of your Three Minute Thesis.

You MUST present your Three Minute Thesis online, via ZOOM, in the LAST teaching session, Tuesday 8 November 2022.

Practical placement

Not required.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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