Course: Pragmatics

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Course title Pragmatics
Course code KAJ/KPRAQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Babická Blanka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Pragmatics, pragmatics and other linguistic disciplines Pragmatic competence Reference and deixis Presupposition Speech acts Politeness theory Conversational maxims and implicature Conversation analysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
After taking the course, students will be able to: - define pragmatics and its relationship to other linguistic disciplines, - define pragmatic competence, - explain reference and deixis in discourse, - explain the factors influencing a specific utterance (presupposition), - analyze speech acts and list their components, - explain politeness strategies with respect to different cultural backgrounds, - define conversational maxims and implicature.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic Observation of Student, Written exam

- 50% attendance, - active participation in the lessons, - preparation, studying for the seminars, - fulfilling homework assignments, - a credit test with a 70% passing line.
Recommended literature
  • Council of Europe. (2001). Common European Framework of Rererence for Languages. Cambridge.
  • CRYSTAL, D. (2003). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge.
  • Crystal, David. (1987). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
  • Levinson, Stephen C. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge.
  • Rose, Kenneth R., Kasper, Gabriele. (2001). Pragmatics in Language Teaching. Cambridge.
  • Thornbury, S. (2006). An A-Z of ELT. Oxford.
  • Widdowson, H. G. (2007). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge.
  • Yule, George. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA24-X) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter