CJVA154 English for Media Studies and Journalism (B.A.)

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Timetable
Mon 15:15–16:45 U44
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(( FAKULTA ( FSS )&& FORMA ( P )&& TYP_STUDIA ( BMN ))||( OBOR ( MUSFSS )))&&( PdF:ADAPT_AJ Adaptive Test Aj || ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 || FF:ADAPT_B2 Adaptivní test B2 )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
Course objectives
This is a course which follows the constructionist paradigm of learning by doing. Students' work will be read, analyzed and evaluated throughout the semester. While all the four language skills will be present in the course, emphasis will be placed on writing and reading.
Before being published, students' articles will be subjected to a review by peers and the teacher. The articles are planned to be published in the English section of muniMEDIA.
Due to the workshop-like character of the course, the maximum number of absences from class is set at two.
Syllabus
  • I/ Introduction to the course and language of the media; comparison of the differences in the style of news writing of The Guardian, www.online.muni.cz, The Epigram, the University of Oxford news section. Key words, length of paragraphs, length of sentences, repetition.
  • Output: a reflective essay analyzing differences in style
  • II/ The news story: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples
  • Output: a news story
  • III/ The interview and the profile story: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples. The transformation of the interview into a profile story.
  • Output: a profile story
  • IV/ News report of a survey: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples. Surveying the lives of foreign students at the FSS/MU; analyzing and interpreting the data, writing and editing.
  • Output: news report of a survey
  • V/ Feature: characteristics of the genre, good and bad examples.
  • Output: a feature story
Literature
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. 2008. info
  • PAPE, Susan and Sue FEATHERSTONE. Feature writing : a practical introduction. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications. 163 s. ISBN 1412908000. 2006. info
  • KEEBLE, Richard. The newspapers handbook. 4th ed. New York: Taylor & Francis. x, 299. ISBN 9780415331142. 2005. URL info
Teaching methods
class discussions, analyses of sample texts, comparing and contrasting samples, peer review, editing
Assessment methods
a/ 1x a profile story: max 20 points
b/ 1x a book/film/CD/theatre review OR a report of a survey: max 20 points
c/ 1x a feature: max 25 points
d/ 1x a news story: max 10 points
e/ editing: max 8 points for a and b each, max 9 points for c: max 25 points
Total: 100 points
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
Teacher's information
http://www.munimedia.cz/kurz/english-section/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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