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ENGLISH STUDIES DESCRIPTIONS 2018/2019

Course title Practical English – Integrated skills (PNJA)

Form* Tutorial

Level of course BA level

Year/semester Year I, II, III; semester 1-6. Please note that before joining the course, all students are required to take an online placement test, based on the results, they are allocated to a particular practical English group. Placement test is distributed online about two weeks before the beginning of a given semester. Students are provided with the access dates (2-3 days), the link and login details via email. Students who fail the placement test will not be accepted for the course.

ECTS 4 per semester

Language of instruction

English

No. of hours 60h per semester

Course content (max. 1000 characters)

The course develops the general command of English, systematically strengthening the students’ competence in all four language skills, enhancing their range of vocabulary, and creating opportunities for using the acquired knowledge and skills in natural and effective communication both in speaking and in writing.

Assessment scheme Semester credit is granted on the basis of attendance, regular preparation, and active participation in class, as well as of achievement tests. Examination (at the end of semester) consisting of reading and listening comprehension, writing, and speaking, as well as a lexical/grammatical test.

Lecturer There are a number of groups at different levels taught by different lecturers.

Contact Practical English – Integrated Skills (PNJA) coordinator: dr hab. prof. UŁ Joanna Nijakowska [email protected]

USOS code 0100-ERAS603

Literature Thematically selected materials from practical English course books and practice tests up to the C1 level - according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Field of study/ programme

Course title Practical Grammar 3 0100-ERAL285

Form* Tutorial

Level of course BA level. Student is expected to have achieved level C1 (or higher) of the Common

European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Completion of Practical Grammar

2 or equivalent is recommended.

Year/semester 2nd year/winter semester

ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


Conditionals- typology and variations. WISH-clauses, subjunctives and ‘unreal’ past.

Introduction to verb complementation. Verb patterns with THERE and IT. Verb patterns with

infinitives and with gerunds. Relative clauses and relative pronouns. Participle clauses and

infinitive clauses. Adjectival clauses and noun clauses. Adverbial clauses and subordinating

conjunctions. Finite and non-finite clauses - practice in structural conversion. Passive and

causative forms. Practice in error correction

Assessment scheme Class performance. Written midterm test and written final test. To obtain a passing

semester grade student should achieve an average of 60% on both tests.

Lecturer Ryszard Rasiński, M.S.

Contact [email protected]

USOS code 0100-ERAL285

Literature M. Foley & D. Hall, My Grammar Lab Advanced C1/C2, Pearson 2015.

B. D. Graver, Advanced English Practice (3rd ed.), OUP 1986.

M. Vince, Advanced Language Practice (3rd ed.), Macmillan 2009.


Philology/English Studies

Course title DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR 3 0100-ERAS112

Form* L and T

Level of course 2 BA

Year/semester 2018/19 winter

ECTS 4


English

No. of hours L-15 T-30


The lecture and the tutorial focus on the following aspects of English grammar: parts of

speech and their functions; structure of simple sentence; structure and typology of complex

sentences; apposition; adverbials; active voice and passive voice; functional analysis of

selected syntactic constructions; history of English syntax; syntactic constructions typical of

world Englishes.

Assessment scheme Lecture: participation, discussion of issues in English syntax, and a written exam at the end of the semester. The exam covers both the theoretical and the practical part of the course (40% and 60 % of the points to be scored respectively). The student gets a joint grade for the whole exam. At least 60% of the answers must be correct in order pass the exam. Grades: 2, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.

Tutorial: a written mid-term test and a written final test. To obtain a passing semester grade, the

student should achieve an average of 60% on both tests. Grading scale; 2, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.

Lecturer Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Kosecki Dr. Kamila Ciepiela Dr. Wiktor Pskit Ryszard Rasiński M. Sc.

Contact [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ryszard.rasiń[email protected]


Literature Algeo, John. 1974. Exercises in Contemporary English. New York: Harcourt. Chalker, Sylvia. 1990. A Student's English Grammar: Workbook. London: Longman. Close, R. A. 1993. A University Grammar of English: Workbook. London: Longman. Downing, Angela and Philip Locke. 1992. A University Course in English Grammar. New York: Prentice Hall. Downing, Angela and Philip Locke. 2006. English Grammar: A University Course. London: Routledge. Evans, Vyvyan and Melanie Green. 2006. Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Graver, B. D. 1986. Advanced English Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. 1977. A University Grammar of English. London: Longman


Linguistics

Course title LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNICATION 0100-ERAL090

Form* D

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mailto:ryszard.rasiń[email protected]

Level of course 1 MA

Year/semester 2018/19 winter

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The pro-seminar is intended for students interested in the language-culture interface approached from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. We will define language and culture, and – adopting a cross-cultural perspective – discuss how speakers of diverse languages, e.g. English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and others make sense of fundamental aspects of culture. We will also analyse the cultural turn in translation and see how the knowledge of culture can contribute to translator’s competence. The following issues will be the subject of study, but the list is not exhaustive: language and communication; elements of culture; space and time across cultures; metaphor and metonymy as conceptual processes; varieties of language related to sex, age, and occupation; slang; euphemism in language; cultural aspects of language of advertisements; prejudice and stereotypes in culture and language; language of politics; expressing emotions across languages; cultural context in translation; gestures and non-verbal communication across cultures; signed languages vs. phonic languages.

Assessment scheme Course attendance, oral reports, and a term paper at the end of the semester.

Lecturer Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Kosecki



Literature Aitchison, Jean. 1987. Words in the Mind. Oxford: Blackwell. Baker, Mona. 1992. In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation. London: Routledge. Eschholz, Paul A., Alfred F. Rosa, and Virginia P. Clark (eds). 1974. Language Awareness. New York: St. Martin’s. Hall, Edward T. 1969. The Hidden Dimension. New York: Anchor. Hall, Edward T. 1973. The Silent Language. New York: Anchor. Kövecses, Zoltán. 2002. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kövecses, Zoltán. 2005. Metaphor in Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Linda, Thomas et al. 2003. Language, Society, and Power: An Introduction. London: Routledge. Palumbo, Giuseppe. 2009. Key Terms in Translation Studies. London: Continuum. Walas, Teresa (ed.). 1995. Stereotypes and Nations. Cracow: International Cultural Centre. Wilcox, Phyllis P. 2000. Metaphor in American Sign Language. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.


Linguistics, Literature, Culture

Course title ENGLISH MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND ITS CONTEMPORARY READINGS 0100-ERAL445

Form* D


Level of course BA

Year/semester 2018/2019, winter

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30 (1.5/week)


The course will look at selected Medieval and Renaissance texts (both poetic and dramatic) to explore possibilities of their multiple interpretations, and to compare them with contemporary attempts to present those texts in literature and cinema. Texts will range from Beowulf to Shakespeare's plays, and their contemporary readings, like Justin Kurzel's 2015 film adaptation of Macbeth. The course offers advanced background information concerning the Old English, Medieval and Renaissance literature, focusing on the possibilities of numerous and various interpretations. It allows for exploration of literary texts from historical perspectives, and for discussing ideological dimensions of literary texts. It aims at promoting the students’ awareness of the development, transformation and continuation of literary motifs, and enhances their abilities to formulate and express their own opinions and judgements.

Assessment scheme - 30% – active attendance - 20% – short analytical note - 20% – group project - 30% – final quiz

Lecturer dr Magdalena Cieślak

Contact [email protected] [email protected]


Literature Old English literature - Beowulf Medieval literature: - Everyman (anonymous) - Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "The Clerk's Tale" Renaissance literature: - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Macbeth Contemporary literature: - Caryl Churchill, Top Girls - John Gardner, Grendel (optional) Film adaptations: - Beowulf, dir. Robert Zemeckis (2007) - BBC ShakespeaRe-Told, Macbeth, dir. Mark Brozel (2005) - She's the Man, dir. Andy Fickman (2006) - Macbeth, dir. Justin Kurzel (2015)


English Studies; Medieval and Renaissance English Literature

Course title LANGUAGE, MIND, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE 0100-ERAL238

Form* D



Level of course 1 MA

Year/semester 2018-19 summer

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The seminar focuses on basic and advanced concepts of semantics, ethno-linguistics, and cognitive linguistics, for example metaphor, metonymy, and categorization. The concepts will be defined and discussed from a cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspective, taking into account languages as diverse as English, Hungarian, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and others. Cognitive linguistic concepts will also be applied in the analysis of social varieties of language, such as slangs, jargons, argots; literary texts; art (film, painting, sculpture).

Assessment scheme Participation in classes, oral and written reports. The student should also submit a detailed plan of their MA dissertation.

Lecturer Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Kosecki



Literature Aitchison, Jean. 1987. Words in the Mind. Oxford: Blackwell. Evans, Vyvyan and Melanie Green. 2006. Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP. Kövecses, Zoltán. 2002. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. Oxford: OUP. Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: Chicago UP. Lakoff, George and Mark Turner. 1989. More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. Chicago: Chicago UP. Panther, Klaus-Uwe and Günter Radden (Eds.). 1999. Metonymy in Language and Thought. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Taylor, John. 1989. Linguistic Categorization: Prototypes in Linguistic Theory. Oxford: Clarendon.


Linguistics, Culture

Course title British Literature 1

(a course of lectures and classes)

0100-ERAS103

Form* D



Year/semester 1st semester

ECTS 9


English

No. of hours 60


The classes are thematically oriented and cover such areas as:

Expanding and systematization of the students’ knowledge of canonical literary texts, on the

basis of their familiarity with literary genres and styles characteristic of a given historical epoch.

Relations between various literary works and genres with an emphasis on both differences and

similarities.

Turning the students’ attention to the differences and similarities between the histories of Polish and

British literatures.

Emphasising the continuity of the development of British literature through the centuries and also of its characteristic features in a European context.

Assessment scheme The final grade for the class is given on the basis of

- regular attendance (2 unauthorised absences allowed), active class participation and completion of

in-class assignments.

- regular preparation for the classes and completion of home assignments.

- achievement tests (at least 1 per semester): the Polish grading system (2-5), pass at 60%. (c. 40%).

- group and individual oral presentations.

an expository essay on a topic connected with the history of English literature (c. 50%).

Lecturer Prof. Andrzej Wicher

Contact [email protected], [email protected]


Literature Basic handbooks: 1) gen. ed. M.H.Abrams, The Norton Anthology of English Literature (2000, W.W.Norton & Company: New York, London), 2 vols. 2) D.Daiches, A Critical History of English Literature, 4 vols. (1969, Secker & Warburg: London). 3) ed. M.Drabble, The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1990, Oxford University Press: Oxford, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne). 4) ed. B.Ford, The New Pelican Guide to English Literature (1990, Penguin Books: London), 9 vols: Medieval Literature, The Age of Shakespeare, From Donne to Marvell, From Dryden to Johnson, From Blake to Byron, From Dickens to Hardy, From James to Eliot, The Present, American Literature. Supplementary literature: 1) Albert C. Baugh (red.), A Literary History of England, 4 vols: The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The Restoration and Eighteenth Century, The Nineteenth Century and After, (1967, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd: London). 2) A.Burgess, English Literature. A Survey for Students (1990, Longman: London). 3) J.A.Cuddon, Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (1991, Penguin Books: London). 4) F.Kermode, J.Hollander (red.), The Oxford Anthology of English Literature (1973, Oxford University Press: New York, London, Toronto), 6 vols: Medieval English Literature, The Literature of Renaissance England, The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Romantic Poetry and Prose, Victorian Prose and Poetry, Modern British Literature. 5) W.Krajewska (red.), English Poetry of the Nineteenth Century (1980, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe: Warszawa). 7) G.C.Thornley and Gwyneth Roberts, An Outline of English Literature (1996, Longman: Harlow). 8) Andrew Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature (1994, Oxford University Press: Oxford). - 9) Liliana Sikorska, An Outline History of English Literature (2002, Wydawnictwo Poznańskie: Poznań

Course title Literary proseminar: A proseminar concerning the basic notions of religious and mythological studies as they can be applied to literary analysis 0100-ERAS904

Form* D



Level of course MA level

Year/semester WINTER semester

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


– Basic concepts of religious thinking. – Definition of myth and its original functions – Sacrificial and initiatory ritual.

– The notion of the uncanny in psychoanalysis and in literature.

– The concept of the monstrous double as it appears in fantastic literature.

– Mechanism and significance of the passage from the empirical to the alternative world and the

relationship between those two worlds.

– Utopian, dystopian, and anti- utopian motifs in fantastic and in mainstream literature.

Assessment scheme Active participation in discussions – (c. 10%)

Team work – (c. 10%)

Argumentative essay – (c. 40%)

Final test – (c. 40%)

Grades from 2 to 5




Literature Literature:

1. Fred Botting, Gothic (1996, Routledge: London and New York).

2. Stanisław Lem, Fantastyka i Futurologia (1970, Wydawnictwo Literackie: Kraków)

3. Roger Luckhurst, Science Fiction (2005, Polity Press: Cambridge and Malden, MA).

4. Adam Roberts, Science Fiction (2000, Routledge: London and New York).

5. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1993, FontanaPress: London). 6. Joseph Campbell, Occidental Mythology. The Masks of God (1991, Arkana: New York, London). 7. Mircea Eliade, Sacrum – mit – historia. Wybór esejów (1993, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy: Warszawa). 8. Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough. A study in magic and religion (1993, Wordsworth Reference: Ware, Hertfordshire).


Course title Practical Grammar 1 0100-ERAS094



Form* T

Level of course B1

Year/semester year 1/ winter

ECTS 2

Language of instruction English

No. of hours 30


1. Introduction to the course. Basic terminology. Criteria of correctness. 2. The present: Present Simple, Present Continuous 3. The present: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous 4. The past: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect 5. The past: Past Simple, Present Perfect 6. Future tenses 7. Revision: exercises in all tenses 8. Test 1 / Modality – introduction 9. Modal verbs: ability, possibility, permission, deduction 10. Modal verbs: necessity, obligation, prohibition, advice, willingness 11. Revision: Exercises in modal structures 12. Test 2/ Evaluation of the course

Assessment scheme Written midterm and semester tests. To obtain a passing semester grade student should achieve at least 60%. Attendance required (max 2 classes missed without certification). Active participation in the classes a bonus. Preparation for the classes (e.g. homework assignments).

Lecturer mgr Krzysztof Lewoc



Literature Hewings, M. (1999; 2005; 2013) Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge. Swan, M. (1980; 1995; 2005) Practical English Usage. Oxford. Vince, M. (1994; 2010) Advanced Language Practice. Heinemann.


Course title Medieval and Early Modern Literature Tutorial (until more or less the end of the 18th c.).

0100-ERAL371

Form* D


Year/semester 4th semester

ECTS ECTS: 5


English

No. of hours 30


Course content:

The beginnings and development of basic literary genres.

Medieval literature, both Old English and Middle English.

Renaissance literature with a special emphasis of William Shakespeare’s plays.

The problem of interpretation of literature.

The problem of representing reality in literature.

The problem of interpretation of literature in relation to contemporary world.

Assessment scheme Assessment scheme:

Active participation in discussions – (c. 10%)

Team work – (c. 10%)

Argumentative essay – (c. 40%)

Final test – (c. 40%)

Grades from 2 to 5




Literature Literature:

Basic manuals:

M.H.Abrams (ed.), The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. 1 (2000, W.W.Norton & Co.: New York –

London).

Albert C.Baugh (ed.), A Literary History of England, vols 1, 2, 3 (1967, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.: London).

D.Bush (ed.), Milton. Poetical Works, (1974, Oxford University Press: London, Oxford).

Bernard Lott (ed.), William Shakespeare Hamlet (1993, Longman: Harlow).

Supplementary literature:

J.C.Smith&E.DeSelincourt (eds) Edmund Spenser, Poetical Works (1975, Oxford University Press: London).

F.Botting, Gothic (2001, Routledge: London, New York).

K.Allott (ed.) Elizabethan and Jacobean Prose, Seventeenth Century Prose, Eighteenth Century Prose (1956, Penguin Books: Harmondsworth, Middlesex).




Course title Film and Feminism: The Condition of Women and the Women’s Movement in

American Cinema 0100-ERAL446

Form* T

Level of course MA

Year/semester 1/1

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The aim of the proseminar is to examine selected examples of American films in terms of

how they present the situation of women in the 20th and early 21

st centuries. Chronologically

speaking, the history of cinema coincides with that of the feminist movement, since both

flourished in the 20th century. Nevertheless, American cinema – and cinema in general – is

often accused of stereotyping, marginalizing and misrepresenting women and adopting the

perspective of heterosexual men, who constitute the overwhelming majority of film directors.

The course is intended as an exploration of American films which do not exemplify such

tendencies. The focus will be on cinematographic works which feature multidimensional

female characters, depict women as fully fledged human beings and tell the viewer something

about the condition of women and the changes it has undergone in the last 100 years. The

films discussed will also be scrutinized with reference to how they reflect the main postulates

of the three waves of feminism

Assessment scheme Haskell, Molly and Manohla Dargis. From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Malone, Alicia. Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film. USA: Mango Publishing Group, 2017. Neroni, Hilary. The Violent Woman: Femininity, Narrative, and Violence in Contemporary American Cinema. New York: State University of New York Press, 2005. Greven, David. Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman’s Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Schreiber, Michele. American Postfeminist Cinema: Women, Romance and Contemporary Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014. Contribution to class discussions. End-of-semester paper.

Lecturer Dr Alicja Piechucka,

Contact [email protected] Institute of English Studies, American Literature and Culture Department


Literature


American cultural studies


Course title Medieval and Early Modern Popular Literature

0100-ERAL447

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester Year 2, semester 3

ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


The course will offer an overview of medieval and early modern popular literature, that is, simple forms whose primary role was to provide entertainment for the commoners. It will give an insight into various theoretical models of approaching popular culture. Analyses of texts will highlight issues such as bawdiness and sensationalism in popular literature, its anti-Judaist and anti-clerical overtones, elements of folk belief, and traces of social resentment. The discussions of literary works will also serve to address more general questions: what were the functions of popular literature in the periods discussed? what was the nature of the division between the high and the low? what was the relationship between the two modes of literary expression and, consequently, between the participants of the “little” and “great” traditions?

Assessment scheme Class participation (entailing attendance) (50%), final assignment in the form of a written commentary (about 500 words) or a short oral presentation (50%).

Lecturer Joanna Matyjaszczyk



Literature Douglas Gray, Simple Forms: Essays on Medieval English Popular Literature (Oxford UP, 2015) Matthew Dimmock and Andrew Hadfield, eds., Literature and Popular Culture in Early Modern England (Routledge, 2016)

Texts discussed throughout the course are in the public domain and can be accessed online: www.luminarium.org www.bluegrassmessengers.com/the-305-child-ballads.aspx ebba.english.ucsb.edu


English

Course title Religion and Literature - A Survey of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature 0100-ERAL071

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester Year 2, semester 3

ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


This course will look at some of the finest (and strangest) examples of medieval and early modern religious writing in English. You will find devotional texts in the syllabus, but you will also find tales of the supernatural and of sex, and a lot of humour but also, quite often, an alarmingly serious tone of religious zeal. In short, you will see what religion makes people do, think and fantasize about and how thinking in religious terms may lead human imagination in surprisingly varied directions. Topics include: Medieval religious poetry, English mystery plays, English morality plays; hagiography in literature; Protestant Reformation and literature, religious propaganda in literature, Metaphysical poetry. Course website: http://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/engdrama/religious/

Assessment scheme Class participation (entailing presence in class) (50%), final project of about 800-1000 words (50%)

Lecturer Dr Piotr Spyra



Literature 1. Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol.1 (W.W. Norton, 2012) 2. Norton Anthology of Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1970) 3. Internet Sources: Luminarium (www.luminarium.org), English Broadside Ballad Archive (http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/)


English

Course title English as a Foreign Language - Listening and Conversation Skills 0100-ERAS594

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester Year 1 or 2; semester 1 or 3.

ECTS 4


English

No. of hours 30


The course is designed to boost students’ listening and speaking skills and to familiarize students with Internet resources that can aid them in improving these skills at home and on the go. Most tasks will be based on BBC News bulletins. The course has components connected with thematic vocabulary and the issue of plagiarism in oral and written assignments.

Assessment scheme class participation (20%), presentations (in pairs) (40%), listening quizzes (20%), vocabulary

tests (20 %)

Lecturer dr Piotr Spyra



Literature BBC News BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time series


L4B (Linguistics for business)

Course title:

Film Culture 0100-ERAL065

Form Discussion class

Level of course MA

Year/semester Winter semester 2018/19

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The course’s objective is an overview of the following topics:

What is Film Culture?

Film production: Collaborative theory

Film reception – gate-keepers vs movie-geeks

Film distribution –from movie screen to smart phone

Film analysis – mise-en-scene

Autuer theory

Star studies

Film promotion: trailers, posters, etc.

Assessment scheme:

1) active part in class discussions

2) group or individual projects (alternatively a short analytical note – 2000 words)

Lecturer Dr Agnieszka Rasmus



Literature 1. What Just Happened? (2008)

2. William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade

3. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

4. Louis Giannetti, Understanding Movies (1999).

5. Chuck Tryon, Reinventing Cinema (2009)

6. Jonathan Gray, Show Sold Separately (2011).


English Philology – Film and Culture

Course title

Exploring Representations of Human Diversity: An Introduction to Cultural Disability Studies 0100-ERAL448

Form* D

Level of course MA

Year/semester

1 MA

ECTS

5


English

No. of hours 30


The course offers a comprehensive introduction to cultural disability studies - a research field which

investigates the changing cultural representations of disability in literature, arts, film, and the media. During

the course, students will discuss foundational theoretical texts by leading scholars in disability studies. This

will give them the necessary theoretical background to interpret different representations of people with

disabilities in selected cultural texts. The focus will primarily be on freak show aesthetics and the ways in


which contemporary cultural representations reinforce or challenge the stereotypical perceptions and

depictions of people with disabilities, which were often grounded in the moral/religious and medical models

of disability.

Assessment scheme

class participation, final presentation

Lecturer Dr Katarzyna Ojrzyńska

Contact

[email protected]

USOS code

0100-ERAL448

Literature

Selected excerpts from: Lennard Davis, ed., Disability Studies Reader. (excerpts from various editions) Alice Hall. Literature and Disability. Rosemarie Garland Thomson. Staring: How We Look. Tobin Siebers, Disability Theory. Anne Waldschmidt, Hanjo Berressem, Moritz Ingwersen, eds. Culture-Theory-Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies Selected literary texts, films and performances by Doris Baizley and Victoria Ann Lewis, Katherine Dunn, Tod Browning, Steven Sheinberg, Mat Frazer, Liz Crow, and more…


Cultural Disability Studies/ English Studies

Course title

Language in action: a sociolinguistic perspective 0100-ERAL368

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester 2018/2019

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30

Course content

This class emphasises the actional nature of language focusing on the interface of linguistics and sociology.

The fact that “things can be done with words” through linguistic performance and interaction, which lies at the

centre of speech act theory in linguistics, is explored with reference to problems such as, e.g., performance of

identity, intercultural differences in communication styles, understanding of indirect suggested meaning,

restricted and elaborated codes, as well as varied discourses defined by gender, social or ethnic group, etc. All

topics discussed in class will be backed with task whose aim is to familiarise the students with relevant and

manageable research methods, which may prove relevant in their future projects (e.g. linguistics theories and

simple corpus methodology).


Assessment scheme

Project work or essay

Lecturer

Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

Contact

[email protected]

USOS code )

0100-ERAL368

Literature Wardhaugh, R. & J.M. Fuller (2015; 7th

ed.) Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell


English Linguistics

Course title

Language performance – doing things with language 0100-ERAL293

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester 2018/2019

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30

Course content

The course covers different examples of “doing things with language”. We start with exploring speech act

theory and then move to analysis of real world examples of “making things happen” with the use of language.

The topics include: everyday speech acts, such as requesting, complementing, denying, as well as issues

connected with free speech and hate speech, which will lead us to legal applications of speech act theory and

examples of persuasive linguistic performance in political, and in general social contexts.

Assessment scheme

Project work or essay

Lecturer

Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

Contact

[email protected]

USOS code

0100-ERAL293

Literature

Saeed, J. (2016; 4th ed.) Semantics. Oxford: Blackwell (selected chapters) and fragments from other sources


English Linguistics

Course title English-Polish Contrastive Grammar 0100-ERAS113

Form* Lecture and tutorial

Level of course BA

Year/semester Third year, winter semester, BA

ECTS 4


English

No. of hours Lecture: 15 hours, tutorial: 30 hours


Types of syntactic contrast; word order; nominal categories: number, gender, case; definiteness; pronouns; adjectives and participles; tense; aspect; modal verbs; verb complementation; subject-verb concord; passive; complex sentences; lexical contrast

Assessment scheme Lecture: written examination Tutorial: class attendance and participation in in-class discussion, homework assignments, two written tests

Lecturer Dr Wiktor Pskit



Literature Fisiak, J., Lipińska-Grzegorek, M., Zabrocki, T. 1978. An Introductory English-Polish Contrastive

Grammar. PWN.

Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S., Leech, G., Svartvik, J. 1985. A Comprehensive Grammar of the

English Language. Longman.

Szpila, G. 2003. An English-Polish Dictionary of False Friends. Egis.

Szpila, G. 2005. Make Friends with False Friends. Practice Book. Egis.

Willim, E., Mańczak-Wohlfeld, E. 1997. A Contrastive Approach to Problems with English.

PWN.


English Philology

Course title

Revolutionary Minds (from William Blake to Jim Morrison) 0100-ERAL067

Form* D: discussion class

Level of course Prerequisites Completion of the 1st-year courses in British and American Literature

Year/semester

sem III, BA

ECTS

5


ENGLISH

No. of hours

30


The course will look at selected British and American literary texts (both poetry and prose) to explore various aspects of revolution and (playful) subversion in culture. The emphasis will be placed on identifying intriguing inspirations and traces of influence between authors and traditions of (sometimes) distant periods in literary history (William Blake and Jim Morrison), as well as between representatives of literary canon and pop culture. We will be reading and discussing texts by the revolutionary Romantics (William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau) who exerted huge influence on the counterculture of the 1960s (Jim Morrison, John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan), and still influence those who promote geopoetic revolution (Kenneth White, Gary Snyder).

Assessment scheme

Regular attendance (20%), active participation in speaking activities (40%), an essay (700-1200 words) on one of the issues discussed throughout the course (40%).

Lecturer Monika Kocot, PhD



Literature Jarniewicz, Jerzy. All you need is love. Sceny z życia kontrkultury. Kraków: Znak, 2016. Marwick, Arthur. The Sixties. Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy,and the United States, c.1958–c.1974. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Sławek, Tadeusz. Ujmować. Henry David Thoreau i wspólnota świata. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2009. White, Kenneth. Geopoetics: Place, Culture, World. Glasgow: Alba Editions, 2003.


British and American Literature and Culture, comparative studies

Course title

Body / Mind and the Social World in 20th and 21st-century American Poetry, Prose, and Inter-

genre Writing

0100-ERAL449

Form* D

Level of course BA

Year/semester

II/Spring

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours

30

Course content .

The course traces dynamics of the body / mind in relation to the social world in contemporary American poetry, prose, and inter-genre writing. Propose course content: Introductory Session: Democracy and the body (Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (fragments)); from bodies to persons (George Oppen’s Of Being Numerous) Session 2. Expansive embodiment of the poetic text: Charles Olson’s “Projective Verse” Session 3. Ecstatic body: Michael McClure’s poems Session 4 & 5. Critique of black body’s (over)exposure: Zora Neale Hurston and Claudia Rankine Session 6 & 7. “Getting to Know Your Body”: Cognitive dead-ends in Lydia Davis’s short stories. Session 8. Carole Maso’s sensuous textualities: selected essays. Session 9 & 10. Phantom body: Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist Session 11. Sherman Alexie’s embodied patterns of trauma: „Can I get a witness?” Session 12 & 13. From anarchy to self-healing: Kathy Acker’s female Don Quixote and CA Conrad’s (Soma)tic Rituals. Sessions 14 & 15. Group presentations

Assessment

scheme 40% class participation 30% short response papers

30% group presentations

Lecturer

dr Małgorzata Myk

Contact

[email protected]


Literature

Acker, Kathy. Don Quixote. (fragments) Alexie, Sherman. “Can I get a witness?” (short story) CA Conrad, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon. (fragments) Davis, Lydia. Collected Short Stories. (selected stories) DeLillo, Don. The Body Artist. Hurston, Zora Neale. “How It Feels to Be Coloured Me.” (essay) Maso, Carole. Aureole. (fragments) McClure, Michael. Of Indigo and Saffron. Olson, Charles. “Projective Verse.” Oppen, George. Of Being Numerous. (fragments) Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. (fragments)

Course title

Aspects of Popular and Mass Culture 0100-ERAL057

Form*

Level of course

Year/semester MA winter

ECTS 2


English

No. of hours 30


Course description

A. General information on the course (independent of a term)

1. Short course description

The aim of the course is to offer insights into the problematics of popular and mass

culture of Anglophone countries in the context of such phenomena as consumerism,

standardisation, Americanisation, globalisation, etc. In order to fully comprehend the

specificity of contemporary popular culture students will study theoretical texts which

from a historical perspective help distinguish, define and interpret it. In order to analyse

and interpret various phenomena of contemporary popular culture in the field of music,

film, advertising, and literature students will become familiar with different theories and

methodological tools (such as culturalism, semiology, postmodernism, feminism).

Assessment scheme

1. assessment of active participation in class discussions, acting as moderator of a

class discussion (30%)

2. multimedia presentation (20%)

3. final test (50%)

Lecturer Agnieszka Łowczanin



Literature 1. John Fiske, Understanding Popular Culture. London: Routledge.

2. John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. An Introduction. Pearson.

3. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. A Reader. Ed. John Storey. London:

Routledge. (fragments individually accessed by students)

4. R. Barthes, Myhtologies. (fragments individually accessed by students)

5. Selected music

6. Twilight (2008), dir: C. Hardwicke

7. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), dir: J. Jarmusch


Course title

British History and Culture 0100-ERAS519

Form*

Level of course

Year/semester

winter

ECTS

2


English

No. of hours

30


The course develops knowledge and awareness of the complexity of cultural discourses in

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The classes aim to enhance students’ interest

in British culture, music, architecture, painting, etc. current affairs and history. Students learn

basic facts about the key British institutions and various aspects of British cultural, political,

social life, their historical background as well as its contemporary context. Special emphasis is

placed upon improving students’ skills of debating and arguing, and expressing their own

opinions.

Assessment scheme

The final grade for the class is given on the basis of

regular attendance, active class participation and completion of in-class assignments

[learning outcomes tested: E1-6].

regular preparation for the classes and completion of home assignments [learning

outcomes tested: E1,2,3, 4,7, 8].

final test: the Polish grading system (2-5), pass at 60% [learning outcomes tested:

E1,2,4,8].

Lecturer

Contact


Literature 1. Bibliography

John Oakland. 2011. British Civilization. An Introduction David McDowall, 2000. Britain in Close-up. Jo Smith. 2012. Exploring British Culture.


Course title Ireland in the 20th century 0100-ERAL450

Form* Discussion class

Level of course MA

Year/semester 1

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The seminar explores Irish identities and myths in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

as expressed in literature and culture created at home and abroad in the 20th and 21

st century.

The range of themes discussed ranges from Irish history and politics, the language question,

postcolonial framework, Celtic and national mythology, environmental issues, social problems,

emigration/immigration/exile to the Celtic Tiger era and its decline, showing evolving attitudes

of Irish society throughout the twentieth century and beyond. This interdisciplinary seminar

combines literature (mainly in English), film, music and visual arts.

Assessment scheme Participation in the class, written assignment

Lecturer Joanna Kruczkowska



Literature W. B. Yeats – selected poetry, a Cuchullain play J. M. Synge The Aran Islands

Sean O'Casey The Plough and the Stars

James Joyce Portrait of the Artist

Louis MacNeice – Autumn Journal

Samuel Beckett – Endgame

Seamus Heaney – poetry, Preoccupations

Selection of contemporary Irish poetry John McGahern Amongst Women

Films: Man of Aran, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Bloody Sunday, In America, The

Commitments

Music: U2


Literature and culture

Course title American Literature 2 0100-ERAS106

Form* Lecture and Tutorial

Level of course B1/B2

Year/semester I/2

ECTS 3


English

No. of hours 30


The course “American Literature 2” introduces students to the history of American

literature from its beginnings to the late 20th century. Classes are devoted to discussions

of major cultural phenomena and their representations in selected literary works of

American authors of particular periods. Special emphasis is put on the evolution of

characteristic genres and the recurrence of particular motifs. Lectures and classes aim at

enriching students’ academic vocabulary by means of analyses of assigned texts, as well

as by solving, individually and in groups, the problems connected with particular literary

works and their cultural and social context.

Assessment scheme (tentative)

Active participation in discussions (10%) Mid-semester test (40%) End of semester paper (50%)

Lecturer dr hab. Kacper Bartczak



Literature (the class will focus on a selection from the list below): Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” Emily Dickinson, selected poems Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro” William Carlos Williams, “This Is Just to Say,” “The Red Wheelbarrow” Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “The Road Not Taken” Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” John Barth, “Lost in the Funhouse” Raymond Carver, “Whoever Was Using This Bed” Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street


English/American Literature

Course title PHONETICS I

0100-ERAS090

Form* T

Level of course BA,

Year/semester 1st year/winter

ECTS 2 ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


The aim of the course is to raise students’ awareness of the sound system of standard British English, introduce them to the phonetic representations of sounds and to basic connected speech processes as well as to provide systematic practice to help them improve their pronunciation performance and listening comprehension skills. Course content: Sounds (vowels and consonants) The basics of connected speech (sentence stress, link-up, weak and strong forms) Phonemic transcription of a short text or dialog

Assessment scheme At least 80% attendance and active participation in class Tests (passing score: 65%) Homework assignments (e.g. in the form of recordings and reading from transcription) Oral tests (improvement is required in the student’s pronunciation performance) Written test: the transcription of a short listening passage in phonemic script (the student is

required to produce a generally accurate transcription of the text)

Lecturer Anna Jarosz Aneta Ostrowska Przemysław Ostalski Paulina Rybińska



Literature Baker, A. Ship Or Sheep, Cambridge University Press, 1977 Baker, A. Ship Or Sheep, Cambridge University Press, 2006 Bowler, B. & Cunningham, S. Headway Upper-Intermediate Pronunciation, Oxford University Press Bowler, B. & Cunningham, S. New Headway Upper-Intermediate Pronunciation Course, Oxford University Press Hancock, M. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate, Cambridge University Press Hancock, M. Pronunciation Games, Cambridge University Press Jones, D. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge University Press Mańkowska, A., Nowacka, M., Kłoczowska, M., How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck? WSIiZ Sawala, K., Szczegóła, T., Weckwerth, J., Say It Right, Multimedialny Kurs Wymowy Angielskiej, Super Memo World


linguistics

Course title PHONETICS 3

0100-ERAS092

Form* T

Level of course BA,

Year/semester 2nd year/winter

ECTS 2 ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


Course Content

1. Basic practical information concerning connected speech processes as well as word and

sentence stress in English.

2. Transcription of recorded passages of connected speech and reading transcribed texts.

3. The improvement of students’ pronunciation in slow and fast speech through various

techniques. The development of the students’ intuitions concerning word and sentence stress in English.

Assessment scheme At least 80% attendance and active participation in class

Tests (passing score: 65%)

Homework assignments (e.g. in the form of recordings and reading from transcription)

Oral tests (improvement is required in the student’s pronunciation performance) Written test: the transcription of a short listening passage in phonemic script (the student is

required to produce a generally accurate transcription of the text)

Lecturer Iza Molińska

Przemysław Ostalski

Paulina Rybińska



Literature Baker, A. Ship Or Sheep, Cambridge University Press, 1977

Baker, A. Ship Or Sheep, Cambridge University Press, 2006

Bowler, B. & Cunningham, S. Headway Upper-Intermediate Pronunciation, Oxford University

Press

Bowler, B. & Cunningham, S. New Headway Upper-Intermediate Pronunciation Course,

Oxford University Press

Hancock, M. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate, Cambridge University Press

Hancock, M. Pronunciation Games, Cambridge University Press

Jones, D. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge University Press

Mańkowska, A., Nowacka, M., Kłoczowska, M., How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck

Chuck? WSIiZ

Sawala, K., Szczegóła, T., Weckwerth, J., Say It Right, Multimedialny Kurs Wymowy

Angielskiej, Super Memo World Field of study/ programme

linguistics

Course title DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR 1

0100-ERAS109

Form* T/L

Level of course BA,

Year/semester 1st year/winter

ECTS 4 ECTS


English

No. of hours 15 (lecture) + 30 (tutorial)


Students are familiarized with the sound system of English at segmental and suprasegmental

level

Course content:

1. Major accents of English

2. Phonetic transcription

3. Organs of speech

4. Speech mechanism

5. Classification of consonants

6. Description of vowels

7. Syllabification

8. Word-stress

9. Strong and weak forms

10. Allophones of vowels and consonants

11. Connected speech (slow and fast)

12. Stress, rhythm and intonation

Assessment scheme Discussions

Groupwork

Quiz/quizzes Final exam

Lecturer Iza Molińska

Przemysław Ostalski

Paulina Rybińska



Literature Sobkowiak, W. English Phonetics for Poles Poznań: Naukowa

Gimson, A. C. An introduction to the pronunciation of English lub Crutttenden, A. (1994)

Gimson’s Pronunciation of English, London: Edward Arnold.

Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Collins, B., Mees, I.M. Practical Phonetics and Phonology. London and New York: Routledge

Szpyra-Kozłowska, J., Sobkowiak, W. Workbook in English Phonetics . Lublin: Wydawnictwo

UMC-S

Giegerich, H. The phonology of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dictionaries:

Wells, J.C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary

Jones, D. (edited by P. Roach) Pronouncing Dictionary, CUP.

Course title Varieties of English 0100-ERAS579

Form* D

Level of course BA,

Year/semester 2nd year/winter

ECTS 2 ECTS


English

No. of hours 30


The objective of the course is to give students an overview of the syntactic, lexical,

phonetic and phonological variation across different varieties of modern English. The

course analyzes the concepts of standard and non-standard varieties. Additionally

linguistic variation is considered from a sociolinguistic viewpoint, so that students are

sensitive to the extralinguistic connotations. After the course the student is capable of

describing and analyzing features of a particular variety of modern English.

Assessment scheme The final grade for the class is given on the basis of

- regular attendance(2 unauthorized absences allowed), active class participation

and completion of in-class assignments [learning outcomes tested: E1-6]

- regular preparation for the classes and completion of home assignments

[learning outcomes tested: E1-6]

- achievement tests (at least 2 per semester): the Polish grading system (2-5), pass

at 60% [learning outcomes tested: E1-6]

The Polish grading system (2-5)

Lecturer Przemysław Ostalski



Literature 1. Hughes, Arthur and Peter Trudgill 2005. English accents and dialects. An

introduction to social and regional varieties of British English. London: Edward Arnold.

2. Trudgill, Peter and Jean Hannah 2002. International English: Arnold.

3. Trudgill, Peter 2002. The dialects of England. 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell.

4. Wells, John C. 1982. Accents of English. 3 Vols. Cambridge: University Press.


linguistics

Course title:

Business Correspondence Course 0100-ERAL383

Form* D

Level of course: BA

Year/semester II-III

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30


1. Introduction to the course The class introduces the participants with the conventions of English business writing and the layout of the business letter in order to provide a base for the following classes throughout the course. External communication – the exchange of information between business partners: 2. job advertisement During the class the students learn how to create a coherent and functional tool for the HRM department to facilitate the recruitment process. 3. job application Students become acquainted with the difference between chronological and skill-based CVs and develop the skill of writing successful cover letters that will convince the target employer. 4. inquiry & quotation The class concentrates on making the first contact with a business partner in writing and facilitating business transactions by providing accurate data. 5. order, order confirmation and order completion During the class, the participants become acquainted with processes and documents necessary in the processing of the order. 6. complaint and reply to a complaint The class elaborates on how to be successful and polite in being dissatisfied and how to reply to complaints in a businesslike manner. 7. e-mailing The class discusses the way emails are written in the internal and external communication in the company and how to adjust the language to the recipient and avoid flames. 8. bank documents During the class the students will be introduced to the documents used in the international exchange of goods, such as bank statements, letters of credit and credit notes. 9. invoicing The class concentrates on the documentation indispensable in the international trade, i.e. the international commercial invoice and its elements, transportation and other documents required 10. procedures The class develops the ability to create instructional documents for customers and users that will meet the requirements and serve their purpose effectively. Internal communication – communication within the company: 11. reports and minutes During the class, students acquire the skill of giving information about the important events and meetings that took place in or out of the company to other members of the organisation. 12. manuals The class concentrates on preparing clear instructions for other members of the organisation. 13. articles to the knowledge base During the class the participants develop and master techniques of writing more personal instruction manuals that are used both for the internal and external communication. 14. technical documentation The class discusses the borderline genre since it can be both for internal and external audience, acquainting the participants with the convention of writing coherent technical documents in English.

Assessment scheme Participants are assessed on the grounds of two basic criteria: participation in the class and written assignments. The final grade is the average of all grades gathered during the whole semester: written assignments 80%, attendance and participation in class 20%.

Lecturer mgr Aleksandra Makowska

Contact [email protected] [email protected]


Literature Pawłowska, B. (2002). Business Letters. Warszawa: PWE Vince, M. (2003) First Certificate Language Practice. Oxford: Macmillan Education. Powell, M. (2008). In Company Upper-Intermediate. Oxford: Macmillan Geffner, A.B. (1998). Business Letters. The Easy Way. New York: Barron’s Educational Series Inc.


English Philology, Business Studies, Linguistics for Business

Course title Evaluative Language and Stance –Taking in Discourse Communication and Translation 0100-ERAL381


Level of course

Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

Year/semester (winter term)

I MA

ECTS 4


English

No. of hours 30


This course introduces students to the crucial concept of evaluation, its different conceptualizations and

the various ways in which it can applied in real-life communicative contexts including the comparative

and translational perspectives.

The course includes a theoretical outline of a particular area followed by case studies in order to present

the phenomenon of evaluation from various angles and to demonstrate the methodologies which might be

fruitfully employed to investigate it.

The overview of concepts: evaluation, stance, stance--taking, evidentiality, sentiment analysis, etc.

Research methods: qualitative and quantitative. Discourse analysis. Corpus linguistics.

Evaluative language: evaluative lexis, grammatical resources. Overt and covert ways of expressing

evaluation.

Evaluative language in selected discourse types and genres: reviews, advertising, promotional discourse;

Cultural and social connotations based on gender, social group, sexual orientation, geographical origin,

etc. [corpus material, questionnaires];

Expressive vs. denotative meanings in translation;

Semantic prosody

Values as premises in argumentation.



Assessment scheme

Oral presentation

Short written assignment

Lecturer Stanislaw Gozdz-Roszkowski



Literature

Blumczynski, P. & Gillespie J. (2016) Translating Values. Evaluative Concepts in Translation. Palgrave Macmillan. Englebretson, R. 2007 Stancetaking in discourse. Subjecitivity, evaluation, interaction. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Hunston, S. & Thompson, G. 2000 (eds.) Evaluation in Text. Authorial Stance and the Construction of Discourse. Oxford: OUP. Partington, A., A. Duguid and Ch. Taylor. 2013. Patterns and Meanings in Discourse. Theory and practice in corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS). John Benjamins Publishing Company. Thompson, G. and Alba-Juez, L. (2014) Evaluation in Context. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.


Linguistics / English Philology

Course title

English lexis and phraseology 0100-ERAL451

Form* Laboratory

Level of course

Year/semester III/I

ECTS 3


English

No. of hours 30


The course covers a number of topics related to the semantic, lexical and syntactic aspects of English vocabulary including: the grammar of words and set phrases, distributional and lexical semantics, phraseology, ESL and EFL dictionaries, dictionary development and use. A number of corpus-based and computational vocabulary exploration tools are introduced in order to help students develop an awareness of English lexis, phraseological prefabrication and lexico-grammar.

Assessment scheme Homework assignments

Lecturer

Piotr Pęzik Marek Molenda Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka


USOS code

0100-ERAL451


Literature

Cowie, A. P. "Phraseology And Corpora: Some Implications For Dictionary-Making." International

Journal of Lexicography 12, no. 4 (December 1, 1999): 307-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/12.4.307.

Cowie, Anthony Paul. Phraseology : Theory, Analysis, and Applications. Oxford [etc.]: Oxford University

Press, 1998.

Cowie, Anthony Paul, Ronald Mackin, and I. R McCaig. Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Oxford; New

York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

O'Grady, William. "The Syntax of Idioms." Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 16, no. 2 (1998): 279-

312.

O'Keeffe, Anne, and Michael McCarthy, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Routledge

Handbooks in Applied Linguistics. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge, 2012.

Sinclair, J. Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. Oxford University Press, 1991.

Halliday, M. A. K. & Yallop, C. (2007). Lexicology: A short introduction. New York: Continuum.

Hartmann, R. K. K. & James, G. (Eds.). (2002). Dictionary of lexicography. New York: Routledge.

Humblé, P. (2002). Dictionaries and language learners. Frankfurt am Main: Haag und Herchen

Jackson, H. (2002). Lexicography. An introduction. New York: Routledge.

Kipfer, B. A.(2010). Introduction to lexicography: A course for dictionary users. Seattle: Amazon Digital

Services LLC.

van Sterkenburg, P. (Ed.). (2003). A practical guide to lexicography. Amsterdam: John Benjamins

Publishing


English Studies

Course title Short Stories from the American South 0100-ERAL452


Level of course: M.A.

Year/semester : Year I, Winter semester

ECTS ????

Language of instruction: English

No. of hours 30

Course content: (max. 1000 characters)

Short stories by authors from the American South (Faulkner, Welty, O’Connor, Gaines, Walker and others) will be discussed in the context of specific history, culture and social situation (racial relations, social structure) in this region.

Assessment scheme:. Participating in class discussions, an in-class presentation or a 2000-word essay on an assigned topic

Lecturer: Professor Jadwiga Maszewska

Contact: [email protected]


Literature: 1.

1. Suzanne W. Jones, ed. Growing Up in the South. A Mentor Book, 1991.

2. Richard Gray, ed. A Companion to Literature and Culture of the American South. Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Grail Marcus, ed. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2009.


Course title: International Connections of American Modernist Writers 0100-ERAL453

Form*

Discussion Class

Level of course: . B.A

Year/semester: Year II, Winter semester

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours: 30

Course content: . (max. 1000 characters)

The course will trace the significance of foreign locations and references and allusions to foreign cultures (European and non-European) in the works of American modernist authors (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, K.A. Porter and others). Selected texts will be analyzed and critically looked upon from the perspective of current critical concerns

Assessment scheme: Participation in class discussions, an essay of 1500 words on a topic relating to the issues discussed in class.

Lecturer: Professor Zbigniew Maszewski

Contact: [email protected]


Literature:

Richard Gray. A History of American Literature, Blackwell Publishers, 2012. Greil Marcus and W. Sollors, eds. A New Literary History of America, Harvard UP, 2009.


American Literature

Course title Psychopedagogical aspects of language acquisition 0100-ERAL118

Form* Tutorial

Level of course I MA

Year/semester 2019 Summer

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The aim of this course is to familiarize students with methods and techniques of teaching English as a foreign

language. The course focuses on EFL teaching aims, designing the educational process, teaching vocabulary,

pronunciation, grammar and language skills at different stages of language education. The course also draws

attention to the psychological issues illustrating the principles behind the aspects discussed in class.

Assessment scheme

project (60%) + attendance and participation (40%)

Lecturer Joanna Duda



Literature Harmer, J. 2010. How to teach English. 6th

ed. Harlow: Pearson-Longman

Harmer, J. 2007. The practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Pearson-Longman

Larsen-Freeman, D. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. 2nd

ed. Oxford: Oxford University

Press.

Richards, J.C. and Rodgers T.S. 1986. Approaches and Methods in language Teaching. A description and

analysis. Cambridge: CUP.


EFL / Culture

Course title The culture component in language pedagogy 0100-ERAL058

Form* Tutorial

Level of course II MA

Year/semester 2019 Winter

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The course concentrates on an overview of the culture of English speaking world. It also focuses on rationale and practice of applying diverse culturally loaded materials in foreign language teaching. Throughout the course students will be asked to prepare language presentation illustrating the principles behind the aspects discussed in class. This will be done in pairs or small groups in the form of microteaching. Each presentation will be then discussed and evaluated by the group.

Assessment scheme project (60%) + attendance and participation (40%)




Literature 1. Derenowski, M. 2015. Teaching culture in the FL senior high school classroom. Wydawnictwo Naukowe

UAM

2. Scrivener, J. 2010. Learning teaching. Macmillan

3. Smith, J. 2015. Exploring British culture. Cambridge: CUP

4. Tanner, R., Green, C. 1998. Tasks for Teacher Education. Longman


EFL / Culture

Course title Multimedia Technologies in Developing Intercultural Competence 0100-ERAL172

Form* Lab

Level of course II MA

Year/semester 2019 Summer

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The aim of this course is to prepare the students to become aware consumers and active providers of the multimedia content in the digitized Web 2.0 environment. Special emphasis is placed on the development of cultural competences in the environment in which the combination of easy access to culture and (perceived) online anonymity can have a detrimental effect on the cross-cultural communication. The participants will learn how to prevent the aforementioned negative effects by developing their digital intercultural competences.

Assessment scheme Project (50%) + Presentation (50%)

Lecturer Marek Molenda



Literature Chan, W. M., Chin, K. N., Nagami, N., Suthiwan, T. (eds.), (2011). Media in foreign language teaching and learning. Boston: Walter de Gruyter Inc. Buckingham, D. (ed.) (2008). Youth, identity, and digital media. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press Pütz, M. (ed.) (1997), The cultural context in foreign language teaching. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang


EFL / Culture

Course title The culture background of English Language Teaching 0100-ERAL120

Form* Tutorial

Level of course I MA

Year/semester 2019 Winter

ECTS 6


English

No. of hours 30


The objective of the course is to present an overview of the culture of English speaking world (Great

Britain and the US). The course concentrates on the rationale and practice of applying diverse culturally

loaded materials in foreign language teaching. The students are given a number of reading assignments

and requested to discuss them in class. They also work in small groups to draft a language

presentation/practice activity based on culturally loaded authentic material.

Assessment scheme project (60%) + attendance and participation (40%)




Literature 1. Derenowski, M. 2015. Teaching culture in the FL senior high school classroom. Wydawnictwo Naukowe

UAM

2. Hinkel, E. 1999. Culture in second language teaching and learning. Cambridge: CUP

3. McGrath, I. 2013. Teaching materials and the roles of EFL/ESL teachers: practice and theory.

Bloomsbury

4. Nunan, D. 1992. Designing task for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: CUP


EFL / Culture

Course title Testing and Assessment

0100-ERAL454

Form* Proseminar (discussion class)

Level of course MA Programme CEFR Level: C1

Year/semester II (MA) winter

ECTS 3.00


English

No. of hours


The class aims at reviewing the persistent issues in language testing and evaluation

following other classes in the ELT streak. The course focuses on fundamental concepts

of assessing language competence and evaluating the practices of testing in view of

persistent issues in classroom and psychometric assessment. The students have the

opportunity to re-examine issues they should already be somewhat familiar following

classes in applied linguistics and glottodidactics where issues of test design, deployment

and evaluation have been presented in terms of test characteristics and tasks

development.

Assessment scheme Assessment is based on the following weighted components:

Regular in-class attendance and participation (50%)

In-class coursework (30%)

Meeting deadlines of the completion of each VLE (Moodle) task (20%)

Lecturer Przemysław Krakowian



Literature 1. Douglas, D. (2009). Understanding Language Testing. London: Hodder Education

2. Fulcher, G. (2013). Practical Language Testing. New York: Taylor & Francis.

3. Fulcher, G., & Davidson, F. (2013). The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing.

Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.


EFL MA Programme

Course title Intercultural communication 0100-ERAS162

Form* (discussion class)

Level of course BA

Year/semester winter

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30


The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the principles and the dynamics of intercultural communication, in its both interpersonal and institutional dimension. Drawing on various theories discussing language and communication in the context of culture, the course explores verbal and non-verbal, implicit and explicit ways of coding, communicating and negotiating cultural meanings. Its scope of interest will thus include issues of cultural identity, collectivist vs. individualist societies, communication/negotiation styles, politeness and indirectness in communication, conceptualization of time and space, linguistic manifestations of power, nonverbal communication, etc.

Assessment scheme

Lecturer Dr Monika Kopytowska


USOS code

0100-ERAS162

Literature


Course title Language in the media

0100-ERAS390

Form* (discussion class)

Level of course BA

Year/semester winter

ECTS 5


English

No. of hours 30


The course focuses on the language used in the media. We will venture into numerous public spaces,

genres and contexts in order to see how media (including New Media) “create pictures in our minds”, how identities are constructed, and power negotiated and challenged. We will examine the interface between media and society, and analyse various forms and strategies of communication across different genres, including Twitter, Facebook and blogs. We will also try to discover how persuasion and manipulation work and how a given medium, for instance the Internet, shapes communicative practices

Assessment scheme

Lecturer Dr Monika Kopytowska


USOS code

0100-ERAS390

Literature


0100-ERAL294 Media systems around the world, Monika Kopytowska, WINTER 2018/2019

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