UCJNNKMS Language in the German Media

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
without precondition
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course objectives: The course deals with contemporary linguistic and communicatively pragmatic tendencies in the press, journalism and electronic mass media. It is supplemented by some of the German and Austrian newspapers characteristics. The seminar focuses on the linguistic analysis of specific newspaper texts and linguistic curiosities of newspaper genres.
Learning outcomes
knowledge of trends in the German language
Syllabus
  • 1. Einteilung der Massenmedien, charakteristische Merkmale, Kommunikationsbereiche
  • 2. Pressesprache, Journalistische Genres
  • 3. Zeitung und Alltagssprache
  • 4. Wechsel im Ausdruck
  • 5. Bildliche Sprache
  • 6. Wertende Sprache, Phraseologismen
  • 7. Fach- und Fremdwörter, Dialektismen, Neologismen
  • 8. Briefwechsel – Brief, E-Mail, SMS
  • 9. Geschrieben vs. gesprochen
  • 10. Chat-Kommunikation
  • 11. Sprachökonomie und Medien
  • 12. Entwicklungstendenzen im Sprachgebrauch
  • 13. Diskussion, Evaluation
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations.
Assessment methods
oral exam, presentation
Language of instruction
German
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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