FSS:CJVA154 English for Media Studies and - Course Information

CJVA154 English for Media Studies and Journalism (B.A.)

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Trávníková, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre

Timetable

Mon 15:15–16:45 U36

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

CJVA154/T01: Mon 25. 9. to Fri 22. 12. Mon 9:30–11:05 115, M. Oplatková Plocková, Nepřihlašuje se. Určeno pro studenty se zdravotním postižením.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

((FAKULTA(FSS)&&TYP_STUDIA(B))||(OBOR(MUSFSS)))&&( PdF:ADAPT_AJ Adaptive Test || ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 || FF:ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18

Course objectives

This is a course which follows the constructionist paradigm of learning by doing. Students' work will be read, analyzed and evaluated throughout the semester. While all the four language skills will be present in the course, emphasis will be placed on writing and reading.
Before being published, students' articles will be subjected to a review by peers and the teacher. The articles are planned to be published in the English section of muniMEDIA.
Due to the workshop-like character of the course, the maximum number of absences from class is set at two.

Syllabus

• I/ Introduction to the course and language of the media; comparison of the differences in the style of news writing of The Guardian, www.online.muni.cz, The Epigram, the University of Oxford news section. Key words, length of paragraphs, length of sentences, repetition.
• Output: a reflective essay analyzing differences in style
• II/ The news story: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples
• Output: a news story
• III/ The interview and the profile story: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples. The transformation of the interview into a profile story.
• Output: a profile story
• IV/ News report of a survey: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples. Surveying the lives of foreign students at the FSS/MU; analyzing and interpreting the data, writing and editing.
• Output: news report of a survey
• V/ Feature: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples.
• Output: a feature story

Literature

• MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
• PAPE, Susan and Sue FEATHERSTONE. Feature writing : a practical introduction. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2006, 163 s. ISBN 1412908000. info
• KEEBLE, Richard. The newspapers handbook. 4th ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2005, x, 299. ISBN 9780415331142. URL info

Teaching methods

class discussions, analyses of sample texts, comparing and contrasting samples, peer review, editing

Assessment methods

a/ 1x a profile story: max 20 points
b/ 1x a book/film/CD/theatre review OR a report of a survey: max 20 points
c/ 1x a feature: max 25 points
d/ 1x a news story: max 10 points
e/ editing: max 8 points for a and b each, max 9 points for c: max 25 points
Total: 100 points

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

Teacher's information

http://www.munimedia.cz/kurz/english-section/
The course concludes with a B2 exam.

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