UVSRPHK028 Public Administration and Social Politics 2

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: JUDr. Marie Sciskalová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 8. 3. 16:25–20:30 C308, Fri 22. 3. 11:25–15:30 C308
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to enhance students’ ability to actively, steadily and properly express themselves in everyday situations and situations connected with the profession.It improves the ability to understand written documents in relevant areas, leading students to actively use the English language and develop their translation skills.Conversations in the course contributes not only to expanding competence in international communication based on the awareness of terminologically lexical, grammatical and stylistic context.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge:
Students can explain professional English terminology in topical areas as covered in the lectures and exercises.They can explain the characteristics of technical language in their area of expertise.They have the necessary grammatical knowledge and stylistic rules and they can practically use it.
Professional Skills:
Students can apply lexical and grammatical knowledge of the English language in spoken and written expression.They understand English specialist and general texts of medium to higher difficulty and adequately translate them.They have the skills to actively create a coherent text in English in both written and spoken form.
General Qualification:
Students can independently decide which language resources to utilize in the communication situation in order to successfully convey the desired message.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.Recap of terminology of nationalities, public administration and law.
  • 2. Social security.Social care in the Czech Republic and Europe.Social care facilities.
  • 3. Unemployment, labour policy.Labour market.Basic and expanding economic terminology.Budgets, grants, public finance.
  • 4. Translatological practice 4 - technical text of intermediate difficulty (social care, unemployment).
  • 5. Healthcare in the Czech Republic and Europe.Basic facts and terminology.
  • 6. Healthcare facilities.Health and disease.
  • 7. Translatological practice 5 - technical text of intermediate difficulty (healthcare).
  • 8. Basic sociological and psychological terminology 1
  • 9. Basic sociological and psychological terminology 2
  • 10. Discussion on the area of sociological and psychological issues.Translatological practice 6 - technical text of higher difficulty (social psychology).
  • 11. Educational policy.Education in international comparison.Discussion on education and the schooling system.
  • 12. Revisions, summary.
Literature
    required literature
  • ADAMCZYK, Roman. Anglický jazyk[online]. Učební text pro veřejnou správu a sociální obory. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017. [cit. 2018-02-05]. ISBN 978-80-7510-270-6. Dostupné z: https:// elearning.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=140.
  • MASCULL, B. Business vocabulary in use: intermediate. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-12828-5. info
  • SKÁLOVÁ, E. Praktický anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník: pro podnikání a veřejnou správu. Praha: ISV, 2002. ISBN 80-85866-99-4. info
  • VRIES, M. S. de. Understanding public administration. London: Palgrave., 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-57544-9. info
  • ZAVÁZALOVÁ, V., LUKÁČOVÁ, A. Angličtina pro veřejnou správu. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-057-4. info
    recommended literature
  • CIBÁKOVÁ, V. Výkladový slovník pre verejnú správu. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer., 2016. ISBN 978-80-8168-544-6. info
  • MASSEY, A., JOHNSTON, K. The international handbook of public administration and governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar., 2015. ISBN 978-1-78195-448-5. info
  • NEMEC, J., ŠPAČEK, D. 25 years of public administration developments and reforms in V4 region. Brno: Masarykova univerzita., 2017. ISBN 978-80-210-8498-8. info
  • PERRY, James L. Handbook of public administration [online]. Third edition. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 2015. [cit. 2017-05-05]. ISBN 978-1-119-00408-0. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=11019997.
  • SHAFRITZ, Jay M. The dictionary of public policy and administration. Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8133-4260-0. info
Assessment methods
Requirements for students:
Prerequisite is intermediate knowledge of the English language and completion of previous English courses as part of the bachelor's degree programme, as well as completing the course English Language 1 as part of the master's degree programme.Students will demonstrate active participation on instruction in order to improve their ability to use English in everyday situations and in their profession, combining written and spoken language.
They are also expected to: prepare for the exercise by completing assignments (own contributions), participate in discussions actively, or submit their individual work (translation).

Evaluation: Ongoing evaluation of individual work (continuous assessment) - presentation and translation of the text in the scope of 2 standard pages
Oral examination on the topics presented in lectures and exercises.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Anglický jazyk 2.
Teacher's information
The instructor can be contacted after the training during their office hours or via e-mail or telephone.Study material is available for the course at: https://elearning.slu.cz/enrol/index.php?id=140.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2025.
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