NJ3DC_2AOT Aspects of a Technical Discours

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Sat 11. 3. 11:00–12:50 učebna 63, Sat 25. 3. 11:00–12:50 učebna 63, Sat 15. 4. 11:00–12:50 učebna 63
Prerequisites
successful completion of previous term
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
At the end of the tuition students are able to distinguish specialised texts according to different criteria such as abstractness of the text, outer language form and partner of the utterance. Students are also able to use typical syntactic and morphological features while creating specialised texts. They can apply language means typical for specialised texts in tuition.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the term, students will be able to - describe the specifics of technical texts compared to non-technical texts
- explain these specifics
- use this knowledge for their own work in school
Syllabus
  • Functional stylistics, functional styles – outline, technical language, technical vocabulary, semantic particularity of technical vocabulary compared to general vocabulary, technical vocabulary expansion with terms, metaphors, borrowings and forming of technical vocabulary according to given word-constituting patterns. Text structure, syntactic and lexical-semantic coherence, syntactic and morphological particularities of technical texts, horizontal and vertical structuring, kinds and types of technical texts, types of discourse, semantic elements of technical text, selected morphological and syntactic features and possibilities of their practice and acquirement.
Literature
    required literature
  • FANDRYCH, Christian and Maria THURMAIR. Textsorten im Deutschen : linguistische Analysen aus sprachdidaktischer Sicht. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2011, 379 stran. ISBN 9783860571958. info
  • ENGEL, Ulrich. Deutsche Grammatik. 2. veb. Aufl. Heidelberg: Julius Groos Verlag, 1988, 888 s. ISBN 3-87276-600-7. info
Teaching methods
reading, class discussion, presentation of a paper focused on promoting "Textkompetenz" by high school pupils
Assessment methods
submission of a paper with examples how to promote literacy
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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