English for academic purposes 2510-f2ENG2S-EFAP

Practical English - Writing in the second year of the second cycle programme aims to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary to write a master's thesis. In order to do so, in the winter semester the classes focus on gaining and developing the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the content of the course. In the summer semester, the classes focus on practising and implementing these skills and competencies in the work on students’ MA texts.

Content distribution:

− developing and revising skills connected with academic writing - working on clarity, coherence, style, logical and grammatical correctness, and using vocabulary suitable to the academic register

- developing and revising skills connected with academic writing - working on clarity, coherence, style, logical and grammatical correctness, and using vocabulary suitable to the academic register

- practicing the use of punctuation (especially with advanced linking devices) and academic register

- practicing skills in summarizing and paraphrasing academic texts

- individual consultation based on regularly submitted excerpts of the MA thesis

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta

Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in tutorials - 15 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for tutorials and work on the Moodle platform - 30 hrs - preparation of written assignments - 40 hrs - preparation for periodic quizzes - 35 hrs Altogether: 120 hrs (5 ECTS)

Efekty uczenia się - wiedza

The student W1: knows C1+ academic English, including proper style and register appropriate for a master's thesis, and understands the structure of academic essays and the principles of paraphrasing, summarising and citing academic texts in English (K_W02) W2: understands the principles of formatting formal academic summaries and citations with due care with respect to copyright considerations and the ethical use of sources (K_W12)

Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności

U1: is able to create adequately structured academic texts based on sources and create citations to these sources, following the MA stylesheet guidelines and the teacher’s suggestions (K_U08, K_U14) U2: is capable of creating written academic texts using a word processor, following the MA stylesheet guidelines for particular sections of the MA (K_U04) U3: is able to select sources independently in order to support the thesis expressed in his or her academic text at the level of C1+ (K_U11, K_U14) U4: is able to communicate in writing with individuals from different academic and cultural backgrounds thereby successfully conveying knowledge relating to the content addressed in the student's master's thesis (K_U05) U5: is able to express an informed opinion on fragments of texts selected for peer-evaluation (K_U09)

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne

K1: is aware of the necessity to comply with the obligations following from binding copyright liabilities and good practices in creating academic texts (K_K05)

Metody dydaktyczne

Expository teaching methods: - description, discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - seminar, practical, case study On-line teaching methods: asynchronous content delivery via Moodle; synchronous content delivery via MS Teams

Metody dydaktyczne eksponujące

- pokaz

Metody dydaktyczne podające

- opis
- pogadanka

Metody dydaktyczne poszukujące

- ćwiczeniowa
- seminaryjna

Metody dydaktyczne w kształceniu online

- metody ewaluacyjne
- metody integracyjne

Wymagania wstępne

The successful completion of the first semester of the course

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Daniel Karczynski

Kryteria oceniania

− periodic quizzes (W1, U1, U2)

− writing assignments (W1, W2, U1, U2, U3)

− participation in class activities, recorded in an assessment log (U4,U5, K1)

- in-class tasks (2 * 10% = 20%),

- Moodle tasks (10 tasks * 3% = 30%),

- MA excerpts (2 * 25% = 50%, penalties for late submissions).

Assessment criteria:

fail – 0-59%

satisfactory – 60-69%

satisfactory plus – 70-75%

good – 76-85%

good plus – 86-90%

very good – 91-100%

Literatura

Asplin, W., Monica F. Jacobe and Alan S. Kennedy. 2015. Final Draft Level 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

de Chazal E. and Moore J. 2013. Oxford EAP. A Course in English for Academic Purposes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

MA Stylesheet of the Department of English, NCU.

Mcpherson, R. 2012. English for Academic Purposes. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Materials developed by the teachers, made available on the course Moodle Platform.

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