FPF:UCJAAMK1 English in the Media - Course Information
UCJAAMK1 English in the Media
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/8/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Kučerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Marie Machničová
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - 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
- English (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to introduce the students into the language of the media. The course uses various topics from the field of (critical) discourse analysis as the theoretical introduction into the subject matter. The seminars are devoted to specific analyses and interpretations of language usage in the massmedia on multiple levels, i.e. from the phonetic to the pragmatic level. The analyzed material mainly consists of newspaper texts and advertisements. Recommended literature: Fairclough, N.: Analysing Discourse, London: Routledge, 2003. Fairclough, N.: Media Discourse, London: Edward Arnold, 1995. Goddard, A.: The Language of Advertising, London: Routledge, 1998. Reah, D.: The Language of Newspapers, London: Routledge, 1998.
- Syllabus
- 1. The Language of Headlines 1
2. The Language of Headlines 2
3. Audience 1
4. Audience 2
5. Audience 3
6. Representation of Groups in words1
7. Representation of Groups in words 2
8. Representation of Groups in words 3
9. Representation of Groups in syntax 1
10. Representation of Groups in syntax 2
11. Discourse 1
12. Discourse 2
- 1. The Language of Headlines 1
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- See the study support English in the media
The final exam is based on an analysis of two articles related to two different topics discussed in the course.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2018, recent)
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