AJ4_PMSP Problems of Modern Society

Faculty of Education
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Štébl (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
John Christopher Fennelly, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
AJ4_JC1B Practical Language 1.B.
All students except first-year students are welcome to sign up.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 11 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/11, only registered: 0/11, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/11
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This weekly debating club will be entirely students' creation. In other words, a series of non-teacher-centred sessions where students are welcome to air their views on a variety of controversial issues of postmodern life. Discussions will be conducted by volunteer students with responsibility to prepare a week ahead readings related to the topic (newspaper articles, videos, reviews, statements, statistics, etc) to give participants basic information and allow them to respond to the material. As a result, students should not only enhance their fluency in English but also learn to paraphrase, listen to other people's ideas and, in turn, to communicate their ideas more cogently and effectively.
Syllabus
  • Suggestions for topics are welcome. Tentatively, they could include Abortion; Death of God and Rise of Irrationality; Like Vampires -- lives of gay and lesbian people in Czech society; Animal rights; Multiculturality: 21st century challenge to Czech xenophobia, etc.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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