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Course title: Introduction to the Theory of LiteratureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Faculty of PhilologyERASMUS Subject code: n/a

ECTS points: 1, 1Number of hours: 15, 15

Duration: 2 semesterType: Lecture

Lecturer: variousTarget group: 1st year, English Philology

Assessment Method: written assessmentPrerequisites: working knowledge of Polish

Deadline of application: 30 AugustContact person: dr Monika Kopytowska [email protected]

Description:

Theory of literature as a science: Science vs. knowledge; Humanities: their domain and methodology; Theory of literature: its place in the humanities. The features of a literary work: The problem of characterisation; Social functions of a literary work; Aesthetic function vs. poetic function; Structural features. The problems of literary genre: Traditional typological criteria and their applications; Typological problems with modern literature. Contemporary theories: an overview.OBJECTIVES: Students should obtain a basic understanding of the theoretical issues which underlie the analysis of literary works. They should acquire the skills necessary to recognise structural and non-structural features, and knowledge of both traditional theories and contemporary approaches to literature.

Literature: noneAdditional information: in Polish

Course title: English Poetry to the 20th CenturySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1, 2, 2(E)Number of hours: 15, 30

Duration: 2nd semesterType: Lecture, tutorial


Assessment Method: written examPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1


Description:

Old English literary devices and genres (epic poems, elegies, battle poems, riddles, charms); Christian and pagan elements in Beowulf; Medieval lyrics and allegorical poems; Arthurian romances; Medieval ballads; the Petrarchan convention and the development of the sonnet form; Elizabethan pastoral poetry; Metaphysical poets; Cavalier poetry and the carpe diem theme; Milton's Christian epic and its political context; Political satires of the Restoration; the mock-heroic poem; English pre-Romanticism; the mysticism of William Blake; William Wordsworth and his rejection of poetic diction; Pantheism in Romantic poetry; Coleridge's concept of the poet and poetic imagination; the Byronic mock-heroic poem; Romantic odes; Victorian dramatic monologues; Victorian elegy; Aestheticism and "art for art's sake" (The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood)

Literature:

OLD ENGLISH: Beowulf (fragm.);"The Dream of the Rood"; "The Wanderer"MIDDLE ENGLISH: Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales (selected); William Langland: Piers Plowman; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (fragm.); ballads: "Edward", "Sir Patrick Spense", "Thomas the Rhymer"EARLY AND ELIZABETHAN SONNETS: Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Surrey, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare ELIZABETHAN LONG POEMS: Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queen (fragm.); Sir Philip Sidney: Arcadia CAVILIER VERSE: Ben Jonson: from The Forest; Robert Herrick METAPHYSICALS: John Donne: "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning", "The Flea", Holy Sonnets (selected); George Herbert, "The Collar"RESTORATION VERSE: John Milton: Paradise Lost (fragm.); John Dryden: "Absalom and Achitophel"; Andrew Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress"AUGUSTAN VERSE: Alexander Pope: "The Rape of the Lock"; Samuel Butler: "Hudibras" (fragm.)18TH CENTURY VERSE: Thomas Gray: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"ROMANTICS: William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience (selected); William Wordsworth: "Tintern Abbey"; S.T.Coleridge: "Kubla Khan", "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"; George Byron: Don Juan; Shelley: "Ode to the West Wind", "Ozymandias"; John Keats: "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale"," La Belle Dame Sans Merci" VICTORIANS: Alfred Tennyson: “In Memoriam” (fragm.), “Ulysses”; Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess”

Additional information: void

Course title: English Drama to the 20th CenturySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester Type: Lecture, tutorial




Description:

The course is a historical survey of the development of drama. Topics discussed include: the beginnings of drama (liturgical drama, mystery and morality plays, interludes); the influence of classical drama (Seneca, Plautus) and popular drama on Elizabethan playwrights; Shakespeare's predecessors (Marlowe and Kyd); Shakespearean tragedy (its substance, the growth of the hero, structure, language, imagery); Shakespearean comedy (its substance, romantic heroine, the kinds of the comic, use of disguise, subplots, poetic language, and wit); Shakespeare's romances and historical plays; Ben Jonson (satiric comedy, theory of humours, his theory of drama and theatre); Jacobean and Caroline drama; Sensationalism and determinism in Webster and Ford; the Restoration: comedy of manners; eighteenth century comedy. Attention is also drawn to subjects related to the written text as such (the changes it undergoes while being produced, the shape of Elizabethan theatres, censorship, etc.). If possible, video tapes are used and concrete productions discussed.

Literature:

MEDIEVAL: Everyman, Secunda PastorumEARLY ELIZABETHAN: T. Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy (fragm.), C. Marlowe: Dr FaustusSHAKESPEARE: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, or King Lear; Henry IV, pt. I;A Midsummer Night's Dream or Twelfth NightJACOBEAN: B. Jonson: Volpone; T. Dekker: A Shoemaker's Holiday; J. Webster: The Duchess of Malfi CAROLINE: J. Ford: 'Tis a Pity She's a WhoreRESTORATION: W. Wycherley: The Country Wife; W. Congreve: The Way of the World18TH CENTURY COMEDY: R. B. Sheridan: The School for Scandal; O. Goldsmith: She Stoops to ConquerA. Nicoll: British DramaI. Evans: A Short History of English DramaJ. L. Styan: Elements of DramaHarrison: Introducing Shakespeare

Bradley: Shakespearean TragedyAdditional information: void

Course title: American Literature School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01





Assessment Method: written assessmentPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1


Description:

Varieties of colonial writings in English. The Puritan impact, its cultural and esthetic significance. American cultural centers and cultural polarities in the seventeenth century. Development of prose genres - varieties of the novel, the short story. Major figures of the American Renaissance. The 19th century literary establishment, literary magazines, publishing business, popular authors. The change in the cultural and literary scene after the Civil War: literary regions; rise and flourishment of realism. Naturalism and the American literary scene at the turn of the centuries. The pull of Europe, early expatriates.

Literature:

Bradford/Winthrop, Bradstreet/Taylor, Cotton Mather, Sewall; Edwards, Franklin, Crevecoeur;Freneau, Brockden Brown; Cooper,Irving;Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson;Twain, Howells, James; Crane, Dreiser;Robinson, Frost.

Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury: From Puritanism to the PostmodernismAdditional information: void

Course title: British HistorySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1Number of hours: 15

Duration: 2nd semesterType: tutorial




Description:

The main period covered is 1485-1918, with priority given to political and social history, but with some discussion of cultural and intellectual history. Uses a thematic approach which narrates a detailed outline, discusses certain characters, events, trends, and movements, and analyses their causes, effects, and significance. Nine main sections: introduction to elements of British history up to 1485; Henry VII and VIII; the Reformation; Elizabeth and the birth of the modern nation; the revolutionary C17th; Enlightenment Britain (1702-63); revolutions, repression, and reform (1763-1837); the Victorian age; the Twentieth century (an impressionistic account). Students are expected to read one of the basic texts as well as investigate several sources on a chosen period.

Literature:D. McDowall: An Illustrated History of EnglandK.O. Morgan: Oxford History of BritainG.M. Trevelyan: History of England applicable volumes in the Pelican History of England


Course title: British CultureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2nd semester

Type: tutorialLecturer: various

Target group: 1st year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment

Prerequisites: CEF: B2/C1Deadline of application: 30 August

Contact person: dr Monika Kopytowska [email protected]

Description: Geography of Britain, the people (regional variety, accents of English, Britain as a multiracial society), life and institutions (parliament, government, monarchy; law; education), architecture, painting, sculpture, film, music, media.

Literature:

J. Oakland: British CivilizationP. Bromhead: Life in Modern BritainD. McDowall: Britain in CloseupB. Gascoigne: Encyclopedia of BritainB. Ford (ed.): The Cambridge Cultural History (in nine volumes)A. D. Watkin: English ArchitectureW. Gaunt: English PaintingF. Spalding: British Art Since 1900


Course title: American CultureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2nd semesterType: tutorial




Description: American geography and cultural regions, immigration and ethnicity, American beliefs and values, religious life in the US, American Government, education in the US, the Civil Rights movement, feminism in America, music and fine arts, mass media.

Literature:Bromhead, Life in Modern America, LongmanStevenson, American Life & Institutions, KlettFiedler, America in Close-Up, LongmanCoben, The Development of an American Culture, St. Martins


Course title: Introduction to LinguisticsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2(E)Number of hours: 15, 15, 15, 15

Duration: 2 semestersType: Lecture, tutorial




Description:language - different definitions and approaches; functions of language; language description; words, word-formation and morphology; sentences and syntax; different approaches to meaning and semantics; elements of pragmatics and speech act theory; introduction to historical and typological linguistics; elements of first and second language acquisition; language in society; the scope, goals and methods of language studies.

Literature:V. Fromkin, R. Rodman, An Introduction to LanguageB. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed.), Ways to Language. An Introduction to LinguisticsJ. Lyons, Introduction to Theoretical LinguisticsG. Yule, The Study of Language


Course title: Descriptive GrammarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1, 2, 1, 2, 2(E)Number of hours: 15, 30, 15, 30

Duration: 2 semestersType: Lecture, tutorial




Description:Winter Semester: the phonetics of English: speech production; detailed description of individual sounds of English; detailed description of individual sounds of English in context; word stress; connected speech; broad and narrow phonetic transcription.Summer Semester: the phonology of English: sound classification / distinctive features; organisation of sound structure: syllable templates, phonotactics, phonology of rhythm; principles of allophony; phonological processes at the lexical level; phonology and morphology

Literature:

Winter Semester:Gimson, A.C.& A. Cruttenden, Gimson’s Pronunciation of EnglishLadefoged, P., A Course in PhoneticsRoach, P. English Phonetics and PhonologySobkowiak, W. & J. Szpyra, Workbook in English Phonetics and PhonologySummer Semester:Giegerich, H., English PhonologyRoach, P., English Phonetics and PhonologyRubach, J., Analysis of Phonological StructureSobkowiak, W & J. Szpyra, Workbook in English Phonetics and Phonology


Course title: ELT MethodologySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semesterType: Lecture, tutorial




Description:

LECTURES: 1. What is Methodology? Its constituent elements 2. What is Applied Linguistics? 3. The 4 language skills. 4. Language teaching methods. 5. Grammar translation. 6. Direct Method.7. Oral/Situation Method. 8. The Audio-lingual Method. 9. Communicative Language Method. 10. Total Physical Response Method. 11. The Silent Way. 12. Community Language Learning.13. The Natural Approach. 14. Suggestopaedia. 15. Theories of Language Learning.TUTORIALS: Discussion and practical demonstration (workshops, video) of the Grammar-Translation Method, the Direct Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, the Cognitive Code Learning Method, the Communicative Method, the Humanistic Methods (Counselling Learning, the Silent Way, TPR, Suggestopaedia, the Natural Approach); presentation of teaching techniques typical for the methods; comparison of various aspects of methods.

Literature: Chastain, K., The Development of Foreign Language SkillsLarsen-Freeman, D., Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, CUPRichards J & Nunan D., Second Language Teacher Education, CUP

Richards, J. & Rodgers, T. S., Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, CUPAdditional information: Option in year 2nd and 3rd

Course title: Practical English: CompositionSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2 semestersType: tutorial




Description:

basic paragraph patterns: (description of a person, place--approx. 120 words): function of the paragraph; the controlling idea; support of the controlling idea; omitting information that does not contribute to the development of the controlling idea; recognising, formulating, and improving the topic sentence; unity and coherence in narration; linking expressions. narrative and descriptive composition (approx. 300 words): planning and outlining the overall composition; function of the introductory, developmental, and concluding paragraphs; transitions between paragraphs. personal letters: layout; attitude words and phrases; reporting words; colloquial vs. formal language. precis (advisable, depending on the level of the group). development of writing skills: pre-writing exercises; topic-centred vocabulary expansion; introduction of figures of speech; grammar activities; spelling/punctuation; use of dictionaries/thesauruses; self-correction, peer-correction, and class-discussion of students’ compositions.

Literature:

Smalley, M.K. Ruetten: Refining Composition Skills. Chaplen: Paragraph Writing.Kanelli: Advanced English Composition.O’Driscoll: Penguin Advanced Writing SkillsChapman: Precis Writing

Additional information: joint exam for practical subjects ECTS 3

Course title: Practical English: ConversationSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2 semesters





Description:casual conversation between students, role play conversations: beginning/finishing conversations, changing the subject, etc.; telling stories and description; 5-min. presentations. Topics to emphasise: personal background, family, work, travel, environment, sports and recreation, transport, common appliances, etc.)

Literature:

R. Ellis, B. Tomlinson: Speaking IntermediateM. Geddes, G. Sturtridge: Intermediate ConversationR. Gower: Speaking Upper IntermediateP. Watcyn-Jones: Test Your Vocabulary 1 - 5G. Wellman: Wordbuilder


Course title: Practical English: PhoneticsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd SemesterType: tutorial




Description: Winter semester: vocalic elements. Summer semester: consonantal elements, syllables, word stress.

Literature:B. Bowler, S. Cunningham, Headway Intermediate PronunciationP. Roach, English Phonetics and PhonologyA. Baker, Ship or SheepJ.L.M. Trim, English Pronunciation Illustrated


Course title: Practical English: Grammar

School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01Faculty: Faculty of Philology

ERASMUS Subject code: n/aECTS points: 2, 2, 3(E)

Number of hours: 30, 30Duration: 2 semesters





Description: English grammar at the level of a simple sentence. The use of tenses. Modal and auxiliary verbs. Nouns. Articles. Adjectives and Adverbs. Prepositions. Pronouns. Numerals.

Literature:

L.G. Alexander, Longman English Grammar Practice, Longman.F.B. Bywater, A Proficiency Course in English, Arnold.B.D. Graver, Advanced English Practice, Oxford University Press.E. Mańczak-Wohlfeld, et al., A Practical Grammar of English, PWN Warszawa. R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University PressM. Swan, Practical English Usage, Oxford University Press.


Course title: Information TechnologySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st SemesterType: tutorial


Assessment Method: practical assessmentPrerequisites: working knowledge of Polish


Description: Basic file management, basic wordprocessing, basic spreadsheeting, internet and e-mail management, basic Powerpoint skills

Literature: Martinek, J. Computer Applications for Students of HumanitiesAdditional information: in Polish

Course title: Physical EducationSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: -Number of hours: 30, 30

Duration: 2 semestersType: coaching, exercises


Assessment Method: fitness assessmentPrerequisites: no medical conditions precluding participation


Description: various options, year to year selectionLiterature: void

Additional information: in Polish

Course title: English Novel to the 20th CenturySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester Type: Lecture, tutorial

Lecturer: variousTarget group: 2nd year, English Philology

Assessment Method: written assessment, examPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1


Description: A survey course presenting the development of the English novel from its beginning to the end of the 19th century. The main subjects: antecedents of the novel; the rise of realism; epistolary novel; picaresque novel; sentimental novel; technical experiments of Sterne; Gothic

novel; historical novel; regional novel; novel of manners; Victorian novel and its historical and social background; psychological novel; new trends in the late 19th-century novel

Literature:

D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe or Moll FlandersS. Richardson, PamelaH. Fielding, Joseph Andrews or Tom JonesT. Smollet, The Expedition of Humhrey ClinkerL. Sterne, Tristram ShandyM. Shelley, Frankenstein (or H. Walpole, The Castle of Otranto)W. Scott, Ivanhoe or Waverley or Rob RoyJ. Austen, Pride and Prejudice or EmmaC. Dickens, Pickwick Papers, Hard Times, Great Expectations W. M. Thackeray, Vanity FairE. Bronte, Wuthering HeightsC. Bronte, Jane EyreG. Eliot, Daniel Deronda or Silas Marner or The Mill on the FlossT. Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles or The Mayor of CasterbridgeW. Allen, The English NovelB. Ford (ed.), The New Pelican Guide to English Literature (in 8 volumes)E. M. Forster, Aspects of the NovelI. Watt, The Rise of the Novel plus critical interpretations of particular novels


Course title: 20th Century English LiteratureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2nd semesterType: Lecture


Assessment Method: written assessment, examPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1


Description: The course is a survey of modern English novel, drama and poetry. Novel-related themes under discussion include symbolism, impressionism, and stream of consciousness in Modernist fiction; Antiutopian literature; Angry young men; Realistic vs. Postmodernist fiction: individual and society, new narrative methods, magical realism; new literatures in English; literary theories in application to critical analysis. In the modern drama section the focus is on the most outstanding dramatists and their share in both the continuation of older dramatic forms and subject matters as well as their new achievements. The main themes examined are: idea-plays; the rise of Irish theatre; verse-drama; Angry Young Men and Kitchen Sink Drama; the theatre of the Absurd and its offshoots; the theatre of Violence. The following concepts are

discussed extensively: literary and theatrical theory of drama, kinds of imagery in drama, metatheatre. Video tapes are used and differences between the stage and video/film versions are analysed. The survey of the twentieth century poetry includes the following topics: First World War Poets; Imagism and Symbolism; Varieties of Modernism (Yeats, Eliot); Poetry of the Thirties; Dylan Thomas and The New Apocalypse; The Movement (Larkin) and reaction against it (Hughes, Plath); Poetry from Northern Ireland; Martian Poets.

Literature: Reference books:Malcolm Bradbury, The Modern British NovelDavid Lodge, The Art of FictionAndrew Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English LiteratureRaman Selden, Practising Theory and Reading LiteratureThe Penguin History of Literature, vol. 7books and essays on individual writersNovels:Henry James. Daisy Miller (The Ambassadors)Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (Lord Jim)H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (Women in Love)Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (To the Lighthouse)James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, DublinersAldous Huxley, Brave New WorldGeorge Orwell, Nineteen EightyFourWilliam Golding, Lord of the FliesKingsley Amis, Lucky JimGraham Greene, The Power and the Glory (The Heart of the Matter)John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's WomanAngela Carter, The Bloody Chamber (Nights at the Circus)David Lodge, Changing PlacesSalman Rushdie, Midnight's ChildrenDramatic works:G. B. Shaw: Mrs Warren's Profession, St JoanW. B. Yeats: Cathleen ni HoulihanJ. M. Synge: Playboy of the Western WorldS. O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock T. S. Eliot: Murder in the CathedralArnold Wesker: Chicken Soup with BarleyJohn Osborne: Look Back in AngerEdward Bond: LearSamuel Beckett: Waiting for GodotHarold Pinter: The RoomTom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadJ. R. Taylor: Anger and After, The Second Wave Martin Esslin: The Theatre of the AbsurdRuby Cohn: Currents in Contemporary Drama, Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama Bolesław Taborski: Nowy teatr ElżbietańskiPoetry:Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum EsYeats: Easter 1916; The Second Coming; Sailing to ByzantiumEliot: Song The Love of J.Alfred Prufrock; The Waste LandW.H.Auden: Musee des Beaux Arts; The Shield of AchillesDylan Thomas: This Bread I Break; Do not go gentle into that good night

Philip Larkin: Church Going; High WindowsTed Hughes: Hawk Roosting; The Thought-FoxSylvia Plath: Lady LazarusSeamus Heaney: Digging; The Tollund Man; PunishmentCraig Raine: Sends a Postcard A Martian HomeDavid Perkins: A History of Modern PoetryAlex Preminger (ed.): Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and PoeticsIan Hamilton (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century PoetryEdward Lucie-Smith: British Poetry since 1945Neil Corcoran: English Poetry since 1940Geoffrey Leech: A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry


Course title: American LiteratureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:

Important 20th century developments in American poetry, prose, drama and criticism are discussed. Authors and themes studied may vary, but the following are often reviewed: New attitudes and developments in poetry--Robinson, Frost, Williams, Eliot, Pound. Sherwood Anderson and other new Mid-Western voices. Lost Generation writers. Black Renaissance. Post WWII Jewish writing. The postwar political/aesthetic dissent: the Beats, Afro-Americans, women writers, postmodernist attitudes. Major stylists-- Nabokov, Bellow, Updike.

Literature:

Pound, Eliot, Williams, Stevens;Sherwood Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner (Steinbeck, Cather, West);Mailer, Malamud, Bellow, Roth;Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs;Updike;Nabokov, Barth (Vonnegut, Federman, Kosiński);Baldwin (Ellison, Morrison); Scott Mamoday (Silko, Erdrich, Welch)


Course title: British HistorySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1, 1(E)Number of hours: 15

Duration: 1st SemesterType: Lecture




Description:The course is a continuation of British History (cf. year one) till present day, and it aims so provide students with essential knowledge about the history of Britain, particularly as background information for the study of English literature. Also, to emphasise the genesis and development of British (particularly English) traditions. Finally, to encourage students to think about history and context, and therefore understand some contemporary issues in Britain.

Literature:D. McDowall, An Illustrated History of EnglandK.O. Morgan, Oxford History of BritainG.M. Trevelyan, History of England Volumes in the Pelican History of England


Course title: British CultureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester Type: Tutorial

Lecturer: various

Target group: 2nd year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment



Description:geography of Britain, the people (regional variety, accents of English, Britain as a multiracial society), life and institutions (parliament, government, monarchy; law; education), architecture, painting, sculpture, film, music, media. (The course is a continuation of British Culture from year one.)

Literature:

Oakland, British CivilizationBromhead, Life in Modern BritainMcDowall, Britain in CloseupGascoigne, Encyclopedia of BritainFord (ed.), The Cambridge Cultural History (in nine volumes)Watkin, English ArchitectureGaunt, English PaintingSpalding, British Art Since 1900


Course title: American CultureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester Type: Tutorial




Description:the course is a continuation of American Culture form year one, and its purpose is to introduce and discuss ideas connected with life in the United States, including the American dream, the American myth of success, racial and cultural minorities and their struggles in American Society.

Literature:Bromhead, Life in Modern America, LongmanStevenson, American Life & Institutions, KlettFiedler, America in Close-Up, LongmanCoben, The Development of an American Culture, St. Martins


Course title: Descriptive GrammarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 3, 3, 2(E)Number of hours: 15, 30, 15, 30

Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semesterType: Lecture, tutorial




Description: Descriptive analysis of English syntax at various levels; introduction of the theoretical apparatus for dealing with matters of syntax; syntactic argumentation, presentation of major theoretical approaches to language analysis.

Literature:Quirk, S. Greenbaum, J.Svartvik: A Grammar of Contemporary English .Quirk, S. Greenbaum: A University Grammar of EnglishDowning, P. Locke: A University Course in English Grammar Jacobs: English Syntax. A Grammar for English Language Professionals


Course title: Linguistics of EnglishSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semesterType: Tutorial




Description: to be advisedLiterature: to be advised









Description:

Reflective writing: narrative and descriptive essays with a specific purpose (e.g.: creating a mood, as a Summer-board for reflection); methods of analysis (definition, process analysis, division and classification, comparison and contrast, etc.); introduction and concluding paragraphs in the Reflective Essay; topic sentences. business letters: layout, organisation of ideas, useful phrases. writing curriculum vitae: layout, useful phrases; precis (if not covered in the first year). development of writing skills: pre-writing and journal writing, drafting/planning of compositions. formal evaluation of written work: commenting on peers' essays and short fragments of published literature.

Literature:

L. A. Jacobus, A World of IdeasC. Shrodes, etal., The Conscious ReaderJ. Nadell, T. Langan, The Macmillan ReaderAshley, A., A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence, OUPChapman L.R.H., Precis WritingHerbrace College HandbookSmalley R.L., Ruetten M.K., Refining Composition SkillsWarriner, English Grammar and Composition





Duration: 1st Semester , 2nd semesterType: Tutorial




Description: Presentation and justification of opinions—abstraction from narrative/description; organization of ideas around opinions. Topics to emphasize: professional interests/attitudes, education, health, social issues, law, social issues, architecture etc.

Literature:

V. Black, M. McNorton, A. Malderez, S. Parker, Speaking AdvancedM. Geddes, G. Sturtridge, S. Been, Advanced ConversationJ. Hadfield, Advanced Communication GamesB. J. Thomas, Advanced Vocabulary and IdiomG. Wellman, WordbuilderM. Harrison, Word Perfect - vocabulary for fluencyW. S. Fowler, The Right Word


Course title: Practical English: PhoneticsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01





Assessment Method: written assessment


Contact person: dr Monika Kopytowska [email protected]: Word stress, Sentence stress, Intonation patterns, Regional accents

Literature:B. Bowler, S. Cunningham, Headway Intermediate PronunciationP. Roach, English Phonetics and PhonologyA. Baker, Ship or SheepJ.L.M. Trim, English Pronunciation Illustrated


Course title: Practical English: GrammarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description: Complex and compound sentences; finite and non-finite clauses; nominal, adverbial, conditional clauses; reported speech; relative clauses; passive voice; gerunds and participles; verb complementation.

Literature:Quirk, R., A University Grammar of EnglishBywater, F., A Proficiency Course in EnglishVince, M., Advanced Language PracticeGraver, B.D., Advanced English Practice.


Course title: Modern foreign languageSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01





Assessment Method: written assessmentPrerequisites: none


Description: Semester one and two of the three semester intensive practical language course of the French, German, Russian or Spanish language selected by the student.

Literature: A coursebook selected by the tutorAdditional information: void

Course title: LatinSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1,1, 1(E)Number of hours: 30, 30





Description: A semi-intensive two semester course of Latin that ends with a written examination.Literature: Macherowa Ł., Podręcznik do nauki języka łacińskiego dla studentów neofilologii


Course title: Orientation seminar (semi-elective)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Faculty of Philology

ERASMUS Subject code: n/aECTS points: 2, 2

Number of hours: 30, 30Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semester

Type: SeminarLecturer: various

Target group: 2nd year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment



Description:The orientation seminar is meant to provide the student with an overview of the various different areas of interest leading towards the choice of the BA seminar. The areas include: American and British studies,, drama, literature, culture, linguistics, applied linguistics and translation.

Literature: Selected literature by individual tutorsAdditional information: Students choose one orientation seminar per semester, two in total for the total of ECTS 4

Course title: ELT Methodology (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:Discussion and practical demonstration of techniques of teaching various aspects of language: presentation and practice of grammatical structures, communicative activities, presentation and practice of vocabulary, teaching listening comprehension, using a reading text, planning a lesson, teacher talk, error correction. Class work includes extensive exposure to video materials and microteaching sessions.

Literature:J. Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching, LongmanA. Doff, Teach English, CUPD. Cross, A Practical Handbook of Language Teaching, Prentice HallP. Ur, A Course in Language Teaching, CUP


Course title: Psycholinguistics (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semesterType: Seminar




Description: SLA theory; individual learner differences; classroom discourse analysis and pragmatics; psycho- and sociolinguistics; the sociocultural context of ELT; approaches, methods and techniques;

Literature:

Cenoz, J. and Jessner, U. (eds.) 2001. English in Europe. The Acquisition of a Third Language. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.McCarthy, M. 2001. Issues in Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.McDonough, J. and McDonough, S. 1997. Research Methods for English Language Teachers. London: Arnold.Ellis, R. 1994. The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Ellis, R. 1997a. SLA Research and Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Ellis, R. 1997b. Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Wallace, M. J. 1998. Action Research for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Course title: Paedagogy (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01






Deadline of application: 30 August

Contact person: dr Monika Kopytowska [email protected]: The course is meant to introduce fundamental considerations in paedagogy and provide additional focus on language paedagogy.

Literature:

Z. Kwieciński, B. Śliwerski (red.), Pedagogika, podręcznik akademicki. Tom I i II Warszawa 2003S. Kunowski, Podstawy współczesnej pedagogiki. Warszawa 1996S. Kunowski, Podstawy współczesnych systemów wychowania. Kraków 2000L. Turos, Pedagogika ogólna i subdyscypliny. Warszawa 1999


Course title: Voice projection (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2nd semesterType: Tutorial




Description: Practical classes providing future teachers with the opportunity to hone their voice projection skillsLiterature: none


Course title: American LiteratureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st semesterType: Lecture, tutorial

Lecturer: variousTarget group: 3rd year, English Philology



Description:

Important 20th century developments in American poetry, prose, drama and criticism are discussed. Authors and themes studied may vary, but the following are often reviewed: New attitudes and developments in poetry--Robinson, Frost, Williams, Eliot, Pound. Sherwood Anderson and other new Mid-Western voices. Lost Generation writers. Black Renaissance. Post WWII Jewish writing. The postwar political/aesthetic dissent: the Beats, Afro-Americans, women writers, postmodernist attitudes. Major stylists-- Nabokov, Bellow, Updike.

Literature:

Pound, Eliot, Williams, Stevens;Sherwood Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner (Steinbeck, Cather, West);Mailer, Malamud, Bellow, Roth;Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs;Updike;Nabokov, Barth (Vonnegut, Federman, Kosiński);Baldwin (Ellison, Morrison); Scott Mamoday (Silko, Erdrich, Welch)

Additional information: This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform

Course title: History of EnglishSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st semesterType: Lecture, tutorial




Description: History of English: Introduction to Old English Introduction to Middle English. Introduction to Early Modern English. Major mechanisms of language change ( as evidenced in the history of English): semantic change, sound change, syntactic typological change.

Literature:

Pyles, T, Algeo, J, The Origins and Development of the English Fisiak, J, An Outline History of EnglishFisiak, J, A Short Grammar of Middle EnglishReszkiewicz, Synchronic Essentials of Old English ( West Saxon)Baugh; T. Cable, A History of the English Language


Course title: Contrastive GrammarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2nd semesterType: Tutorial




Description: Types of differences between Polish and English; Noun phrase in Polish and English: Definitness, Pronouns, Adjectives, Case, Word Order; Verb Phrase in English and Polish: Aspect, Modality, Complex Sentences, Relative Clauses, Passive Voice, Questions, Negations.

Literature:Fisiak, J., An Introductory English-Polish Contrastive GrammarFisiak, J. (ed.), Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics.Di Pietro, M., Languages in Contrast.





Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semester

Type: TutorialLecturer: various

Target group: 3rd year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment



Description:

ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING: the argumentative thesis; persuasive support; analysis of evidence; introductory and concluding paragraphs in the argumentative essay. RHETORICAL MODELS (as used in argumentative writing): definition, comparison/contrast, cause-and-effect, illustration/exemplification, inductive/deductive reasoning, (syllogism). STYLE/LANGUAGE: registration of specific audience (used mainly as a pedagogic tool, to make the situation of writing more concrete). Emphasis is placed on the development of interesting and/or controversial directions of argument. Students read several published essays, looking for and analysing examples of effective and ineffective writing

Literature:

L. A. Jacobus, A World of IdeasC. Shrodes, etal., The Conscious ReaderJ. Nadell, T. Langan, The Macmillan ReaderD. Skwire, Writing with a ThesisE.B. White, W. Strunk, Elements of Style





Duration: 1st Semester , 2nd semesterType: Tutorial




Description: Argument/debate, focusing on compensating strategies (eliciting explanation, polite/rude disagreement, acknowledgement of agreement, etc.); simultaneous translation of Polish conversation, etc. Topics to emphasise: politics, gender relations, other social issues, etc.

Literature: P. Dainty: Express ProficiencyM. Geddes, G. Sturtridge: Advanced ConversationT. Lynch, K Anderson: Study Speaking

P. Ur: Discussions That WorkL. G. Alexander. Right Word, Wrong Word G. Wellman: Wordbuilder


Course title: Practical English: GrammarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:word order, sentence order vs. sentence correction. Substitution as a text-forming element. Ellipsis, ambiguity (lexical, syntactic). Sentence connectives (sentential vs. intersentential). Lexical and syntactic cohesion (repetition, synonymy, collocation, conclusion). Formal vs. informal style (syntactic and lexical features). Scientific English (syntactic and lexical features). Phrasal verbs. Word building (suffixes, affixes, infixes). Text editing.

Literature:

Archer, E. Nolan-Woods, English for Cambridge Proficiency, Practice Tests for ProficiencyEwer, G. Latorre, Course in Basic Scientific English Robinson, Themes for Proficiency Thomas, Advanced Vocabulary Practice Kingsbury, G. Wellman, Longman Proficiency Practice Exams O'Connell, Focus on Proficiency Mc Carthy, English Vocabulary in Use Vince, Advanced Language Practice Duckworth, Proficiency Masterclass Nelson, Word Perfect Cambridge Proficiency Examination Practice (1-5).


Course title: History of PhilosophySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st semester, 2nd semesterType: Lecture




Description:

Zakres materiału: presokratycy (pojęcie arche), Sokrates (sztuka prowadzenia dialogu, intelektualizm etyczny), podstawowe pojęcia filozofii Platona i Arystotelesa, filozofia religijna św. Augustyna, problem istnienia Boga (św. Tomasz z Akwinu), racjonalizm Kartezjusza, Pascal (filozofia Boga), Hegel (homo historicus, Absolut), Kierkegaard i elementy filozofii egzystencjalnej, Heidegger, Freud i Fromm (podstawowe pojęcia z filozofii człowieka).

Literature:

W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, T. I-III.W. Tyburski, A. Wachowiak, R. Wiśniewski, Historia filozofii i etyki, Toruń 2002.B. Markiewicz, Od filozofów jońskich do Pascala. Wybór tekstów, Warszawa 1999.B. Markiewicz, Od Locke`a do Jamesa. Wybór tekstów, Warszawa 1999.B. Markiewicz, Od Nietzschego do Filozofii współczesnej. Wybór tekstów, Warszawa 1999.






Lecturer: various


Prerequisites: noneDeadline of application: 30 August


Description: Semester one and two of the three semester intensive practical language course of the French, German, Russian or Spanish language selected by the student. This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform

Literature: A coursebook selected by the tutorAdditional information: This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform



ECTS points: 1,1, 1(E)Number of hours: 30, 30





Description: A semi-intensive two semester course of Latin that ends with a written examination. This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform

Literature: Macherowa Ł., Podręcznik do nauki języka łacińskiego dla studentów neofilologiiAdditional information: in Polish. This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform

Course title: BA Block (BA seminar, Specialty Class 1, Specialty Class 2)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2Number of hours: 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30

Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd semester





Description:

The BA Block of subjects consists of three types of classes, all of which are in tutorial form, the BA seminar, and two types of specialty classes. The BA block comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American). The course is supplemented by a BA lecture in the same areas

Literature: Determined by the tutors on a year to year basisAdditional information: The specialty corresponds with the BA lecture and BA Thesis, both with separate ECTS points

Course title: BA LectureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:The BA Lecture comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American). The course supplements the BA Block in the same areas

Literature: Determined by the tutors on a year to year basisAdditional information: The lecture corresponds with the BA Block and BA Thesis, both with separate ECTS points

Course title: BA Thesis and BA ExamSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4, 6Number of hours: not applicable



Assessment Method: thesis submissionPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1


Description:

The BA Thesis is written as a result of participation in the BA Block and BA Lecture, and can be completed in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one, and which must correspond with the chosen specialty. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).

Literature: Determined by the tutors on a year to year basisAdditional information: The thesis and exam correspond with the BA Block and BA Lecture, both with separate ECTS points

Course title: ELT Methodology (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st SemesterType: Tutorial




Description: Winter semester: theories of learning, theories of first and second language acquisition: L1 acquisition, behaviourism, cognitive theory, Contrastive Analysis hypothesis, Error Analysis, Interlanguage, Krashen’s Monitor Theory; psycholinguistic and sociolinguistics implications

of bilingualism; the attitudinal domain: personality factors, cognitive styles, communicative strategies.Sumer Semester: revision of the techniques for teaching language skills, with special reference to Polish secondary school context; mastering the areas not covered in the second year: evaluation and testing, discussion of school syllabuses, evaluation of textbooks, planning long-term teaching, the cultural component in a syllabus, use of video and computers. Class work includes extensive exposure to video materials. School observations - in primary schools - include lessons conducted by school teachers and peer observations of students conducting practice lessons.

Literature:

B. Krakowian (ed.), Readings for Glottodidactics, Wydawnictwo UŁP. Lightbown, N. Spada, How Languages are Learned, OUPS.D. Krashen, Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition, PergamonW. Littlewood, Foreign and Second Language Learning, CUPD. Cross, A Practical Handbook of Language Teaching, Prentice HallP. Ur, A Course in Language Teaching, CUPP. Hubbard et al., A Training Course for TEFL, OUPLongman Keys to Language Teaching (series): selected books/chapters J. Willis, Teaching English through English, Longmanselected articles assigned by the lecturer


Course title: EFL Testing (optional)School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:Central Concepts of Language Testing, Task Classification and Test Types. Stages of Test Development. Testing Grammar. Testing Listening. Testing Reading. Testing Speaking. Testing Writing. Teaching Exam Classes. Matura 2003, Testing Writing and Speaking – Evaluation Framework. Assignment and Discussion: Basic Item Analysis, Reporting Scores, Test Statistics, Test Evaluation.

Literature:Alderson, J., Ch., Clapham, C., Wall, D.; 1996, Language Test Construction and Evaluation, CUPHeaton, J. B.; 1988, Writing English Language Tests, LongmanHughes, A.; 1989, Testing For Language Teachers, CUPKomorowska, H.; 2004, Testy w nauczaniu języków obcych, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne


Course title: PsychologySchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd SemesterType: Lecture




Description:Przedstawienie opisu poszczególnych zjawisk psychicznych i poznanie mechanizmów leżących u ich podstaw. Treści programowe obejmują przedmiot i historię psychologii, biologiczne mechanizmy zachowania, metody badawcze, koncepcje psychologiczne człowieka oraz analizę procesów poznawczych.

Literature:Kozielecki J.(1996).: Koncepcje psychologiczne człowieka. Wydawnictwo Żak, Warszawa.Malim T, Birch A., Wadeley A.(1997): Wprowadzenie do psychologii. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.Maruszewski T.(2003): Psychologia poznawcza. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, GdańskStrelau J. (red.)(2002): Psychologia t.2. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, Gdańsk.


Course title: Monograph LectureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 1,1Number of hours: 15, 15


Lecturer: variousTarget group: 4th year, English Philology



Description:The Monograph Lecture comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).

Literature: Specified by the Lecturer


Course title: Specialist SeminarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd SemesterType: Seminar




Description:The Specialist seminar comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).

Literature: Specified by the tutor


Course title: MA SeminarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4, 4

Number of hours: 30, 30Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd Semester


Target group: 4th year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment



Description:The MA seminar comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).



Course title: Specialist LectureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description: The Specialist Lecture comes in two areas of interest: Theory of Literature and Methodology of Linguistics. The student chooses one of the two options for the duration of two semesters.



Course title: Practical English Skills: Writing Academic TextsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd SemesterType: Tutorial




Description:Academic writing: proceeding from thesis development through drafting, revising, and editing; footnotes, bibliography, and references; logical coherence, objectivity, and use of quotations. register/style: contrasting academic writing with other types (mainly journalism). development of writing skills: Revision and application of skills already acquired in composition classes (in writing to inform, analyse, and persuade) for both academic and journalistic purposes

Literature:M.J. Schenck, Read, Write, Revise: A Guide to Academic WritingThe MLA HandbookR. Keeble, The Newspaper HandbookAcademic and journalistic pieces provided by lecturer


Course title: Practical English Skills: Academic PresentationsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01






Deadline of application: 30 August


Description:Academic discussion (presentation of academic papers, answering questions, etc.); journalistic presentation (presentation of radio/television broadcasts, mock press-conferences, etc.); conversation in varying registers (within family, between friends, among colleagues, to superiors/officials, etc.). Topics to emphasize: literature, linguistics, political science, history, etc.

Literature:Geddes, G. Sturtridge: Advanced ConversationLynch, K Anderson: Study SpeakingWellman: Wordbuilder


Course title: Polish StylisticsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description: A basic review of Polish stylistics, dialectology, and normative grammar with strong relevance for translation studies.Literature: Specified by the tutor









Description: A semi-intensive two semester course of Latin that ends with a written examination. This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform

Literature: Macherowa Ł., Podręcznik do nauki języka łacińskiego dla studentów neofilologiiAdditional information: in Polish. This is a duplicate course in year 2008/09 due to schedule reform








Description: Semester one and two of a three semester intensive practical language course of the French, German, Russian or Spanish language selected by the student.

Literature: Coursebook selected by the tutor

Additional information: Schedule from before schedule reform of the 5 year MA programme

Course title: Specialty BlockSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01





Assessment Method: written assessmentPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1 in English and Polish


Description: The Specialty Block comes in four areas of interest, of which students only choose one. The areas are: 1) Written translation and ESP translation; 2) Literary translation A/B; 3) Theatre and the Media A/B; 4) American Culture

Literature: Specified by the course tutors

Additional information: This course is a continuation of the specialty selected in year 3. Schedule from before schedule reform of the 5 year MA programme. For the courses involving translation a prerequisite is a CEF B2/C1 level of Polish

Course title: Monograph LectureSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:The Monograph Lecture comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).



Course title: MA SeminarSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description:The MA seminar comes in four areas of interest, of which students must choose one. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Lingiustics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).



Course title: MA Thesis and MA ExamSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 25Number of hours: not applicable



Assessment Method: thesis submissionPrerequisites: CEF: C1/C2


Description: The MA Thesis is written as a result of participation in the BA Block and BA Lecture, and can be completed in four areas of

interest, of which students must choose one, and which must correspond with the chosen specialty. The areas are: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics (EFL Methodology, or Technology in ELT, Translation), Literature (both British and American) and Culture (both British and American).

Literature: Determined by the tutors on a year to year basisAdditional information: void

Course title: Practical English Skills: Writing Academic TextsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01







Description: Revision and application of skills already acquired in composition classes (in writing to inform, analyse, and persuade) for both academic and journalistic purposes.

Literature:

M.J. Schenck, Read, Write, Revise: A Guide to Academic WritingThe MLA HandbookR. Keeble, The Newspaper HandbookAcademic and journalistic pieces provided by lecturerstudents' MA-theses in progress


Course title: Practical English Skills: Academic PresentationsSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 2,2

Number of hours: 30, 30Duration: 1st Semester, 2nd Semester


Target group: 5th year, English PhilologyAssessment Method: written assessment



Description:Mock academic panel-discussions (presentation of papers, defence of paper vis-a-vis a panel); career/vocational English: business, travel, medical, sport, legal, advertising, public relations, computer, marketing, diplomatic, etc. (interview, customer-service, mock-trials, negotiation, formal address, etc.)

Literature:Geddes, G. Sturtridge: Advanced ConversationLynch, K Anderson: Study SpeakingWellman: Wordbuilderstudents' MA-theses in progress









Description: Semester three of the intensive practical language course of the French, German, Russian or Spanish language selected by the student.Literature: Coursebook selected by the tutor

Additional information: Schedule from before schedule reform of the 5 year MA programme

Course title: Specialty BlockSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01





Assessment Method: written assessmentPrerequisites: CEF: B2/C1 in English and Polish


Description: The Specialty Block comes in four areas of interest, of which students only choose one. The areas are: 1) Written translation; 2) Literary translation ; 3) Theatre and the Media ; 4) American Culture

Literature: Specified by the course tutors

Additional information:This course is a continuation of the specialty selected in year 3 and undertaken in year four of the MA programme. Schedule from before schedule reform of the 5 year MA programme. For the courses involving translation a prerequisite is a CEF B2/C1 level of Polish

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