Struktura závěrečné zkoušky:
1. Lingvistika – zkoušení podle teoretických okruhů pokrývajících všechny probrané
lingvistické disciplíny.
2. Kulturně-historický přehled na základě stanovených okruhů.
3. Literatura – zkoušení podle stanovených okruhů.
4. Didaktika angličtiny se zkouší podle stanovených okruhů.
Při zadávání otázek student předloží seznam četby titulů britské a americké literatury.
Okruhy k závěrečným zkouškám:
ČÁST LINGVISTICKÁ:
Phonetics and phonology
1
English phonetics and phonology and the process of the human speech production
(segmental and suprasegmental phonology, phoneme, allophones, types of transcription, IPA,
BBC pronunciation)
2
English vowels, their quantity and quality (short and long vowels, the length of the
vowels in English, diphthongs, triphthongs)
3
English consonants and their classification, lenis and fortis consonants (English
plosives, pre-fortis clipping, English fricatives, English affricates, English approximants)
4
Stress and syllables, strong and weak forms, rhythm
5
Connected speech phenomena, assimilation, elision
6
Intonation
Morphology and syntax
7
English nouns and noun phrases.
8
Number, countability and determinacy of nouns.
9
Grammatical categories of gender and case.
10 Classification of English pronouns.
11 Finite and non-finite verb forms, verb classes.
12 Modality in English.
13 Verbal grammatical categories and their interplay.
14 Expressing future in English.
15 Classification of adjectives and comparison of adjectives.
16 Formation of adverbs, their syntactic functions, semantic classification and syntactic
position.
17 Basic syntactic concepts: sentence, clause, phrase. Simple and multiple sentence,
complex and compound. Subordination and coordination. Clause elements and cohesion
(concord).
18 Simple sentence: sentence types according to their function and structure. Negation in
English.
19 Complex sentence. Syntactic roles of subordinate clauses and their types, cleft
sentences. Direct and indirect speech, the sequence of tenses.
20 The syntactic functions of the infinitive, the gerund and the participle.
21 Word order in English: the word order principles and deviations from the norm.
Lexicology
22 Lexicology and lexicography. Words and lexemes. Motivation. Arbitrariness and
conventionality of naming units. Vocabulary as a system: centre and periphery. Types of
dictionaries.
23 The components of meaning: denotation, connotation and pragmatic meaning. Relation
between form and meaning (polysemy, homonymy, synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy).
24 Word-formation processes in English.
Stylistics
25 The concept of style and of context; user-related and use-related features; the situational
factors of field, tenor and mode; common core vs stylistically significant features.
26 Characterising and comparing functional styles: the language of conversation.
27 Characterising and comparing functional styles: the language of sciences and
humatinities.
ČÁST KULTURNĚ HISTORICKÁ:
U. S. history, culture, life and institutions
1 American values and stereotypes, the American Dream. American national symbols –
their origin and significance. 1950s and 1960s in the USA – the Civil Rights Movement,
containment of communism (Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War), Cuba.
2 The American political system I – the Constitution, political parties, the judicial branch.
The War for Independence – its causes and effects.
3 The American political system II – the executive and legislative branch, presidential
elections. Civil War – causes, events leading to it, major battles and the Reconstruction
Period.
4 Geography of the USA. The individual regions – landscape, population, climate, typical
features and character of particular regions and their inhabitants, language varieties, particular
branches of economy… Conflicts with Native Americans – the 19th century.
5 The American system of education - private vs. public schools, stages of the educational
process, school systems, secondary and tertiary education. From the 1970s to the present –
crucial moments of foreign and domestic policies, social trends.
6 Religion in the USA – Puritanism and the way it affected the country, major
denominations and the impact of religion on American society.
7 American holidays - their origin and the way they are celebrated. English colonization in
America (the end of the 16th to the first half of the 18th centuries).
8 American economy - the individual sectors and their share in GDP, capitalism and
economic trends in the past and at present. The Roaring 1920s, Wall Street Crash and the
Great Depression.
British history, culture, life and institutions
9 The geography of the UK: main parts, climate and weather, population and languages.
10 The UK’s economy and transport: the character and structure of the main sectors of the
economy.
11 Parliament in Britain: its composition, the electoral system and political parties.
12 The position of the monarch and the judicial power in the UK. The police.
13 The executive power in the UK: the central and local government. International relations
and defence.
14 The system of education in England and Wales: the state and private systems; higher
education.
15 The social welfare system in the UK: its two main parts and their financing. Charitable
organisations.
16 The religious scene in the UK: the Christian churches (Established and Free ones) and
non-Christian communities.
17 Mass media in the UK: the press, television and radio.
18 Cultural life and sports in the UK: how they are financed; popular sports; most important
festivals, museums, art galleries and libraries.
19 Everyday life in Britain, leisure time activities, holidays and special days.
20 Important events in British history and how they affected the historical development of the
country.
ČÁST LITERÁRNÍ:
American Literature
1
Early American Literature.
2
Romanticism and New England Renaissance.
3
Realism and Naturalism in American Literature.
4
19th Century American Poets.
5
American Literature between 1900 – 1945; Modernism.
6
American Literature after World War II.
7
American Drama.
8
Cultural Pluralism in American Literature (ethnic literatures).
9
Regionalism in American Literature.
10 American Women Writers.
11 Conformity and Rebellion in American Literature.
12 Development of American Short Story.
British Literature
13 Anglo-Saxon Poetry and Prose.
14 The Period after the Norman Conquest.
15 The Late Medieval Period: From Chaucer to Caxton.
16 Humanism and Renaissance in British Literature.
17 British Literature of the Civil War Period, Protectorate and Restoration.
18 Neo-Classicism in British Literature.
19 Pre-Romantic and Romantic Literature in Britain.
20 Victorian British Literature.
21 British Literature in the 1st half of the 20th century.
22 British Literature after World War II.
ČÁST DIDAKTICKÁ:
English Methodology
1 Current trends, methods and approaches (communicative approach, direct method, project
teaching, activating methods, workstations, warm-ups)
2 Learner (motivation, age, styles and strategies, MI theory)
3 Teacher (qualities, roles, self-development, burn-out, stress management)
4 Classroom management (organizing the lesson, interaction patterns, questioning,
large/heterogeneous classes, inner differentiation)
5 Materials (textbook, its functions and evaluation, catalyst, other audio-visual aids and
supplementary materials)
6 Common European Framework of Reference (what is it, who is it for, levels, domains,
themes)
7 Framework Education Programme, school education programme – planning a lesson –
learning objectives (system of curricular documents in CR, key competencies, educational
content = expected outcomes and subject matter, cross-curricular themes, what should a
lesson plan include, LO)
8 The process of teaching/learning – presentation and practice (effective presentation,
explanation and instructions, function and process of practice, effective practice)
9 The process of teaching/learning - testing and feedback (function and sources of feedback,
qualities of tests, types of tests, classification of test items, elicitation techniques, basic
principles)
10 Teaching grammar
11 Teaching vocabulary
12 Teaching pronunciation
13 Teaching reading
14 Teaching listening
15 Teaching writing
16 Teaching speaking