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Lecturer(s)
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Docheva Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Basic terminology and specific approaches of English stylistics in comparison with Czech stylistics, description of functional styles with the exception of the style of fiction, identification of language means and structure of individual stylistic varieties, description of socially and regionally determined variants of English, a survey of differences of British and American English including pronunciation, grammar and lexis, work with authentic documents of various genres.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Interactive lecture, Lecture with practical applications, Discussion, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Seminar, Practicum
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 6 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 33 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 4 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| understand the basic phenomena in the area of English phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology and lexicography |
| learning outcomes |
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| Students are able to - use linguistic terminology in the area of stylistics appropriately, - apply the principles of identification of a functional style as well as a particular stylistic variety while working with an authentic text, - identify various language means used both in a spontaneous and systematically created language utterance, - identify regional variants of English from the point of view of their pronunciation and grammatical and lexical peculiarities, - apply the knowledge of principles of individual functional style in independent creation of selected stylistic varieties. |
| - describe and explain the aims of stylistics and its approaches to the work with language varieties |
| - describe stylistically diverse language means used in communication in terms of various functional style |
| - describe the basic features of regional and social variants of English in the area of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar |
| Skills |
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| - use linguistic terminology in the area of stylistics appropriately |
| - apply the principles of identification of a functional style as well as a particular stylistic variety while working with an authentic text |
| - identify various language means used both in a spontaneous and systematically created language utterance |
| - identify regional variants of English from the point of view of their pronunciation and grammatical and lexical peculiarities |
| - apply the knowledge of principles of individual functional style in independent creation of selected stylistic varieties |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Interactive lecture |
| Seminar |
| Practicum |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Oral exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
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Recommended literature
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Crystal D., Davy D. Investigating English Style.. London Longman, 1975.
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Crystal D. The Cambridge Encyklopedia of Language.. Cambridge, CUP, 1995.
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Russell S. Grammar, Structure and Style.. Oxford, OUP, 1993.
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Thomas, B. J. Advanced vocabulary and idiom. 2nd ed., 1st ed. by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh : Nelson, 1991. ISBN 0-17-556026-9.
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Urbanová, Ludmila; Oakland, Andrew. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. 1.vyd. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2002. ISBN 80-86598-33-0.
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