Course: Text Analysis

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Course title Text Analysis
Course code KAJ/KTEXQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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.
  • Kořínková Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Cohesion and coherence Cohesive devices Informativity of the text Intertextuality Highlighting structures Types of texts

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 42 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 4 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After taking the course, students will be able to: - apply their knowledge of linguistic diciplines (morphology, syntax, lexikology) when analyzing texts, - define the terms text cohesion and coherence, - determine the level of text informativity, - identify elements of intertextuality, - analyze different types of highlighting structures, - define different types of texts.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

- analysis of a text - oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Biber, D.; Conrad, S.; Leech, G. (2006). Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow.
  • Crystal, D. (2003). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • DeBeaugrande, R.; Dressler, W. (1981). Introduction to Text Linguistics. Harlow.
  • Hornová, L. (2006). Awfully afraid of analysis?. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • Tárnyiková, J. (2009). From text to texture: an introduction to processing strategies. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Urbanová, Ludmila, Oakland, Andrew. (2002). Úvod do anglické stylistiky. Brno.
  • Vilém Mathesius. (1975). A Functional Analysis of Present-Day English on a general linguistic basis. Praha.
  • Yule, George; Brown, Gillian. (1983). Discourse analysis. Cambridge: CUP.


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 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer