Professional writing – English - C1 - BMEGT60W71A

The course is aimed to improve the students’ writing skills. It equips them with the key characteristics of academic prose (theses, written materials to be submitted, scientific articles), while also helping them to become familiar with the typical genres and language use of economy and business (e.g. memos, reports).

1. Students are familiar with the basics of written rhetoric in English.
2. They are aware of the specific linguistic features of theses, scientific articles, reports, official emails and summaries.
3. They understand the structure and organisation of the above types of texts.
4. They are able to distinguish between the features of formal (academic) written and colloquial language in terms of vocabulary and grammar.

1. They can produce academic prose.
2. They are able to summarise longer technical articles.
3. They can avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism.
4. They can add in-text citations and bibliographies in the required formats.
5. They can use the various reference managers and online collections (e.g. Zotero, MyBib, Academic Phrasebank).
6. They are able to analyse charts, graphs and tables.

1. They strive to create high-quality, linguistically precise texts.
2. They accept the written rhetorical conventions of the English-speaking world.
3. They are open to use the latest online tools.

1. They take responsibility for improving their own written communication.

The course focuses on improving writing skills, but also incudes discussions in pairs or groups, as well as collaborative tasks in writing.

• A témák feldolgozásához előkészített videós és írott anyagok. - Video and written materials to be used for the various topics.

Evaluation comprises of regular attendance, (30% of lessons can be skipped), active participation in lessons, and completing and submitting assignments and tests at a satisfactory level.

In line with the general characteristics of teaching foreign languages, assessment will be applied with a process approach, which also includes optional elements, such as essays, summaries, the abstracts and introductions of scien-tific articles, as well as business texts; these will form the basis of the assessment.

• assignments and tests : 100

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 10.10.2022.

• Characteristics of writing academic prose. • Writing paragraphs, essays and summaries. • Writing academic theses. • The structure of academic prose. • Citations, bibliographies. • Plagiarism. • Characteristics of business texts. • Business emails. • Memos • Business reports.