Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of Spanish Language and Literature
- Code
- BMI-SPAD17-102E
- Title
- Editing
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- es
- Learning outcomes
- The course aims to provide you with basic skills in editing scientific manuscripts, as well as an introduction to the process of scientific writing. The course will cover the following topics: spelling and orthotypographical correction, citation styles, scientific standards, stylistics, coherence and cohesion, argumentation, computer tools, scientific journals. A) Knowledge Students ● have at least C1 level, usable language skills, intercultural communicative competence. ● know the rules and registers of spoken and written Spanish, are able to use Spanish fluently, correctly, confidently, in the given context. ● know the genres and poetics of Spanish language literature. ● has basic skills in editing manuscripts (spelling, punctuation, typography). ● familiar with the sources of information that can be used in editing manuscripts and how to find them. B) Ability Students are ● able to use Spanish fluently, correctly, confidently, in the given context. ● able to read, proofread and edit original texts in Spanish. ● able to apply their knowledge correctly and contextually in the course of fluent use of the target language. ● able to summarize research results accurately and present individual creative textual analyzes in the form of oral presentations and written argumentative essays. C) Attitude Students ● strive to acquire new knowledge and skills. ● are committed to development through the use of available technologies, among other tools ● consider it important to continuously improve his/her knowledge and skills. ● strive to continuosuly and individually develop their specialised professional and intercultural knowledge. ● are open to new phenomena and are able to critique these. D) Autonomy and responsibility Students ● are committed to intensive learning. ● perform learning-related tasks independently. ● take responsibility for their own work, development, achievements and failures. ● have a significant degree of independence in raising and elaborating comprehensive and special issues of their profession, in representing and justifying professional views.
- Course content
- During the seminar, particular emphasis is placed on practice, i.e. working with texts that may present various difficulties in the editing and publishing process. During the course, we will cover the following topics: spelling and orthotypographical correction, citation styles, scientific standards, stylistics, coherence and cohesion, argumentation, computer tools, scientific journals.
- Assessment method
- Continuous class work, oral presentation, individual or group project work (depending on the number of students), text revision. Grading 1-5.
- Bibliography
- Aleza Izquierdo, Milagros: Signos ortográficos, ortotipografía y normas actuales. Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, 2011. Marín Álvarez, Raquel: Ortotipografía para diseñadores. Barcelona, Ediciones Gustavo Gili, 2013. Montolío, Estrella (dir.): Manual de escritura académica y profesonal. Estrategias gramaticales y discursivas I-II. Barcelona: Ariel, 2018. Simón Ruiz, Inmaculada; Sanz Jara, Eva; García Cedeño, Francis (coords.): La escritura académica en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Una introducción a la investigación. Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá, 2012. Zavala Ruiz, Roberto: El libro y sus orillas. Tipografía, originales, redacción, corrección de estilo y de pruebas. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012. Further required reading is part of every course syllabus.