Course: Propaedeutic seminar

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Course title Propaedeutic seminar
Course code KRS/PSSF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nakládalová Iveta, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zajícová Lenka, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Methodology for writing papers, essays and theses. Types of scientific texts, types of research, types of excerpts. 2. Stages in preparation of the paper: choice of the topic, search for documentation (factual research, analytical and synthetic preparation phase), evaluation of sources, study and preparation of materials, preparation of outline and concept, editing concept and final redaction of the paper. 3. Quotation, paraphrase, plagiarism and copyright. 4. Spanish bibliographic standards and practices. Footnotes and list of references. 5. Presentation of the text (orthography and typography). The new rules of Spanish orthography. 6. Electronic information resources for Spanish philology. 7. Spanish lexicographic works. 8. Exercise: Use of information resources; frequent spelling and grammatical errors in Spanish; Spanish punctuation rules.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Learning basic methods of scientific work in the Humanities and of presentation of the results in the form of papers, essays or theses. Students will learn the basic rules concerning both content and formal aspects of such work; they will acquire rules for search for and work with sources, for citing primary and secondary sources, for referring to them in the bibliographic citations, with particular emphasis on the specifics of Spanish Philology, Spanish usage and orthographic and typographic rules in Spanish.
Students learn the rules for writing papers and diploma theses, citing primary and secondary sources and referring to them in bibliographic citations, particularly with regard to the Spanish usage.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Seminar Work

Active participation and compliance with all requirements of the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • Eco, Umberto. (1997). Jak napsat diplomovou práci?. Olomouc.
  • Filka, Jaroslav. (2002). Metodika tvorby diplomové práce. Brno.
  • Gibaldi, Joseph. (2003). MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York.
  • Martínez de Sousa, José. (2007). Manual de estilo de la lengua espanola. Gijón.
  • Martínez de Sousa, José. (2004). Ortografía y ortotipografía del espanol actual. Gijón.
  • Uličný, Miloslav. (2005). Historia de las traducciones checas de literaturas de Espa?a e Hispanoamérica. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze; Karolinum.
  • University of Chicago Press. (2003). The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers. Chicago.


Study plans that include the course
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