Sylabus
An indicative overview of the course:
1. Academic style
2. Unity, coherence
3. Commenting on cases and legislation
4. Types of essays: argumentative, cause/effect, comparison
5. Argumentative essay
6. Abstract
7. Review
8. Problem question
9. Research paper
Anotace
DISTANCE LEARNING: THE MAIN PLATFORM FOR SHARING INFORMATION WILL BE MOODLE (PFUK), PLEASE CHECK MOODLE REGULARLY. WEEKLY HOMEWORK WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBSTITUTE FOR ATTENDANCE. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE ONLINE CLASSES VIA "ZOOM" AT THE SCHEDULED TIME SLOT. This is not a legal writing course. Rather than focusing on legal language, the course aims to enhance general (academic) writing skills of the participants. This objective should be achieved by:
1. making the participants aware of various genres;
2. providing useful techniques for effective writing;
3. highlighting grammatical issues with important stylistic implications; and
4. expanding the participants´ vocabulary (e.g. collocations, prepositions, verbs). The participants will be asked to pass the final test and submit 2 assignments which will be corrected and graded. Based on the feedback provided by the teacher, the students will self-correct and re-submit the final version. Weekly homework / class attendance required.