Department of English – courses for exchange students
Code
KAJ/EFONE
KAJ/EPRJ1
KAJ/EPRJ2
KAJ/EPRJ3
KAJ/EPRJ4
KAJ/EPRJ5
Title
Phonetics
Language Practice 1
Language Practice 2
Language Practice 3
Language Practice 4
Language Practice 5
Completion
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
Semester
winter
winter
summer
winter
summer
winter
KAJ/EMORF
KAJ/ESYN1
KAJ/ESYN2
KAJ/ELEXI
KAJ/EHI1
KAJ/EHI2
KAJ/ECOMP
KAJ/EDIDA
KAJ/EREAL
KAJ/EBRLI
KAJ/EAMLI
KAJ/EFICL
KAJ/EJAZ
Morphology
Syntax 1
Syntax 2
Lexicology
British History
American History
ICT for ELT
ELT Methodology
Background Studies
British Literature
American Literature
Film Club
Language Skills
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
credit
credit
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
summer
winter
summer
winter
winter
summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
winter /summer
Other courses available upon consultation.
Phonetics (KAJ/EFONE)
The aim of the course is a basic understanding of the segmental and suprasegmental features of English
pronunciation and acquisition of comprehensible English pronunciation.
Practice-oriented seminars correspond with the subject matter introduced in more theory-oriented sessions. The
aim of these seminars is the application of all aspects of pronunciation so that the students are able to improve
their pronunciation gradually and use electronic and paper resource materials efficiently when practising and
(self-) evaluating their pronunciation
Language Practice 1 (KAJ/EPRJ1)
The first semester of the language practice course concentrates on the consolidation of previously acquired
language knowledge (grammar, vocabulary) and language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) at the
B2.2 level. An additional aim of this course is to help students realize the strong and weak points of their
language competence and motivate them to develop their competence gradually to reach the C1.1 language
proficiency level. The first three units of CAE Result, which will be used in the three years of the bachelor study
programme, will be covered. Apart from following the coursebook, extra materials and extra activities will be
introduced by the teacher according to the needs of the particular class.
Language Practice 2 (KAJ/EPRJ2)
Following the previous semester, students cover the next three units of CAE Result, which further develop their
communicative competence in all four language skills.
Language Practice 3 (KAJ/EPRJ3)
In this semester, students cover another two units of CAE Result, which further develop their communicative
competence in all four language skills, with special attention to listening and speaking.
Language Practice 4 (KAJ/EPRJ4)
In this semester, students cover another two units of CAE Result, which further develop their communicative
competence in all four language skills.
Language Practice 5 (KAJ/EPRJ5)
In the final semester of the language practice course, students finish the coursebook, covering the last three units.
The course ends with a language exam which tests both written and oral production at the C1.2 proficiency
level.
Morphology (KAJ/EMORF)
The basic terminology of this linguistic discipline, e.g. morpheme, word, word classes, etc. will be explained in
lectures. The definitions of morphemes and words (including basic types of word formation) will be followed by
detailed information on word classes and their grammatical categories, with emphasis on those which are
specific to the English language or are expressed in a different way in English and Czech. The theoretical
knowledge will be practised in seminars.
Syntax 1 (KAJ/ESYN1)
The aims of the course are to introduce one of the linguistic disciplines - syntax - and its basic terminology, to
make students understand the structure of the sentence as a basic unit of communication, and help them identify
its parts and their relations; to introduce the relations within the complex noun phrase, to introduce negation and
Czech one-element sentences and their English equivalents.
Syntax 2 (KAJ/ESYN2)
This follow-up course concentrates on complex and compound sentences, types of subordinate clauses, ellipsis,
highlighting structures and the role of sentence condensers, functional sentence perspective and punctuation.
Emphasis is put on basic structural differences between the English and Czech languages.
Lexicology (KAJ/ELEXI)
Understanding the main issues of Lexicology, such as word meaning, word formation, lexical relations,
etymological survey, register, etc. Familiarization with all possible types of dictionaries (printed and on CDROM as well as on-line) and the British National Corpus.
Brititsh History (KAJ/EHI1)
An overview of the most important moments of British history and their relationships to the present-day
situation. As this is a seminar, students are expected to study the topics for the class beforehand to be able to
analyse primary sources and discuss matters. The teacher's presentations deal with selected issues only, using
PowerPoint presentations, CD-ROM encyclopaedias, and video, as well as a rich variety of printed material. The
online support material for the course contains questions, more links, pictures, maps, videos, interactive
exercises and quizzes, tests, homework, online forums and much more. In seminars we work with new books and
DVDs bought thanks to the Inkultus grant.
Some of the topics are:
Prehistory. Celtic and Roman Britain. Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Norman conquest and feudalism. Medieval
England. The Parliament. Scottish wars of independence. The Wars of Roses. Tudor England. Elizabethan
period. The Stuarts and the Civil War. The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution. Victorian England.
World War I and II and what followed. End of the Empire. Modern Britain and its problems arising from
history.
American History (KAJ/EHI2)
An overview of the most important moments of American history and their relationships to the present-day
situation. As this is a seminar, students are expected to study the topics for the class beforehand to be able to
analyse primary sources and discuss matters. The teacher's presentations deal with selected issues only, using
PowerPoint presentations, CD-ROM encyclopaedias, and video, as well as a rich variety of printed material. The
online support material for the course contains questions, more links, pictures, maps, videos, interactive
exercises and quizzes, tests, homework, online forums and much more.
ICT for ELT (KAJ/ECOMP)
The intention of this course is to create an awareness of what computer-based resources are available to develop
language knowledge and ability (interactive exercises, online presentation software and much more).
After the introductory lesson students will work from home, using the online tutorials in LMS Unifor. They will
place the products of their effort in the class Wiki.
ELT Methodology (KAJ/EDIDA)
This is an introductory methodology course, which is aimed at 3rd-year students. It should provide them with the
basic methodology concepts of teaching English even if students might decide not to go on to Magister studies to
become teachers of English. It might help them, however, to decide whether to become a teacher or not. It deals
with both theoretical and practical issues related to teaching English such as being a good teacher and learner,
managing and describing teaching and learning, and some principles of teaching language systems and language
skills.
Background Studies (KAJ/EREAL)
This is not a course dealing with facts only. It is rather a discussion on different topics, based on studying
different sources of materials and students presentations.
In the first part of the course we will define culture, national identity and its symbols. We will start with Czech
identity, then proceed to British and American identities. We will explore stereotypes and prejudices. Geography
will play an important part in our course, we will discuss the role of geographical conditions in influencing
historical events and helping to form national identities. Other topics of interest will be minorities, multicultural
society, education, art, architecture, politics and problems in history as well as present time.
Students should negotiate with their teacher their choice of topicy for their Power-Point presentations. Their
presentations will be handed in to the teacher one week before the lesson in which students will deliver their
talks to the group.
This course is equipped with online study material containing further reading with interesting articles that
become the basis of discussions in online forums and short pieces of writing sent to the teacher. There are also
interactive exercises, quizzes, tests, visuals and videos. More material may be added during the term.
British Literature (KAJ/EBRLI)
The aim of the course is to provide a concise survey of the development of British literature. The seminars focus
on analysis of works. Beside shorter literary texts (poems, short stories and extracts), students are requested to
read one drama and 3 novels, which will be interpreted in the seminars.
American Literature (KAJ/EAMLI)
This course is designed to provide a survey of American literature. The goal of this class is to enhance students´
ability to read critically and to place literary works into cultural and historical contexts.
Film Club (KAJ/EFICL)
There will be screened films on literature, history, arts and background of the English speaking countries which
are supposed to develop students´ knowledge not only of the topics mentioned above, but also their language
skills. At the end of the term students will write short reviews on chosen films.
Language Skills (KAJ/EJAZ)
The course deals with developing language skills and concentrates on various styles and genres of written and
spoken language, both formal and informal.
Spoken vs. Written Language. Types of Written Language; Style, Register and Formality. Reading
Comprehension. Aspects of text. Cohesion in Writing. Curriculum Vitae. Letter of Application. Punctuation.
Connectors in Writing. Writing a Summary. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Course Evaluation.