Section outline

    • Lead-In: What was your last encounter with the English language like?

      Did you read a text? If so, what kind of text? Did you listen to spoken English? Where? What type of speech was it? How would you describe the language? Take a moment to think about that. Make notes if necessary.

      Task 1: Using the link below, write about your experience with the process of writing in an academic setting.

      Note: All of you will use the same collaborative whiteboard. It is easy. In the upper right corner you can choose the colour and shape of your answer. Please use the same colour for your answer as that of the question. When you click on submit, it will appear on the whiteboard. Also, you can edit when you click on your message and type and then click on edit. Let's try!

    • Let's share your experience with writing!

    • Discuss the strategies you apply when you write an academic text.

    • Please write your answers here.

    • Task 2: Read the selected sample texts. Define the typical features of each of them.

    • 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/

    • Task 3: Different Types of Text and Writing Styles

      • Write your answers after having analysed the different types of text.
      • Write a short paragraph explaining the differences among the writing styles described in the text.
      • What are the typical features of essay writing in Czech (or your mother tongue)?
    • How much do you know about academic writing? Find out by doing this quiz!

    • 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.

    • Practice formal vocabulary concerning language here!