Course: Project Presentations and Writing German Scientific Texts

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Course title Project Presentations and Writing German Scientific Texts
Course code UAG/MSPP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • König Jan Václav, M.A.
  • Eder Jürgen, doc. Dr. habil.
Course content
Basic thematic areas: 1. Introduction to the subject, study literature 2. Definition: Project and expert text 3. Phase of the concept 4. Implementation phase 5. Phase of presentation 6. Structures of expert text 7. Use of expert texts for project work 8. Special Aspects: Schedule 9. Financial aspect, application and contract 10. Spoken and written presentation techniques 11. Media and projects 12. Forms of evaluation 13. Excursion 14. Final evaluation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of project work, ie drafting, realization and presentation of projects. These can be projects of a diverse nature, both in the state administration sector and beyond. The subject emphasizes the practical skills and abilities required in such processes: from working with corresponding texts of professional nature (their creation and analysis) through individual concrete steps of implementation of a defined project (subject of the project, time and financial aspects, applications and contracts) to structuring, preparing and performing effective and effective presentation of the project using modern means of communication.
Students will be able to develope and present own projects or reading scientific texts in order to such projects respectively.
Prerequisites
Designed for students who have not completed a bachelor study program Czech-German Field Studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Analysis of student's language skills, Interview, Systematic student observation

Active collaboration on projects and beyond the seminar. Creating a project or a presentation and its subsequent evaluation in a seminar The course will be taught in German Essay Designed for students who have not completed a bachelor study program Czech-German Field Studies.
Recommended literature
  • BRAUN, R. Die Macht der Rhetorik. Besser reden - mehr erreichen.. München: Piper,, 2005.
  • GRASS, B., M. ANT a J. R. CHAMBERLAIN. Schritt für Schritt zur erfolgreichen Präsentation.. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2008.
  • LITKE H. D. Projektmanagement: Methoden, Techniken, Verhaltensweisen.. München: Hanser, 1995.
  • MADAUS, B. J. Handbuch Projektmanagement. 6., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage.. Zürich: Zürich-Verlag, 2008.
  • SCHRECKENEDER, B. C. Projektcontrolling. Projekte überwachen, bewerten, präsentieren.. Freiburg im Breisgau: Haufe Mediengruppe, 2004.
  • SPITZBART, M. Rhetorisch fit!. Nürnberg: WESSP, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
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