Jakob Patekar
Associate Dean for Research and General Education
RIT Croatia
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Journal Paper
Patekar, Jakob. "A Sentence Need not Begin with a Capital Letter." Strani jezici 49. 2 (2020): 155-176. Print.
Ivanović, Sanja Vičević, Jakob Patekar, and Nataša Košuta. "Do Study Programs in Croatia Prepare Future Foreign Language Teachers to Work with Young Learners?" Croatian Journal of Education 21. 1 (2019): 307-344. Web.
Patekar, Jakob. "Prihvatljivost prevedenica kao zamjena za anglizme." Fluminensia 31. 2 (2019): 143-179. Web.
Patekar, Jakob. "Odnos norme i uzusa na primjeru paronima." Rasprave: ÄŒasopis Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 43. 1 (2017): 163-179. Print.
Patekar, Jakob. "Common challenges in delivering a successful foreign language lesson." Strani jezici 46. 1-2 (2017): 101-118. Print.
Košuta, Nataša, Jakob Patekar, and Sanja Vičević Ivanović. "Plurilingualism in Croatian Foreign Language Policy." Strani jezici 46. 1-2 (2017): 85-100. Web.
Patekar, Jakob. "Razlike u uporabi pravopisnih znakova u hrvatskome i engleskome jeziku." Rasprave: ÄŒasopis Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 42. 1 (2016): 147-166. Print.
Patekar, Jakob. "A Possible Order of Teaching English Tenses in Primary School." MetodiÄki ogledi 23. 1 (2016): 65-86. Print.
Currently Teaching
UWRT-100
Critical Reading and Writing
3 Credits
Critical Reading and Writing is a one semester, three-credit course limited to 15 students per section. This course is designed to help students develop the literacy practices they will need to be successful in their First-Year Writing course. Students will read, understand, interpret, and synthesize a variety of texts. Assignments are designed to challenge students intellectually, culturally and rhetorically. Through inquiry-based assignment sequences, students will improve their writing by developing academic research and literacy practices that will be further strengthened in First-Year Writing. Particular attention will be given to critical reading, academic writing conventions, and revision. Small class size promotes frequent student-instructor and student-student interaction. The course also emphasizes the principles of intellectual property and academic integrity in academic writing. This course fulfills a Gen Ed free elective.
UWRT-150
FYW: Writing Seminar
3 Credits
Writing Seminar is a three-credit course limited to 19 students per section. The course is designed to develop first-year students’ proficiency in analytical and rhetorical reading and writing, and critical thinking. Students will read, understand, and interpret a variety of non-fiction texts representing different cultural perspectives and/or academic disciplines. These texts are designed to challenge students intellectually and to stimulate their writing for a variety of contexts and purposes. Through inquiry-based assignment sequences, students will develop academic research and literacy practices that will be further strengthened throughout their academic careers. Particular attention will be given to the writing process, including an emphasis on teacher-student conferencing, critical self-assessment, class discussion, peer review, formal and informal writing, research, and revision. Small class size promotes frequent student-instructor and student-student interaction. The course also emphasizes the principles of intellectual property and academic integrity for both current academic and future professional writing.