office hours: wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 pm, room 3.54a please note i

FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES

http://www.anglistyka.uni.lodz.pl/

COURSES IN ENGLISH IN WINTER SMESTER 2016/2017

Faculty ERASMUS COORDINATOR

Dr. Monika Kopytowska ([email protected])

Office hours: Wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 pm, room 3.54A

Please note I’m not available at other times.

Before you come to see me to make changes to LAS, please read these descriptions and select

courses you would like to attend.

If you decide to write an email to any of the lecturers, please mention in the title of the email

which course exactly you are enquiring about/interested in.

There may not be places in some of the courses.

MA seminars are only available to MA students and there might not be places in them; you will

have to contact lecturers individually.

MA students can also attend BA courses as the cycle will not be specified in the transcript.

Before you come to discuss things with me, please read this document carefully.

Please, note that you can only miss two classes of a given course per semester.

This is an updated list. Courses not included here are unavailable.

DEAN’S OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Mr. Łukasz Mysielski

ROOM 3.54A, open 11-3pm Tue, 9-2pm Wed-Fri.

Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


B.A. PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH STUDIES

PRACTICAL ENGLISH COURSES

Each Integrated Skills module consists of A and B course, as well as Moodle activities at

http://ia.uni.lodz.pl/PNJA

You need to attend both A and B course with the same group of students. Choose Option 1, 2 etc…

To get 4 ECTS, you need to pass an exam at the end of the course.

Course title INTEGRATED SKILLS – MODULE 1

Language English

Semester winter

Number of hours 60

ECTS 4 ECTS (per semester for both A and B course)

Course type Tutorial

Level BA

Instructor’s name Prof. Przemysław Krakowian (course coordinator)

Instructor’s e-mail [email protected], [email protected] Time and room: Option 1

Monday: 10-11.30, room 34, Charlie Ivamy, MA

Thursday: 10.11.30, room 2.20, mr Marek Molenda

Option 2

Monday: 11.45-13.15, dr Olga Trendak, room 2.39

Thursday11.45-13.15, Charlie Ivamy, room 34

Learning outcomes On completing module 1, students possess language knowledge described by

B1 descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression as described by B1 level

in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts as described by B1 level in the

CEFR

The student assumes a pro-active approach to acquiring new aspects of

language and in particular, plans, monitors and evaluates own learning and

knowledge; articulates and registers emotions connected with learning and

attempts to reduce stress and language anxiety; develops self-confidence and

attempts objective and positive evaluation of own progress.

Course description 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.

Students are assigned module/level groups based on a placement test prior to

entering the I.S. block, with participation in subsequent modules determined

by successful completion of the preceding module.

Module 1 is available to students fitting a minimum A2+ descriptor of the

CEFR, following the I.A. Placement test (online from 10.2012)

The content for module 1 comprises 8 thematically oriented Teaching Packs

http://ia.uni.lodz.pl/PNJA



containing lexical and grammatical material with regard to:

Home, Jobs, Travel, School, Health, Hobbies and Pastimes, Family, Feelings,

Environment, Living

Literature Thematically selected materials from course books:

Roberts, Cambridge First Certificate Reading, Cambridge FC Skills Series

CUP

McGavigan and Reeves, FC Reading, Exam Skills, Longman

Evans and Dooley, Upstream Pre-Intermediate, Express Publishing

Sunderland, Fast Track to FCE, Longman

Thematically selected materials from practice tests:

Osborne, FC Practice Tests, Exam Essentials, Heinle

Kenny and Luque-Mortimer, FC Practice tests Plus 1, Longman

Harrison, FCE Practice Tests, New Edition, OUP

Assessment criteria Semester credit 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.

Course title INTEGRATED SKILLS - MODULE 2

Language English

Semester winter

Number of hours 60/60



Level BA


Instructor’s e-mail [email protected], [email protected]

Time and room Option 1

Monday: 11.45-13.15 room 34, Charlie Ivamy, MA

Thursday: 11.45-13.15 room , ms Zuzanna Kiermasz

Option 2

Monday:13.30-15 , room. 34, Charlie Ivamy

Thursday: 13.30-15 , room. 2.39, Zuzanna Kiermasz

Learning outcomes On completing module 2, students possess approximately the language

knowledge described by B1+ descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression close to those described

by B1+ level in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts close to those described by

B1+ level in the CEFR










and in writing.






Module 2 is available to students fitting a minimum B1 descriptor of the

CEFR, following the I.A. Placement test (online from 10.2012) or successful

completion of module 1L including end of semester exam.

The content for module 2 comprises 8 thematically orient

ed Teaching Packs containing lexical and grammatical material with regard

to:

Communicating, Technology, Lifestyles, Environment, Sport, Medicine,

Transport, Literature


Roberts, Cambridge First Certificate Reading, Cambridge FC Skills Series

CUP

McGavigan and Reeves, FC Reading, Exam Skills, Longman

Haines and Stewart, FC Masterclass, OUP

Evans and Dooley, Upstream Intermediate, Express Publishing










Language English

Semester winter




Level BA


Instructor’s e-mail [email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Time and room

Option 1

Monday: 10-11.30, room 2.55, dr Tomasz Fisiak

Thursday: 10.11.30, room -04, Luke Bowling

Option2:

Monday: 11.45-13.15, room 0.06, ms Monika Sarul

Thursday: 13.30 – 15.00, room 34, Charlie Ivamy

Option 3

Monday: 13.30-15, room 2.55, dr Tomasz Fisiak

Thursday:13.30-15, room 2.20, Luke Bowling






B2 descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression as described by B2 level

in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts as described by B2 level in the

CEFR










and in writing.




Module 3 is available to students close to B1+ descriptor of the CEFR,

following the I.A. Placement test (online from 10.2012) or successful




Success and Achievement

Hobbies and Leisure

Health and Fitness

Issues and Concerns

Education and Schooling

Appearance and Fashion

Technology and Science

Shopping and Economy


Haines and Stewart, FC Masterclass, OUP

Evans and Dooley, Upstream Intermediate, Express Publishing

Evans and Obee, Upstream Upper-Intermediate, Express Publishing

Cotton, Falvey and Kent, Language Leader Upper Intermediate,

Pearson_Longman





Cambridge books for Cambridge Exams: FC in English 1, Official

Examination papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, CUP






Language English

Semester winter




Level BA



[email protected]


Monday: 10.00 – 11.30, room. 0.33, dr Monika Kocot

Thursday: 10.00 – 11.30, room. 0.33, dr Monika Kocot

Option 2

Monday: 13.30-15, room. 0.33, dr Monika Kocot

Thursday: 11.45-13.15, room. 0.33, dr Monika Kocot


B2+ descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression as described by B2+ level

in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts as described by B2+ level in

the CEFR

The student:

Assumes a pro-active approach to acquiring new aspects of language and in

particular, plans, monitors and evaluates own learning and knowledge.

Articulates and registers emotions connected with learning and attempts to

reduce stress and language anxiety. Develops self-confidence and attempts

objective and positive evaluation of own progress.

Actively determines the roles of the teacher, peers and the environment in the

learning process: poses questions, engages in various forms of cooperation

with other persons in class and outside school, develops empathy and is open

towards the language and accompanying culture.





and in writing.




Module 4 is available to students fitting a minimum B2 descriptor of the





Professions and the job market, Education and Employment, Travel and

tourism, International relations, Health and care, Consumerism, Technology

and change, People and ideas




Evans and Obee, Upstream Upper-Intermediate, Express Publishing

Cotton, Falvey and Kent, Language Leader Upper-Intermediate,

Pearson_Longman

Cotton, Falvey, Kent, Lebeau and Rees, Language Leader Advanced,

Pearson_Longman






Cambridge books for Cambridge Exams: CAE in English 1, Official









Language English

Semester winter




Level BA



[email protected]

[email protected]

Time and room

Option 1

Monday:10.00-11.30, room 0.06 , Dr Olga Trendak

Thursday:10-11.30, room 0.05 Dr Olga Trendak

Option 2

Monday: 13.30-15 room 0.06 , Dr Olga Trendak

Thursday: 11.45 – 13.15, room 0.05, Dr Olga Trendak

Option 3

Monday: 8.15-9.45 room 0.06 , Dr Olga Trendak

Thursday: : 8.15-9.45 room 0.05, Dr Olga Trendak

Option 4

Monday: 11.45-13.15 room 0.33 , Dr Tomasz Fisiak

Thursday: 11.45-13.15 room -0.4, Dr Tomasz Fisiak


C1 descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression as described by C1 level

in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts as described by C1 level in the




CEFR

The student:














and in writing.




Module 5 is available to students fitting a minimum B2+ descriptor of the





Communication, Travel and Tourism, Media and Advertising, Professions

and Occupations, Affect and Emotions, Entertainment and Leisure,

Environmentalism, Education and Learning

Literature Thematically selected materials from coursebooks:

Cotton, Falvey, Kent, Lebeau and Rees, Language Leader Advanced,

Pearson_Longman

Stanton and Morris, Fast Track to CAE, Longman

Evans, Upstream Advanced, Express Publishing













Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 4 ECTS (per semester for both A and B course) +1 ECTS for exam


Level BA




Monday: 10-11.30 room 2.20 , Danielle Rose, MA

Thursday: 10-11.30 room -05 , Danielle Rose, MA

Option 2

Monday: 11.45-13.15 room 2.20 , Danielle Rose, MA

Thursday: 11.45 – 13.15 room -05 , Danielle Rose, MA


C1+ descriptors in the CEFR

Students are capable of oral and written expression as described by C1+ level

in the CEFR

Students comprehend written and spoken texts as described by C1+ level in

the CEFR

The student:














and in writing.




Module 6 is available to students fitting a minimum C1 descriptor of the





Science and Technology, Health, Fitness and Well-being, Achievement and

Success, Visual Arts, People and Family, Travelling and Sightseeing, Sports

and Games, Environment and Nature


Evans, Upstream Advanced, Express Publishing

Evans, Successful Writing Proficiency, Express Publishing


Morris and Stanton, The Nelson Proficiency Workbook, Longman

Stephens, New Proficiency Reading-Longman Exam Skills, Longman






Jakeman and Kenny, Proficiency Practice tests Plus, Longman

Harrison, Proficiency Testbuilder, Macmillan






Language English

Semester Winter




Level BA




Monday: 10-11.30, room 2.53, Kevin King, MA

Thursday: 10.11.30, room 0.06, Kevin King, MA

Option 1

Monday: 11.45-13.15, room 2.53, Kevin King, MA

Thursday: 11.45-13.15,, room 0.06, Kevin King, MA


Language English

Semester winter




Level BA




Thursday: 8.15-9.45, room 0.06, Kevin King, MA

Friday: 17-18.30, room -04, Kevin King MA

Course title PHONETICS 2

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 2 ECTS




Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name dr Anna Cichosz

mgr Michał Adamczyk

dr Anna Gralińska-Brawata

dr Przemysław Ostalski

mgr Paulina Rybińska


[email protected]

Time and room

Choose any (ONLY ONE) of the groups

Friday, 11.45-13.15. room 0.05. dr Anna Cichosz

Wednesday, 10-11.30-, room 0.33 mgr Michał Adamczyk

Wednesday, 10-11.30-, room 0.06 Dr Anna Gralińska-Brawata

Wednesday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.06, mgr Michał Adamczyk

Friday, 11.45-13.15. room -0.5, Dr Magdalena Zając

Friday,17-18.30. room 0.06 mgr Anna Jarosz

Monday, 17-18.30, room 0.33. mgr Anna Jarosz

Learning outcomes Upon completion of this course the student:

1. Recognises and reproduces individual sounds (mainly vowels)

2. Recognises, reproduces and transcribes word stress

3. Uses phonetic symbols to read and transcribe sounds, words and short

phrases

4. Produces phonemic contrasts and uses word stress to recognise and convey

meaning

5. Finds relevant information and pronunciation practice materials

6. The student works in pairs and groups

7. Recognises the need to work independently in order to improve his/her

perception and production of sounds

8. Uses the newly gained knowledge and skills in the process of

communication.

Course description 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 dialogue

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

Assessment criteria 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)

Course title PHONETICS 3

Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 2 ECTS (per semester)


Level BA, 2nd

year

Instructor’s name Dr Przemysław Ostalski

Dr Anna Gralińska-Brawata

Ms. Aleksandra Matysiak

Ms. Magdalena Zając


[email protected]

Time and room

Choose any of the groups

Wednesday, 8.15-9.45, room -25, dr Magdalena Zając

Monday, 16-17.45, room 2.20, mgr Magdalena Zając

Monday, 17.45 -19.30 room 2.20, mgr Magdalena Zając

Wednesday, 17-18.30. room -25, dr Anna Gralińska-Brawata

Wednesday, 17-18.30. room 0.06, dr Magdalena Zając

Learning outcomes After the course the student will be able to describe, produce and represent the

phenomena of connected speech in English with the use of phonetic

transcription, as well as will be equipped with the practical knowledge

concerning word and sentence stress in English.

Course description 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.

4. The development of the students’ intuitions concerning word and

sentence stress in English.

Literature Hancock, M. English Pronunciation in Use – Intermediate Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press

Hewings, M. English Pronunciation in Use – Advanced Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press

Additional reading:

Sobkowiak, W. English Phonetics for Poles Poznań: Naukowa

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

University Press

Pronunciaton dictionaries:



Wells, J.C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary

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

Assessment criteria 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)

Course title PRACTICAL GRAMMAR 2

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 2 ECTS


Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Mr Ryszard Rasiński, Mr. Krzysztof Lewoc


[email protected]>

Time and room

Choose any of the groups

Monday, 18.45-20.15, room 0.06, mgr Krzysztof Lewoc

Monday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.06, mgr Krzysztof Lewoc

Tuesday, 11.45-13.15, room 0.33, mgr Ryszard Rasiński

Tuesday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.33, mgr Ryszard Rasiński

Tuesday, 17-18.30, room 0.33, mgr Ryszard Rasiński

Thursday, 15.15-16.45, room 2.20, mgr Krzysztof Lewoc

Wednesday, 15.15-16.45, room 2.53, ms Aleksandra Majdzińska

Learning outcomes Knowledge

The student has orderly knowledge of English grammar, i.e.,

1/ they know and understand essential grammatical terms (parts of speech,

parts of sentence, types of sentences)

2/ they know rules of English grammar (both morphology and syntax)

concerning the topics covered in this course

Abilities

Upon completion of this course the student is able to:

3/ recognize and describe clauses and other structures;

4/ transform clauses into their equivalents;

5/ construct well-formed sentences and other structures;

6/ recognize and correct ill-formed (ungrammatical) sentences;

7/ apply basic grammatical terminology in the description of English

sentences.

Competences

8/ The student can identify problems and can choose and propose various

solutions

9/ The student is aware of the necessity to develop and can obtain further

knowledge of grammar from handbooks and other sources

Course description The course will help students systematize and extend their knowledge of

English grammar (mainly syntax and morphology).

Students will also learn the skills of grammaticality judgment, syntactic

transformation and structural conversion.


1. Adjectives (attributive/predicative-only; degree)

2. Adverbs

3. Verb complementation: infinitives, -ing forms, + wh/that-clauses

4. Adverbial clauses of time, purpose, result, reason, comparison,

contrast, concession

5. Tense use for non-fact (conditionals, I wish..., subjunctive)

6. Relative clauses

7. Passive voice, pseudo-passives (causative structures)

8. Reporting speech and thought

9. Focus – cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences; fronting

10. Emphasis, inversion, substitution, ellipsis

Literature Carter R., Hughes R., McCarthy, M. Exploring Grammar in Context. CUP.

Carter, R. & McCarthy, M. Cambridge Grammar of English. CUP.

Douglas-Kozłowska, Ch. The Articles in Polish-English Translation. PWN.

Gethin, H. Grammar in Context. Longman.

Graver, B.D. Advanced English Practice, OUP.

Hewings, M. Advanced Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press.

Leech, G &, Svartvik J. Communicative Grammar of English. Longman.

Quirk, R. and Greenbaum, S. A Concise Grammar of Contemporary English.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

Swan, M. Practical English Usage, OUP.

Thomson, A.J. & Martinet, A.V. A Practical English Grammar. Oxford.

Vince, M. Advanced English Practice, Heinemann.

Assessment criteria Written midterm test and end-of-term test.

To obtain a passing grade student should achieve an average of 60% on both

tests.

Course title BRITISH HISTORY AND CULTURE

Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 2 ECTS

Course type Lecture

Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Dr Adam Sumera


Time and room Tuesday 19.30-20.15, room A1

Learning outcomes Upon completion of this course the student is able to:

1. present the most important historical events on the British Isles

2. define historical epochs The student can

3. relate, and select historical facts.

4. distinguish and present the basic characteristics of various historical

events

5. display the ability to search for additional information concerning

historical personas and their achievements and analyse and use this

information.

6. display a high degree of openness towards other cultures and their

heritage

7. display a high degree of responsibility for the preservation of cultural

heritage


Course description The goal of the course is to increase the students’ familiarity with the most

important elements of the history of the British isles, development of

nationality and to emphasise the role of social and cultural changes in the

shaping of British consciousness.

Course content:

1. History of Britain from pre-historic times to the present; Roman invasion;

Anglo-Saxon invasions; christianisation; Viking invasions; Norman

Conquest; medieval England; Tudor England; colonial expansion;

Commonwealth; Restauration; Victorian era; world wars; the downfall of the

Empire

2. Ethnic/cultural invasion and integration, the conflict of the Crown and

parliaments, religion and nationhood and the birth of national identities

Literature 1.David McDowall, An Illustrated History of Britain, London: Longman,

1989

2.K.O.Morgan, The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford, 1984

3. Norman Davies, The Isles, 2004.

4. Esa Briggs, The Social History of England, Weidenfield Nicolson, London,

1983.

5.G.M. Trevelyan, A Shortebned History of England, Penguin, 1983.

Assessment criteria Final exam

Comments: Important: for this course you need to attend both lecture and tutorial

Course title BRITISH HISTORY AND CULTURE

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 15

ECTS 2 ECTS


Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Prof. Dorota Filipczak

Dr. Katarzyna Poloczek

Dr. Michał Lachman


[email protected]

[email protected]

Time and room Choose any of the groups

Thursday, 16-16.45, room -05, Dr Michał Lachman

Thursday, 17-17.45, room -05, Dr Michał Lachman

Tuesday, 17.45-18.30, 0.42 dr Adam Sumera

Thursday, 15.15-16, room 0.42, Dr Adam Sumera

Thursday, 16-16.45, room 0.42, Dr Adam Sumera

Thursday, 17-17.45, room 0.42, Dr Adam Sumera

Thursday, 15.15-16, room 2.39, Dr Agnieszka Łowczanin-Łaszkiewicz


1. can recall facts which are crucial to the understanding of the political and

economic position of the UK in the European Union

2. identifies the notions relating to the cultural context and can define the

political and historical background of the changes taking place in

contemporary British society

3. student follows changes taking place in contemporary British society and

can formulate his own opinions




Course description The purpose of the classes is to acquaint the students with the features of

contemporary multicultural society of the UK in political and historical

context

Course content:

1. English regionalism: North / South divide; the notions of a nation and a

state

2. political position of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland; historical

connections with England; devolution and formation of Parliaments; cultural

and institutional autonomy

3. political institutions; reform of the House of Lords; devolution; the role of

the Prime Minister; main political parties; position of women in political life;

the role of monarchy in the 21st century; Commonwealth in post-imperial era

4. educational system; types of schools; admission services; financing of

higher education; challenges of the educational system in the era of

multiculturalism

5. the role of mass media in the 21st century; local and national media; the

role of Tv in the process of homeginising of the British society

6. religion and its place

7. the arts: painting and architecture; main museums and art galleries

8. class system in the 21st century

Literature 1.David P. Christopher, British Culture: An Introduction. London: Routledge,

2006.

2.D. Morley, K. Robins, eds., British Cultural Studies. Geography,

Nationality and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

3.David McDowall, Britain in Close-Up, Harlow: Longman, 2003.

4.John Oakland, Contemporary Britain. A Survey with Texts. London:

Routledge, 2008.

5.Mike Storry, Peter Childs, eds., British Cultural Identities. 2002.

Assessment criteria Active participation in the classes; presentation on a given topic; test

Course title BRITISH LITERATURE 1

Language English

Semester winter

Number of hours 15 (lecture) + 30 (tutorial)

ECTS 6 ECTS

Course type lecture and tutorial

Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Prof. Andrzej Wicher

Prof. Jadwiga Uchman

Dr Wit Pietrzak


[email protected]

[email protected]

Time and room Please, note you need to attend the lecture and tutorial. For tutorial choose

one of the groups below.

Wednesday, 17.00-17.45 A1, Prof. Andrzej Wicher (lecture)

Monday 15.15-16.45, room 0.33, dr Piotr Spyra

Monday 15.15-16.45, room -05, ms Joanna Matyjaszczyk




Wednesday, 16-16.45, room 34, Prof. Jerzy Jarniewicz + Tuesday 17-17.45,

room 2.20, Prof. Jerzy Jarniewicz

Tuesday, 10-11.30, room 2.39, dr Angnieszka Łowczanin-Łaszkiwicz

Tuesday, 10-11.30, room 34, Prof. Jerzy Jarniewicz

Tuesday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.42, dr Angnieszka Łowczanin-Łaszkiwicz

Course title AMERICAN LITERATURE 1

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 15 (lecture)

ECTS 2 ECTS

Course type lecture

Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Prof. Zbigniew Maszewski


Time and room Tuesday 18.45-19.30, room A1, Prof. Zbigniew Maszewski (lecture)

Learning outcomes preparation for the exam

familiarity with the selected works

ability to identify interconnections between the studied works

ability to express thoughts on literature in speech and writing

Course description Course Content

1. The imagist poem: selected poems by Ezra Pound, W.C. Williams,

H.D. and early Wallace Stevens; Pound’s “A Retrospect”

2. Ernest Hemingway In Our Time and The Sun Also Rises, or A

Farewell to Arms

3. F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby and Babylon Revisited

4. William Faulkner (possibly two sessions) “The Bear” and “Delta

Autumn” or one of the great novels (The Sound and the Fury, As I

Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom, Light in August)

5. Poetry of Mid-century: Roethke, Lowell, Bishop, Ginsberg and the

Beats, New York School

6.7 Novel of the 50s: Rabbit Run or Adventures of Augie March or

Catcher in the Rye or Invisible Man, stories (or novels) to illustrate

the rise of ethnic (Black, Jewish, possibly Native American)

literatures

8. John Barth/Donald Barthelme

9. a selection of texts representative of developments in the fiction of the

80s and 90s (e.g.: Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, L.

M. Silko or Louise Erdrich, Paul Auster, Tim O’Brien, B. A. Mason, Ann

Tyler, Cormac MacCarthy)

10-11 American Drama: O’Neill, Williams, Miller

Literature Basic textbook: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Nina Baym,

ed., fifth edition, vol. I & II (New York: Norton, 1989).

Other texts will be provided or indicated.

Assessment criteria The course ends with a written examination after each semester of study.

Students’ performance is also assessed on the basis of their regular

attendance, active class participation, individual and group presentations,

written assignments and tests.


Course title DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR 1

Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 4 ECTS (per semester)

Course type lecture + tutorial

Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Prof. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

Dr. Anna Cichosz


[email protected]

Time and room Please, note you need to attend the lecture and tutorial. For tutorial choose

one of the groups below.

Wednesday, 17.45-18.30 , room A1, Prof. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak(lecture)

Friday, 10-11.30, room 0.05, dr Anna Cichosz

Wednesday, 11.45-13.15, room 0.05, mgr Michał Adamczyk

Thursday, 8.15-9.45, room 34, ms Paulina Rybińska

Wednesday, 11.45-13.15, room 0.06, dr Anna Gralińska-Brawata

Friday, 10-11.30. room -05, dr Magdalena Zając

Friday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.06, ms Anna Jarosz

Monday, 15.15-16.45, room 2.53, ms Anna Jarosz


Describes the articulation of sounds

Classifies the place and manner of articulation of sounds

Analyzes (slow and fast) connected speech processes

Analyzes stress-assignment in words, phrases and sentences

Course description 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

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.

Assessment criteria Discussions

Groupwork

Quiz/quizzes

Final exam

Course title WRITING AND TEXT ANALYSIS II

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 2 ECTS


Level BA, 1st year

Instructor’s name Dr. Łukasz Salski (course coordinator)


[email protected]


Wednesday 13.30-15, room 0.42, ms Olga Majchrzak

Friday, 10-11.30, room -04 Luke Bowling

Friday, 11.45-13.15, room -04 Luke Bowling

Thursday, 17-18.30, room 2.07, Dr Małgorzata Myk

Wednesday, 15.15-16.45, room 0.33, Dr Małgorzata Myk

Tuesday, 17-18.30, room 0.06, ms Magdalena Szuster

Thursday, 17-18.30, room 34, dr Alicja Piechucka


1. knows the basic characteristic features of the English written text

2. has basic knowledge of a system of documentation (MLA lub APA)

3. knows the principles of academic honesty

4. appreciates the role of writer’s reader awareness for the effectiveness of

written communication

5. knows strategies of efficient writing, mainly pre-writing and editing

6. can use source texts to support his/her reasoning in a text

7. can identify the most important information in a text, as well as summarize

and paraphrase it

8. can make appropriate references to sources in his/her text, using a

documentation system (MLA or APA)

9. can make a correct list of Works Cited/References

10. can respond to reader expectations in his/her text

11. can enter writing process efficiently, and quite efficiently edit his/her text

12. understands the meaning and intentions of a read text

13. uses English quite efficiently and correctly to express his/her ideas in

writing

14. appreciates the role of writing in information transfer.



15. understands the author’s responsibility for the conveyed information and

is ready to accept it

16. develops a positive attitude to writing as a mental and cognitive activity

Course description The course introduces students to systematic practice of writing in English. It

also presents basic principles of English academic writing and academic

honesty.

Writing as a language skill and a cognitive activity. Writing process. Pre-

writing, editing. Text genres. Description. Narration. Language devices. The

paragraph, its elements and qualities, coherence, development, unity

Literature Dollahite, N. and Haun, J. 2012. Sourcework. Academic Writing from

Sources. Boston: Heinle.

VanderMey R., Meyer, V., Van Rys, J., Kemper, D., Sebranek, P. 2007. The

College Writer. A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin Company.

Reid, J. Writing Myths. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Assessment criteria Short and longer assignments – in class and home (30%)

Research paper (40%)

Active class participation (30%)

Course title Academic Writing and Understanding Academic Texts

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 2 ECTS

Course type Writing

Level 3rd

BA

Instructor’s name Dr Grzegorz Kość

Dr Małgorzata Myk

Dr Martin Hinton

Mgr Marek Molenda


[email protected]

[email protected]


Thursday 15.15-16.45, room -25, dr Monika Kocot

Thursday, 17-18.30, room 2.20, Prof. Zbigniew Maszewski

Friday, 13.30-15, room 0.06, dr Martin Hinton

Friday, 13.30-15, room -04, Daniele Rose

Friday, 13.30-15, room -05, mr Marek Molenda

Course description Learning how to write academically for the purpose of BA thesis writing

Literature James D. Lester. Writing Academic Papers: A Complete Guide

Assessment criteria Based on the following written assignments: a paragraph, an outline of a

research paper, first draft of research paper, final draft of research paper.

Course title THEORY OF TRANSLATION

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 2 ECTS

Course type Lecture




Level BA, 2nd

year

Instructor’s name Prof. Łukasz Bogucki

Instructor’s e-mail

Time and room Wednesday, 15.15-16.00, A4

Course title COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN TRANSLATION AND CAT II

Knowledge of Polish is required

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 30

ECTS 3 ECTS


Level BA, 2nd

year

Instructor’s name Mgr Michał Kornacki

Instructor’s e-mail

Time and room Monday, 10-11.30, room -25, mr Michał Kornacki

Monday, 13.30-15, room -25 mr Michał Kornacki

Tuesday, 10-11.30, room -25, mr Michał Kornacki

Tuesday, 13.30-15, room 0.15, mr Michał Kornacki

Course title AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 4 ECTS

*student’s additional work

Course type lecture + tutorial

Level BA, 2nd

year

Instructor’s name Dr. Alicja Piechucka

Matthew Chambers, Ph.D


Thursday, 16-16.45, room A1, dr Alicja Piechucka (lecture)

Tuesday, 9-9.45, room -25, mr Rafał Kowalski

Tuesday, 15.15-16 , room 2.39, dr Alicja Piechucka

Tuesday, 16-16.45, room 2.39, dr Alicja Piechucka

Wednesday, 10-11.30, room -25, ms Magdalena Rybińska

Wednesday, 18.45-19.30, room 2.39, dr Małgorzata Myk

You need to attend both lecture and tutorial

Learning outcomes Students will become familiar with major topics and themes in United

States history, including issues of culture, government, politics,


economics, and identity.

Course description The course covers the history of the United States from the settlement

of North America to current times. Topics include the colonization of

America, the struggle for independence, forming a new nations, the

development of democracy, the Civil War, the frontier and movement

west, the growth of industry and capitalism, U.S. colonialism, the

Progressive Movement, World War I, the Great Depression, World

War II, the Cold War, civil rights, and the contemporary role of

American in the world.

Literature A History of the American People. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.

America in Close-Up

Making America. The Society and Culture of the United States. Ed. Luther

S. Luedtke

Nickel and Dimed. Barbara Ehrenreich.

America Now. Short Readings from Recent Periodicals. Robert Atwan

American Voices. Culture and Community. Dolores LaGuardia and Hans P.

Guth

Stalking the Elephant. My Discovery of America. James Laxer

In Search of America. Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Assessment criteria The course ends with a written examination after each semester of

study. Students’ performance is also assessed on the basis of their

regular attendance, active class participation, individual and group

presentations, written assignments and tests.

Course title DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR 3

Language English

Semester Winter

Number of hours 15

ECTS 4 ECTS

Course type Lecture + tutorial

Level BA, 2nd year

Instructor’s name Prof. Krzysztof Kosecki


Wednesday, 16-16.45, room A4, Prof. Krzysztof Kosecki (lecture)

Thursday 17-18.30, room 0.06. dr Martin Hinton

Wednesday, 11.45-13.15, room 32, mr Ryszard Rasiński

Wednesday, 13.30-15, room 0.06, mr Ryszard Rasiński

Wednesday, 17-18.30, room 0.33, mr Ryszard Rasiński

Wednesday, 18.54-20.15, room 0.33, mr Ryszard Rasiński

Learning outcomes Upon completion of this course the student is able to:

recognize and classify parts of speech;

identify simple and complex sentences and describe their structure;

classify types of dependent clauses;


distinguish possibilities of creating passive constructions;

interpret functional aspects of English sentence;

explain major stages in the development of English syntax;

recognize syntactic constructions typical of of various world Englishes;

use grammatical terminology for description of all aspects of English

syntax;

explain elements of English syntax;

identify difficulties in description of English syntax;

discuss and demonstrate elements of English syntax.

Course description Detailed description of elements of English syntax: 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.

1. Parts of speech.

2. Parts of sentence.

3. Simple sentence.

4. Complex sentence.

5. Passive voice.

6. Adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts.

7. Premodification and postmodification.

8. Theme and rheme.

9. Cleft sentences and extraposition.

10. Ellipsis and substitution.

11. Existential sentences.

12. Negation, assertive and non-assertive forms.

13. Questions.

14. Imperatives and exclamations.

15. Development of English syntax and syntax in Word Englishes.

Literature Algeo, John. 1974. Exercises in Contemporary English. New York:

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

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.

Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. 1977. A University Grammar

of English. London: Longman.

Close, R. A. 1993. A University Grammar of English: Workbook.

London: Longman.

Assessment criteria Participation in lectures, discussion of issues in English syntax, and a

written test at the end of the semester. At least 60% of answers must

be correct in order pass the test.

Course title HISTORY AND VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

Language English

Semester Winter


ECTS 4 ECTS

Course type lecture and tutorial

Level BA, 2nd

year

Instructor’s name Dr. Anna Cichosz

Mr. Maciej Grabski

You need to attend both lecture and any of the tutorials

Monday, 15.15-16, room A1, dr Anna Cichosz (lecture)

Monday, 16-17.45, room 34, mr Maciej Grabski

Wednesday, 8.15-9.45, room 34, mr Michał Adamczyk

Wednesday 10-11.30, room -25, ms Paulina Rybińska

Tuesday, 11.45-13.15, room 34, Dr Anna Cichosz

Tuesday, 13.30-15, room 34, Dr Anna Cichosz


Learning outcomes During the course the students will study the basic facts related to the

history of English and historical grammar. Having completed the

course, the student is supposed to:

Know the origins of the English language and its place in the

Indo-European and Germanic family of languages;

Be able to characterize all the main periods in the history of

English, with the focus on phonology, morphology, syntax,

dialectology and the influence of foreign languages on the

lexicon and grammar;

Use the acquired information to demonstrate the historical roots

of certain characteristic features of the English language;

Understand the mechanisms of language change at various

language levels and illustrate them with examples from the

history of English;

Read simple texts from the early periods of English (with the

help of dictionaries and glossaries provided).

Course description The meetings will be devoted to the chronological discussion of all the

main periods in the development of English, starting from Proto-Indo-

European, through Proto-Germanic, Old English, Middle English, up to

Modern English, together with the development of individual dialects.

All the changes and periods under investigation will be presented with

reference to the historical and social situation of the relevant tribes and

peoples, so as to present a coherent historical picture of the language

and its users. Each period will be illustrated with texts presenting the

language of the time, and the students will try to decipher the meaning

of the text on the basis of their knowledge of grammar and

dictionaries/glossaries provided.

Literature Aitchison, Jean. 1981. Language Change: Progress or Decay?

Cambridge: University Press.

Baker, Peter S. 2003. Introduction to Old English. Oxford: Blackwell.

Crystal, Davis. 2004. The Stories of English. London: Penguin.

Green, D.H. 1998. Language and History in the early Germanic world.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hogg, Richard and David Denison (eds.). 2006. A History of the


English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Marsden, Richard. 2004. The Cambridge Old English Reader.

Cambridge: University Press.

McIntyre, Dan. 2009. History of English. A resource book for students.

London: Routledge.

Mitchell, Bruce and Fred C. Robinson. 2001. A Guide to Old English.

Oxford: Blackwell.

Old English online course: www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/engl401

Assessment criteria In order to complete the course, the students must participate in at least

85% of meetings and pass two tests that cover all the subjects discussed

during the classes. Active participation and a voluntary presentation of

a topic suggested by the tutor will have a positive influence on the final

grade. Final exam.

Language in the media (5 ECTS)

Dr Monika Kopytowska

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.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: 34

Instructor’s email: [email protected]

Discourse and Communication in Media and Politics (5 ECTS)


The idea and objective behind this seminar is to acquaint students with Critical Discourse

Analysis as an approach towards “language as social practice” (Fairclough and Wodak 1997),

to explore various frameworks within this approach along with tools they offer for linguistic

analysis, as well as a multitude of possible applications (within various institutional and

interpersonal settings). 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 the

cultural context and practices, for example journalistic routines, influence “discourse as

product”, or how a given medium, for instance the Internet, shapes communicative practices.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 10-11.30

Room: 34




Aspects of Popular and Mass Culture (6 ECTS)

The culture component in language pedagogy (6 ECTS)

BA ORIENTATION COURSES (5 ECTS)

Medieval and Early Modern English Literature Combined with Modern Fantasy

Prof. Wicher

The course is based on the assumption that modern fantastic literature would have looked

very different, or even would not have been there at all, if it were not for the inspiration

derived, either directly or indirectly, from various works of Medieval and Renaissance

literature. To give just two, rather obvious, examples. Is J.R.R.Tolkien’s dragon Smaug

conceivable without the dragon that kills the heroic protagonist of the Old English poem

Beowulf? And isn’t it rather natural to suspect that J.K.Rowling’s notorious and shape-

shifting villain Voldemort owes something to John Milton’s equally shape-shifting Satan,

both having a pronounced obsession with snakes? There are certainly also many other,

sometimes less obvious, but perhaps no less interesting, analogies between the old and

modern realms of fantasy. And we should not lose sight of the fact that by means of fantasy

some very real and even burning issues are often raised and communicated.

Medieval and Renaissance English Literature – A Survey

Dr Piotr Spyra

The course includes Middle English and Renaissance texts that are not discussed in the first

year introductory course. Apart from becoming acquainted with important literary texts (such

as medieval romances or morality plays), students will also have a chance to learn how to read

Middle English in the original. The historical context (such as the Reformation) will also be

referred to extensively.

Pragmatics of public space discourse

Prof. P. Cap

The course gives an overview of broadly conceived public discourse, including the discourse

of state politics as well as a number of other political, business and media discourses. Course

content: a) Linguistic-pragmatic features of political/public and business discourse; main

theories: conversational implicature, cognitive dissonance, consistency in belief. Basic terms

in business negotiations and correspondence.b) Main strategies of political and business

communication; main persuasion and manipulation patterns and their cross-cultural

variations. c) Individual strategies: use of weasel words, unfinished comparisons, scalar

expressions. Complimenting the consumer, claiming common ground, using pseudo-scientific

jargon for rhetorical effects.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 10-11.30

Room: -04 (floor -1)


Language in action – discourse analysis in theory and practice

Dr I. Witczak-Plisiecka

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with contemporary linguistics theories

which perceive use of language in terms of action. Speech actions may pertain to various

spheres of professional and private contexts, e.g. the language of persuasion, mediation and

manipulation or construction of identity in real life as well as in literature, film, media, etc.

The chosen topics integrate the fields of sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis,

philosophy and semantics. Semantics, the study of meaning, constitutes the central point of

interest and is approached in a cognitive perspective, i.e. it is understood that language as a

system is naturally non-autonomous. Dynamic and based on usage and experience; linguistic

categories are scalar in nature and based on prototypes. Next to giving insights into the

theories of linguistic action, the course is also meant to inspire the students and enable them to

use linguistics methodologies in their future research projects.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 10-11.30

Room: -05


Minimalist styles and aesthetics in 20th and 21st century American Literature

Dr K. Bartczak

Why do some literary texts seem to try an say “less” rather than “more”? Why do others seem

deliberately flat and deprived of rhetorical effect? From modernism, early and late, up till the

present moment, this seminar investigates the genesis, origin, significance and evolution of

minimalist styles and the minimalist writing aesthetics in 20th century American literature,

both prose and poetry. The course will examine varieties of minimalisms and minimalistic

aesthetics in literature, visual arts, and in film. We will explore the meaning, significance, and

reverberations of the term “minimalism” in the aesthetics of different literary movements and

phenomena of the 20th and 21st centuries: from modernist economy of language to the

contemporary phenomena sometimes described as the “waning of affect” or the “return of the

Real”. Some literary material will be highlighted and discussed through the comparative

intertext of minimalist styles found in 20th century American visual arts. Finally, the

discussion of some literary material will be supported and enhanced by putting it in the

context of film adaptations.

Day: Tuesday

Time:17-18.30

Room: -04


The Supernatural in American Literature

Prof. Z. Maszewski




The course will concentrate on selected texts by American 19th and 20th century writers in

which the supernatural element plays a significant role. What defies logic, what cannot be

rationally accounted for, what lies beyond the sphere of comprehension has long fascinated

American authors despite the realistic tradition American literature is often associated with.

Among the writers whose works will be discussed are: Poe, Hawthorne, Twain, Bierce,

Lovecraft, Robinson, Anaya, Castillo, King. Some cinematic versions of the literary texts will

also be presented.

Day: Tuesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: -25


Drama and Controversy

Dr K. Ojrzyńska

The course covers a wide variety of texts ranging from Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus

to Sarah Kane’s Blasted, all of which have been a source of controversy and heated debates,

and have left a lasting mark in the history of British and Irish theatre. The plays to be

discussed tackle several different topics, such as: religious dogma, colonialism, prostitution,

sexuality, violence, and immigration. The course is designed to help students develop their

skills in the field of dramatic analysis, approached from both theatrical and literary

perspectives. Analyzing the ideas conveyed in the selected plays from different theoretical,

cultural, and artistic perspectives, students will learn to recognize how dramatic texts often

convey a variety of meanings and provoke different interpretations. They will also learn to

develop their own, informed opinions, and to express them in an academic way.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 11.45-13.15

Room: -04


Contemporary Britain and its enduring discontents Dr W. Pietrzak

The course will focus on various aspects of contemporary Britain as represented in the works

of fiction and poetry. Among the topics to be discussed are revisionism (pastiche and parody),

dealing with traumas (both personal and national) in British and Irish literature, incorrigible

plurality vs monomania. Those will be explored in relation to such novelists as Martin Amis,

Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan (the late XX-century line-up), John Banville, Sebastian Barry,

Howard Jacobson, Deborah Levy (the XXI-century line-up) and poets like Ted Hughes, Philip

Larkin, Tony Harrison and Paul Muldoon.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 11.45-13.15

Room: -05





Introducing Twentieth-Century British Writers

Dr A. Sumera

The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with some important contemporary British

writers. With a relatively low reading load, the course introduces nine key figures of post-war

British fiction. Mostly short stories have been chosen (there are only two novels on the

reading list). In a few cases, the reading shall be supported by film adaptations of fiction

written by authors discussed during the classes (the focus being rather on the themes and ways

of presentation and not on problems of film adaptation). The course shall introduce, among

others, the following topics: magic realism, writing about women, Catholic writing, campus

novel, the Troubles, psychological writing, unreliable narrator.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 11.45-13.15

Room: 2.07


Basic Issues in English Linguistics: Morphology and Syntax

Dr W. Pskit

The aim of the course is to develop students’ linguistic awareness and analytic skills in the

context of selected branches of linguistics as well as to acquaint them with the current issues

in English linguistics. The course deals with selected topics in English morphology, word-

formation and syntax, including recent developments in the field and the empirical application

of theoretical knowledge.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: 0.05 (ground floor)


Postmodernism in British fiction and film

Dr T. Dobrogoszcz

The goal of the course is to provide students with a general understanding of the main tenets

of postmodernism and demonstrate typical examples of British postmodern fiction and film.

After a brief theoretical introduction to basic philosophical and aesthetic assumptions of

postmodernism, we will discuss the reading materials (short stories and fragments of novels

by A. Carter, A.S. Byatt, I. McEwan, J. Winterson, J. Fowles, S. Rushdie, etc.) and films (by

P. Greenaway, S. Kubrick, etc.). We will critically approach the contemporary notions of

language and identity, examining the concepts of irony, metafiction, intertextuality and

hyperreality.

Day: Tuesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: 2.55


The Disney Version

Dr J. Fruzińska

The course will be devoted to a discussion of Walt Disney Company’s post-1989 animated

films. Students will watch chosen animated productions (eg. The Little Mermaid, Hunchback

of Notre Dame, Treasure Planet) and read the literary sources that the films are based on. We

shall discuss the changes introduced by the Disney Company, with a particular focus on

ideological ones. In the final class students will be asked to write a short essay concerning the

films they will have watched.

Day: Tuesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: 0.06


British Representatives of the Theatre of the Absurd and Their Antitotalitarian Plays

Prof. J. Uchman

After the course the student should be able to recognize and specify the concrete critical terms

discussed within the course. He should also enlarge his knowledge concerning the political

plays written by Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter.

Day: Tuesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: 2.07


Writing – more than a language skill

Dr Ł. Salski

The course looks at composition and reception of written texts in L1 and L2 from the

perspective of psycholinguistics, composition studies, foreign language teaching, and

intercultural rhetoric. It deals with practical aspects of writing and writing instruction as well

as with the basics of the theory and research in composition studies and foreign language

writing. Thus, it can be seen both as support for students’ writing skills development and as

introduction to a potential field of BA or MA thesis.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: -04


Crosscultural Influences Between Occident and Orient Dr Agnieszka Ayşen Kaim

Lecturer’s e-mail [email protected]

Time and room Fridays, once in two weeks, since Friday 16th of October room 2.53

13.30 – 16.30

Course description General view on differences and similarities between European and

Oriental cultures, their historical dynamics and contemporary





dimension; with a preface on general reviews of Islamic and Christian

ideologies as backgrounds of both spiritual and material cultures and a

type of organisation of societies.These complex relations intersect

especially in mutual time-space areas. The domains and the overlook of

the research cover historical social perspective, but also anthropology

of everyday life. The bibliographic sources constitute stories of

travellers and diplomats, dairies of soldiers, as well as literary works

and paintings. Such approaches provide a map of confrontations,

parallels and coexistence.

Literature Edward Said, Orientalism, 1977

Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul. The city and memories, 2006

An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914,

ed. H. Inalcik, D. Quataert,

M. Todorova, Imagining the Balkans, New York: Oxford University

Press, 1997

B. Jezernik, Wild Europe: The Balkans in the Gaze of Western

Travellers, 2006

Lord A.B., 1964, The Singer of Tales, Harvard University Press,

Cambridge.

Assessment

criteria

In-depth exploration of a topic or a field of multicultural and cross-

cultural relations of Occidental and Oriental cultures.

BA Seminars (it might be more difficult to find a place there), 5 ECTS

Visual Culture and Social Communication

dr Michał Lachman

The aim of the course is to provide a general introduction to visual studies, performance

studies as well as different forms of social communication (mass media, journalism). The

structure of the course is divided into two parts: one focuses on theory, the other concentrates

on analyzing examples. Students who choose the course will be instructed how to apply

contemporary cultural theories to the study of modern media, graphic novel, visual and

performative arts, journalism, documentary writing and theatre. The seminar offers a

possibility of writing a traditional research dissertation and presenting a research project.

Day: Thursday

Time: 13.30-15

Room: -04


Speech as a type of action – discourse analysis in professional and other social contexts

prof. Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

The course aims to help the students to efficiently write their BA theses and to pass the final

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exam. It is also meant to inspire the students and assist them in choosing their individual

research projects. Accordingly, during the meetings the students will be familiarized with the

state-of-the-art linguistics research into speech actions and discourse analysis and relevant

methodologies. They will be able to revise basic theoretical and applied issues. The seminar

focuses on language as a type of action in the context of a number of sociolinguistic variables,

which invite varied linguistic interfaces. A particular research program may concentrate on

e.g.: language in professional settings (e.g. law, medicine, business, academic

communication, classroom interaction, advertising, …); language and identity (e.g. gender,

feminism, ethnic variety, (sub)cultural variety, …); language and social status (e.g. accents,

dialects, …); language and music, linguistic signs and semiotic signs (e.g. iconicity of

electronic communication [Txtng 4U]), etc.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: -04

Instructor’s email:

Exploring electronic language corpora of contemporary and historical English

dr Anna Cichosz, dr Piotr Pęzik

The aim of the course is to present applications of electronic corpora in the study of linguistic

variation and language change. The tools and resources introduced during the course will be

used to familiarise students with corpus-based linguistic methodologies and help them select

the topics of their B.A. projects. The course will present corpus methodologies of language

study. Specific corpus tools and resources introduced during the course will include: British

National Corpus (BNC), Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), Corpus of

Historical American English (COHA), various historical corpora of Old and Middle English,

corpus search and processing tools. These tools will be used to investigate a range of research

topics including grammatical and lexical variation and change in English, native-like selection

and idiomaticity. Students will be encouraged to analyse selected topic on the basis of

contemporary or historical data, depending on their research interests.

Day: Monday

Time: 13.30-15

Room: -05


Audiovisual Translation dr Mikołaj Deckert

The seminar provides an overview of the basic theoretical and practical notions of

Audiovisual Translation. Students will get to know different research methods and tools that

can be productively used in their BA projects. An important objective is to make participants

aware of the idiosyncrasies of different AVT modes, and enable participants to identify

factors that influence the translator’s decisions, and thus have to be considered in translation

quality assessment. The seminar will also focus on the very process of structuring and writing

the BA dissertation, discussing issues like data selection, hypothesis formulation, referencing,

register, and text editing.

Day: Monday

Time: 13.30-15

Room: 0.42


A critical discourse analysis perspective on media, politics and communication

dr Monika Kopytowska

The idea and objective behind this seminar is to acquaint students with Critical Discourse

Analysis as an approach towards “language as social practice” (Fairclough and Wodak 1997),

to explore various frameworks within this approach along with tools they offer for linguistic

analysis, as well as a multitude of possible applications (within various institutional and

interpersonal settings). 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 the

cultural context and practices, for example journalistic routines, influence “discourse as

product”, or how a given medium, for instance the Internet, shapes communicative practices.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 10-11.30

Room: 34


TEFL

dr Łukasz Salski

This seminar covers a variety of topics related to teaching English as a foreign language and

second language writing studies. Issues discussed may range from aspects of

psycholinguistics to classroom practice, as students are encouraged to pursue their individual

interests. Over the two semesters, students involve in small-scale research projects employing

quantitative and/or qualitative research methodology, and report on them in their theses. In the

writing process students’ authorial identity is reinforced, and their writing skills are

developed.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 10-11.30

Room: 0.05


SPECIALISATION SEMINARS (BA), 5 ECTS

Communication in Political and media discours Dr Anna Ewa Wieczorek

The purpose of the seminar is to acquaint students with three approaches to communication

and meaning: semantic, pragmatic and cognitive, as well as with Critical Discourse Analysis

(CDA) methodologies. In-class discussions and short presentations are aimed to sensitivise


students to the presence of explicit and implicit messages, speciffically to persuasion and

manipulation in various types of political discourse, and media discourse, with emphasis on

advertising and newspaper language. The class will familiarise students with main

assumptions and current trends in semantic, pragmatic and cognitive studies of language.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 11.45-13.15

Room: 2.20

[email protected]

Dr Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka,

Day: Thursday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: 0.33


Representations of Social Class inPost 1980 British Cinema

Dr Marta Goszczyńska

Day: Wednesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: 2.55


Music and Literature Dr Krzysztof Majer

Day: Wednesday

Time: 13.30-15.00

Room: 2.39


Intercultural Communication (5 ECTS for lecture and tutorial)


Lecture: Thursday 17-18.30, A4

Tutorial (one of the groups):

Group 1: 15.15-16.00, 34

Group 2: 16-16.45, 34

Group 3: 18.45-19.15, 34

Group 4: 19.30-20.15, 34





Mass culture Dr Grzegorz Kość

Day: Tuesday

Time: 15.15-16.45

Room: -05


Media in culture Dr Justyna Fruzińska

Day: Wednesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: 2.07


Contemporary British art, music and literature Dr Agnieszka Łowczanin-Łaszkiewicz

Day: Tuesday

Time: 17-18.30

Room: 34




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