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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The importance of academic research and writing 2. Analysis of texts by type (Textsortenanalyse), qualitative criteria 3.Searches and bibliography databases in the field of German studies - systematic search of literature 4. Critical evaluation of primary and secondary sources 5. Internet research and its pitfalls, internet databases and weblinks relevant to German studies 6. Citation formats (Chicago, Harvard etc.), form and meaning of citations 7. The problem of compilation and plagiarism 8. Technique of academic work 9. Written expression: the topic 10. Argumentative and formal structure of an academic text 11. Comprehensibility of an academic text 12. Summary and elaboration of the most important points of scientific work (excerpt) 13. Academic argumentation (thesis, antithesis, commentary of secondary sources) 14. Rules for citing sources and their applications in academic texts
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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In this course, formal aspects of academic academic texts and their argumentative structure will be analyzed. Furthermore, the course focuses on reading academic texts while concentrating on their heuristics, on accessing information sources, and sorting the obtained data. Students will enhance their skills in writing excerpts and composing essays. Special attention will be paid to the texts' logical units (argumentation, thesis, antithesis, etc.). Emphasis is placed primarily on understanding the principles of how academic texts are composed, and on starting the students' own academic writing. An important part is also an introduction to the formats of citing secondary sources and getting acquainted with the consequences of plagiarism.
Students will be able to understand an academic text, will know its formal aspects and structure, will know how to conduct research, will be able to write excerpts and essays, and cite the used sources. They will gain a solid basis for their own academic writing.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To obtain credit - Active participation in seminars - Completion of all assignments - Writing an academic essay on a given topic; students will demonstrate their ability of composing an academic text, they will know how to use academic phrases, how to argue and correctly cite the used literature
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Recommended literature
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Buchner, P. Campus Deutsch ? Schreiben. München: Hueber. Campus Deutsch ? Schreiben. München, 2015.
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Graefen, G./Moll, M. Wissenschaftssprache Deutsch: lesen ? verstehen ? schreiben. Frankfurt/M., 2011.
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Jahr, S. Uni-Deutsch 1. Wissenschaftsdeutsch. Berlin, 2011.
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Schäfer, S./Heinrich, D. Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten an deutschen Universitäten. München, 2010.
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Sittig, C. Arbeitstechniken Germanistik. Stuttgart, 2014.
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