UVSRPHP004 Public Administration and Social Politics 1

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
Wed 14:45–15:30 C202, except Wed 12. 10., except Wed 19. 10., except Wed 9. 11. ; and Wed 12. 10. 14:45–15:30 C310, Wed 19. 10. 14:45–15:30 C201, Wed 9. 11. 14:45–15:30 C309
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UVSRPHP004/A: Wed 15:35–16:20 C202, except Wed 12. 10., except Wed 19. 10., except Wed 9. 11. ; and Wed 12. 10. 15:35–16:20 C310, Wed 19. 10. 15:35–16:20 C201, Wed 9. 11. 15:35–16:20 C309, L. Vomlela
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P)
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.TerminologyTechnical terms and their specifics.Translation studies.
  • 2. Translatological practice 1 - general text (newspaper article).
  • 3. Territorial units, nations, nationalities and languages in Europe and outside Europe.
  • 4. Geography of English speaking countries.English language around the world.
  • 5. Basic terminology in politics and public administration.Territorial and professional self-government.Municipalities.
  • 6. Translatological practice 2 - technical text of lower difficulty (public administration).
  • 7. Authorities, official English.Language of forms and applications.
  • 8. Practical exercise - filling out forms and applications in English.CV.
  • 9. Legal environment, and expanding basic legal terms.Language of the law and of legal texts.
  • 10. Legal, economics, public administration, social and related vocabularies and their use.
  • 11. Translatological practice 3 - technical text of intermediate difficulty (public administration).
  • 12. Summary and revisions.Reflection on presentations (microteaching).
Literature
    required literature
  • ADAMCZYK, R. Anglický jazyk [online]. Učební text pro veřejnou správu a sociální obory. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě., 2017. ISBN 978-80-7510-270-6. URL info
  • 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, J. Handbook of public administration [online]. Third edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass., 2015. ISBN 978-1-119-00408-0. URL info
  • 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.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).

Assessment methods:
Ongoing evaluation of individual work (continuous assessment) - presentation and translation of the text in the scope of 2 standard pages
Credit test (written) Written summary final test on the topical knowledge presented in the 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 1.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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