KJIB007 Use of Catalan I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Elga Cremades Cortiella, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. David Utrera Domínguez (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. David Utrera Domínguez
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 L31
Prerequisites
Practical Catalan II (seminar)
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
Course objectives
The main goal of this subject is that students acquire communicative resources related to oral expression and linguistic variation, so that they are capable of producing spoken texts at an intermediate level (B1-B2). At the same time, listening comprehension will be important in this course, with listenings that will help students increase their knowledge about culture and literature.
Syllabus
  • The course will be divided in 6 thematic units. Students will be required to elaborate and interpret dialogs and texts related to the different kinds of discourse. 1. Oral language: characteristics 2. Diaphasic variation: registers 3. Formal spoken discourse a. Academic language b. Legal language c. Language at work 4. Oral standard and language in mass media 5. Informal spoken discours a. Colloquial language b. Vulgar language 6. Diatopic variation: introduction to Catalan dialectology
Literature
    required literature
  • TV3 (2015): Nit i dia (sèrie de televisió). Disponible a (Consulta: 26-7-2016).
  • Carrera-Sabaté, Josefina; Clàudia Pons & Joan Solà (2014): Els sons del català [recurs en línia]. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. (Consulta: 3-9-2015).
    recommended literature
  • UTRERA DOMINGUEZ, David. Cvičení z katalánštiny (Exercises in Catalan). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 145 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7436-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • BAU, Montserrat. Curs de pronunciació : exercicis de correcció fonètica. Edited by Montserrat Pujol - Agnès Rius. Barcelona: Publicacions de L’Abadia de Montserrat, 2007, 147 s. ISBN 9788484159636. info
    not specified
  • Marí, Isidor (1983): “Registres i varietats de la llengua”, COM ensenyar català als adults, 3. Disponible a (Consulta: 26-7-2016).
Teaching methods
Lectures, group projects, presentations by students, homework, reading, listening
Assessment methods
1st call: Assessment will be continuous and will take into account practical exercises: - 40% practical exercises -60% exam (Minimum: 65%) 2nd call: 100% exam (minimum: 65%)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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