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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Having completed this course the students will be able to:
• Apply basic theories and methods of scientific communication to specific
communication situations within their own academic field of study
• Analyse academic assignments and genres
• Formulate and evaluate arguments
• Apply a critical approach to potential sources and their use
• Evaluate own and others written work as scientific discourse
• Reflect on their own writing process and implement relevant writing techniques
• Apply their ability to give an oral presentation of an academic subject.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The aim of this course is to give the participants an understanding of scientific communication as a genre and to enable them to successfully participate in written and oral scientific discourse within their educational institution. The course will enable the students to uncover and analyze the conditions of the communicative situation in an academic context, and to understand the relation between content and form.
An essential skill in scientific writing is the ability to find or construct relevant problems within the field of study. This problem will often be the starting point of written work such as a report, and thus function as a guideline for both the writer and the reader. A part of the course will focus on the difference between topics and problems, and introduce useful tools for the process of searching for a relevant problem.
The participants will learn how to construct valid arguments and how to critically evaluate their own arguments as well as others'. They will also learn to reflect on critical selection and evaluation, and learn how to use and refer to sources in a scientific context.
Writing scientific texts can be viewed as a process as well as a final product and the participants will be introduced to a theoretical understanding of the academic writing process.
Also, several writing techniques will be provided in order to optimize the writing process and learn how to give concise feedback.
Finally, the course will give an introduction to how the participants can give a well structured oral presentation of an academic subject.
The theoretical framework for the course consists of rhetoric, discourse analysis and writing and argumentation theory. The tutorials will focus on practical exercises.
COURSE SUBJECT AREAS:
Scientific communication, rhetoric, discourse analysis, genre theory, writing and argumentation theory.
REQUIRED COURSES:
None.
LECTURER: Bodil-Marie E. Gade
TEACHING METHOD:
Lectures and tutorials.
TEACHING LANGUAGE:
Danish.
LITERATURE:
Andersen, Ib (2005). Den skinbarlige virkelighed, 3. udgave. Samfundslitteratur. 281 pages.
Bhatia, Vijay K. (1993). Analysing Genre. Language use in professional settings. Longman. Kap. 4, 24 pages.
Bukh, Per Nikolaj (2001). Opgaveskrivning. Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag. 67 pages.
Hegelund, Signe (2000). Akademisk argumentation. Skriv overbevisende opgaver på de videregående uddannelser. Samfundslitteratur. 50 pages.
Jørgensen, Per Stray (2000). Klart sprog i opgaver på videregående uddannelser. Samfundslitteratur. 51 pages.
Jørgensen, Peter Stray (2001). Talegaver - mundtlig fremstilling for studerende. 2. udg., Samfundslitteratur. 39 pages.
Rienecker, Lotte (2001). Problemformulering på de samfundsvidenskabelige uddannelser. Samfundslitteratur. 39 pages.
Rienecker, Lotte (1996). Tekster til tiden. Undgå skriveblokeringer. Dansk Psykologisk Forlag. Kap. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12. A total of 88 pages.
In total 639 sider.
FORM OF ASSESSMENT:
Portfolio exam. The student completes and hands in a written assignment (1-2 pages) every week. The first 2 assignments cannot be selected for examination. From the following 5 assignments, 3 assignments are selected for examination. To pass the exam each student must hand in all 7 assignments on time.
The assessment will be made on a pass/non-pass basis.
EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: All course literature.
