Course: Diploma Seminar in English

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Course title Diploma Seminar in English
Course code CJV/PTDSA
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svobodová Dagmar, Ing. MSc.
Course content
- Defining the aim, designing a schedule. Topic of the thesis. Overview of the thesis University requirements. - Literature review library research, sources from the supervisor. Critical reading skimming, scanning, comparing information. - Note taking, documenting sources. - Quotations. Plagiarism. - Organising material for literature review. - Outlining the study. First draft of literature review. Peer response. - Introduction (general to specific, concrete to abstract, scope and purpose of the thesis). - Goals/objectives of the thesis; working hypothesis/es - Experimental section (materials, methods, results) - Discussion of the results language features (causes and consequences, data commentary) - Conclusion level of generalizations, limitations. - Abstract/resume writing. Acknowledgement(s), authors statement. - Formal features of diploma theses. - Course evaluation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 28 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The minimum level of English to sign for the course is intermediate (B2).
The minimum level of English to sign for the course is intermediate (B2).
learning outcomes
describe the difference between scientific fact, opinion and speculation
describe the difference between scientific fact, opinion and speculation
identify inappropriate or unverifiable literary sources
identify inappropriate or unverifiable literary sources
choose the academic style of the language with all its specifics in grammar and vocabulary
choose the academic style of the language with all its specifics in grammar and vocabulary
Skills
use appropriate literary sources and cite them correctly
use appropriate literary sources and cite them correctly
interpret verbally non-verbal complex data, tables, graphs, systems of equations, mathematical models
interpret verbally non-verbal complex data, tables, graphs, systems of equations, mathematical models
characterize trends resulting from specific data
characterize trends resulting from specific data
distinguish different experimental research methods
distinguish different experimental research methods
analyze the content of a professional text
analyze the content of a professional text
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's language performance
Analysis of the student's language performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • odborné knihy a časopisy doporučené vedoucím DP.
  • Lengálová, Anežka. Guide to Writing Master Thesis in English. Zlín, 2010.
  • různí autoři. učebnice anglické gramatiky a slovní zásoby.
  • Swales, John. Academic Writing for Graduate Students. Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2004. ISBN 0472088564.


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