CJVA151 Angličtina pro mezinárodní vztahy a sociologii

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2016
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (přednášející)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (pomocník)
Garance
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Fakultě sociálních studií – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Fakultě sociálních studií – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
CJVA151/01: Po 17:00–18:30 U36, F. Hanzelka
CJVA151/02: St 13:30–15:00 U36, F. Hanzelka
Předpoklady
FAKULTA(FSS) &&TYP_STUDIA(B)
Target group: students of sociology, students of international relations and other Bachelor students interested in the topics discussed in the course
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 40 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/40, pouze zareg.: 0/40, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/40
Cíle předmětu
Aims of the course

This is a course primarily focused on practicing language skills in the context of the spread of information and communications technologies (ICT) and their effects on society and the global political and economic situation

1/ In terms of reading, the students will practice:
Reading academic papers
In each class, a scientific journal article or a scientific book chapter will be assigned as compulsory reading material to be discussed in the following class.
Reading news articles from sources such as The Guardian, Business Insider, Slate, TechCrunch and The New York Times Apart from comprehension questions, typical tasks to be performed with these texts will aim at enhancing the students’ ability to identify the structure of the English paragraph, means of coherence and topic sentences. Occasionally, there will be gap-fill exercises practicing students’ ability to use terms correctly.
Students will refer to media and academic sources in their reflective essays.

2/ In terms of listening, the students will practice:
Analyzing the content of TED talks, lectures and other types of video material

3/ In terms of speaking, the students will practice:
Taking part in debates and discussions in pairs, groups and in class

4/ In terms of writing, the students will practice:
Reflective essay writing on two topics discussed (word limit 500-600 words). The main focus will be on instructing the students to structure their texts and paragraphs in a clear, logical and reader-friendly way by using topic sentences and means of coherence such as sentence connectors.
Osnova
  • Syllabus by topics
  • I. The Internet and Social Interaction, Social Networking Websites, the Internet’s Effect on Cognition
  • a/ Introduction to the course; Nicolas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
  • b/ Open data and open-mindedness: Eli Pariser, “Beware Filter Bubbles”; Tim Berners-Lee, “Raw Data Now”
  • c/ Individualism vs collectivism, privacy vs. social capital: Facebook, SnapChat, LinkedIn, Instagram
  • d/ SNW’s: privacy vs security; data mining and targeted ads; deception
  • II. The Socio-political History and Future of the Internet and ICT
  • a/ The Cold War and the origins of the Internet: the Sputnik, the Caribbean crisis, the first Internet connection between UCLA and SRI; the political events surrounding the projects of DARPA, Cyclades, the NPL and the RAND corporation
  • b/ The first email, the design of the world-wide web and its spread in the 1990s; Web 2.0; envisioning the future of the Internet
  • III. Data Security and Data Mining: the political and security dimension of the Internet
  • a/ Data Mining in commerce and politics; the use of data mining in the US presidential campaigns
  • b/ The blanket surveillance of global communications by the NSA: Edward Snowden’s The Guardian leaks and their aftermath; Wikileaks, Democracy!Now
  • c/ Cybercrime and cyberterrorism vs hacktivism: which countries are involved?
  • IV. The political and economic behaviour of big IT companies
  • a/ The impact of Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook on international relations
  • b/ The presence of big IT companies in the Third World
  • c/ Big IT companies’ social responsibility
Literatura
  • Course materials in the IS or the ELF
  • Security studies : an introduction. Edited by Paul Williams. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxi, 634. ISBN 9780415782814. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael a Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony a Karen BIRDSALL. Sociology. 4th ed. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001, xvii, 750. ISBN 0-7456-2311-5. info
Výukové metody
analyses of texts and videos, discussions, academic debates
Metody hodnocení
Requirements for obtaining the credit:
Regular attendance: two absences are allowed at maximum
Reading and taking part in the discussion of the assigned reading material for each class
Active participation in class activities
Submitting two reflective essays of 500-600 words which follow the prescribed format
Active participation in academic debates held in classes
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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