Topic 1: Introduction to Writing in English
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Let's share your experience with writing!
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Discuss the strategies you apply when you write an academic text.
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Please write your answers here.
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Task 2: Read the selected sample texts. Define the typical features of each of them.
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In this text, you'll learn about different writing styles used in different languages.
Source: University of Rochester. Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program.
Available from: https://writing.rochester.edu/
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Write the answeres here.
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How much do you know about academic writing? Find out by doing this quiz!
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Task 4: Identify the typical features of spoken and written language.
Decide which phrases are more likely to be examples of spoken and which of written language.
Write an S to those which are spoken and a W to those which are written.
Source: Crystal, D. The Encyclopedia of the English Language (Second Ed.). Cambridge: CUP, 2003. Macpherson, R. Základy anglické stylistiky. Praha: Academia, 1997.
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Practice formal vocabulary concerning language here!