English academic writing

Course: Theory of Education and Teaching Languages and Literatures Methodology

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
English academic writing
Code
ОК.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Third
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PLR -5. Knowledge of stylistic and structural norms of English academic speech PLR-10. Think abstractly, analyze and synthesize information PLR-23. Search, process and analyze information from various sources PLR-24. Write, speak a foreign language, present the results of one's own original research in various genre forms (article, essay, presentation, speech at a conference, public popular science or scientific lecture, etc.) PLR-27. Display the results of scientific research in scientific articles.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastering of the discipline requires a level of English proficiency not lower than B2 on the CEFR scale. In addition, graduate students have: 1. Know: • basic methods of searching and analyzing scientific information; • basics of discourse and text theory; • structural-compositional, linguistic, communicative and rhetorical features of various texts of Ukrainian scientific discourse. 2. Be able to: • to effectively use the English language in oral and written communication, in various genre-stylistic varieties and registers of communication (official, unofficial, neutral) to solve various communicative tasks; • create oral and written texts of various genres and styles in English; • carry out linguistic analysis of texts of various styles and genres; 3. To have elementary skills of scientific and research activities.
Course content
English in scientific communication: linguistic-stylistic and communicative-pragmatic features of English-language scientific discourse. Main genres of scientific writing (theses, articles, abstracts, abstracts, dissertations, monographs). Distinguishing features of scientific and research works from popular science works. Leading academic publishing houses and scientific journals of the world; differences of quality real magazines from fake/ Publications in English-language international scientific journals: types of publications, basic requirements and stages of manuscript preparation, typical reasons for rejection of publication. Forms of processing original scientific texts: annotation, abstracting, reviewing, writing a literature review in English. Scientific article as a genre of English-language academic writing: its structural components, functional and linguistic and stylistic features. Annotation as a genre of English-language academic writing: types of annotations and requirements for them. Typical mistakes when writing annotations. Optimization of English-language scientific works (articles) for search engines: principles of selecting a title and keywords, characteristic features of an optimized annotation. Analysis of typical errors that occur during the creation of an English-language academic text; correction and editing of the text. Writing a scientific work in English: substantiating the topic, defining the goal and tasks, organizing the research, structuring the material, presenting arguments, formulating conclusions and evaluating the results. Bibliographic description of sources; international publication design styles. Rules for observing academic integrity and measures to detect and prevent plagiarism. Correct citation and design of links in English. The use of the latest information and communication technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, to optimize individual stages of writing English-language academic texts./
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2018). Designing and conducting mixed methods research (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications. 2. Day, T. (2023). Success in academic writing. Bloomsbury Publishing. 3. Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2021). They say/I say: The moves that matter in academic writing (5th ed.). Norton. 4. Gray, D. E. (2021). Doing research in the real world (5th ed.). SAGE Publications. 5. Howe, S. (2022). Concise phrasebook for writing academic English. Whole World Company Press. 6. Jalongo, M. R., & Saracho, O. N. (2016). Writing for publications: Transitions and tools that support scholars’ success. Springer. 7. Petelin, R. (2021). How writing works” A field guide for effective writing (2nd ed.). Routledge. 8. Pollock, T. G. (2021). How to use storytelling in your academic writing: Techniques for engaging readers and successfully navigating the writing and publishing processes (how to guides). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical classes, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Creative and research tasks; work with Internet sources
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olga Volodymyrivna Yashenkova
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology