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English for Journalism I - JLB009
Title: Angličtina pro žurnalisty I
Guaranteed by: The Language Centre (23-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 75 (75)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Alena Prošková
Teacher(s): Mgr. Alena Prošková
Class: Courses for incoming students
Is pre-requisite for: JLB010
In complex incompatibility with: JLB053
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Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Alena Prošková (13.09.2023)
The course is designed for students of journalism studying for their BA or MA degree. It is focused on work with newspaper/mazazine/online articles and audio or video pieces coming from a wide range of mass media. The objective of the course is to expand students' vocabulary in terms of journalistic jargon and terminology related to news reporting, to improve students' speaking and writing skills, and to achieve accuracy in grammatical structures and pronunciation.
The study materials used in the classes are solely for the use of the students of the JLB009 course. Any circulation of the materials is prohibited.

Students who need B2 grammar practice as well as an introduction into the
more specialized vocabulary of journalistic English, as well as basic English academic skills, are offered the lower course of English for Social Sciences I (JLB
053) in the winter term and English for Social Sciences II (JLB 054) in
the summer term, Thursday 17-18.20 in #20 room of the Hollar building.

https://fsv.cuni.cz/studium/vyuka-jazyku/hodnoceni-jazykove-dovednosti
Aim of the course -
Last update: Mgr. Alena Prošková (14.09.2022)

The course is designed to improve reading and listening comprehension of English in mass media considerably, while, at the same time, substantially enhancing students' own professional spoken and written English for usage in mass media.

Teaching methods -
Last update: Mgr. Alena Prošková (18.01.2023)

Following breaking news and current affairs, using original English resources. Summarizing news items in writing as part of home assignments. Various follow-up activities to teach correct pronunciation, to repeatedly use new terms in appropriate contexts, and to remind students of some tricky grammar features. Work with audio/video materials.

Students will participate in a variety of learning methods in a mixture of dynamics - individual, pair work, working in larger groups, full class sessions. The teacher will frequently be in the role of facilitator. There is a heavy emphasis on oral communication in this course.

Students are advised and encouraged to keep an individual record of their language learning in order to reflect on their progress. It is essential that students get into the habit of regular private study in order to support and consolidate their learning.

 

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Alena Prošková (18.01.2023)

Each session will include a weekly news bulletin prepared by pairs/trios of students (four short "ready-to-teach" news items to be submitted into the shared Google document by Thursday 6PM for Friday seminars and by Sunday 6PM for Monday seminars) - please sign up for a particular date and comply with the schedule to score 10 points towards your winter term credit (minus 10 for failing to meet the deadline).

PRONUNCIATION - International Pronunciation Alphabet (IPA)

LEGACY MEDIA X NEW MEDIA, BROADSHEETS X TABLOIDS, OBJECTIVE X BIASED, DISINFORMATION, MISINFORMATION, FAKE NEWS X TRUSTWORTHY REPORTING, FACT-CHECKING, VERIFIED FROM TWO SOURCES.

ELECTIONS VOCAB

WRITING HEADLINES, DECKS, AND LEADS

WORD STRESS

HEADLINE ENGLISH WORDS

HEADLINESE - TENDENCIES 

TRICKY PRONUNCIATION

JOURNALISTIC JARGON: NEWSPAPER LAYOUT TERMS  

WINTER TERM REVISION

 + seminar with a guest speaker (Jeremy Druker, TOL.org)

+ Prague Media Point Conference 

 

 

Entry requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Alena Prošková (13.09.2023)

B2 level; see the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages at https://fsv.cuni.cz/studium/vyuka-jazyku/hodnoceni-jazykove-dovednosti

and http://www.examenglish.com/leveltest/grammar_level_test.htm.

Please check your email in the lead-up to the course registration. Based on your English language Scio entrance test score, some students have been recommended a lower, preparatory "English for Social Sciences I" - tailor-made paralel group for future journalists, Thursdays from 17 to 18.20 in #20 Room of the Hollar bldng.

Starting on September 20, 12:00,  students who need more B2 grammar practice (as well as an introduction into the more specialized vocabulary of social sciences and academic skills in English) can register for the non-compulsory lower "English for Social Sciences" - Angličtina pro sociální vědy I (JLB 053) and take the specialized "English for Journalists" course in the next academic year.

 

 
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