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Lecturer(s)
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Bochníčková Ivana, Mgr. PhD.
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Kucíková Monika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Königová Veronika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The content of the course will be specified at the beginning of the semester.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 22 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 18 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| speak English at B2 CEFR level; be acquainted with important publications relating to the bachelor's degree programme have a basic knowledge of social, economic, and cultural development of Great Britain and the United States be acquainted with current events in British and American culture |
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| actively and adequately use ESP vocabulary; collect the necessary data from the original English sources, analyse them and interpret them in a written or oral form; state and defend their ideas present a paper/deliver a lecture on a given topic produce a written paper on a given topic recapitulate the thesis of the lecture delivered by the Visiting Professor |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| explain basic terms from the field of business, culture and literature explain the so-called World Englishes describe the significant social and cultural events in Great Britain and the USA in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century characterise significant epochs in the history of English-speaking countries explain terms/topics assigned by Visiting Professors |
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| actively and adequately use ESP vocabulary collect the necessary data from the original English sources, analyse them and interpret them in a written or oral form state and defend their ideas present a paper/deliver a lecture on a given topic produce a written paper on a given topic recapitulate the thesis of the lecture delivered by the Visiting Professor |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Self-study of literature |
| Discussion |
| Competences |
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| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Seminar work |
| Self-evaluation |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Self-evaluation |
| Competences |
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| Self-evaluation |
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Recommended literature
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Abercrombie, Nicholas, Warde, Alan, Soothill, Keith. Contemporary British Society. 3. vyd. Cambridge: Polity, 2000.
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Acheson, James. The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000. Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
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Frosch, Mary. Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today. The New Press, 2008.
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Levine S. Robert, Elliott, A. Michael, eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 9. vyd. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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Marwick, Arthur. British society since 1945. London : Penguin Books, 2003. ISBN 0-14-100527-0.
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SAMPSON, Anthony. Who Runs This Place? The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century. London: John Murray, 2004.
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