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Writing Practice 1

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Course ID:	3300-PNJA-MSF-1-Z
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Writing Practice 1
Name in Polish:	Praktyczna nauka języka angielskiego: Ćwiczenia w pisaniu 1
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Modern Languages
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Short description:	The aim of this course is to teach the basics of academic writing in English. The curriculum includes the study and acquisition of a range of skills, such as the ability to construct a good paragraph, employ the formal register, and improve text unity and coherence.
Full description:	The aim of this course is to teach the basics of academic writing in English. The curriculum includes a range of relevant topics, such as the basic principles of MLA and APA styles, avoiding plagiarism, punctuation rules (comma, semicolon, colon, quotation marks); elements of academic register on the level of word selection and sentence and paragraph structure; features and elements of formal English; types of sentences (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex); building text unity and coherence on the level of sentences and paragraphs (connecting words, transition signals). We will study formal sentence structures, such as subjunctive, fronting, and parallelism. We will also learn to write summaries and paraphrases and look at the differences between the two. We will learn how to write formal e-mails and how to take notes effectively during lectures.
Bibliography:	1. Hacker, Diana and Nancy Sommers. Rules for Writers. 10th ed., Macmillan, 2022. 2. Hartley, James. Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Handbook. Routledge, 2008. 3. Macpherson, Robin. English for Writers and Translators. PWN, 2012. 4. Miller, Morton A. Reading and Writing Short Essays. 3rd ed., Random House, 1987. 5. MLA Handbook. 9th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2021. 5. Oshima, Alice and Anne Hogue. Writing Academic English. 4th ed., Longman, 2006. 6. Purdue Online Writing Lab (owl.purdue.edu).
Learning outcomes:	K_U03 The student can recognise, analyse, and interpret various types of English texts; can anchor them in the general historic-cultural context; can conduct their analysis with specialist terminology and adequate methods. K_U06 The Student can prepare a written work in English with the use of typical methodology of English studies. K_U13 The student can access and gather information independently, and can develop skills with the help of adequate sources.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Participation in class (20%), writing assignments in class according to instruction (40%), returning homework assignments on time (40%). A maximum of three absences are allowed.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W CW CW TH FR
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours, 5 places more information
Coordinators:	Jack Harrison, Dariusz Zembrzuski
Group instructors:	Jack Harrison
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Classes - Grading

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