COURSE DESCRIPTION – 1st YEAR OF STUDY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
ECTS Credits*: PED 4; DAD 5; PEJ 7,5; DAJ 9
Language: English
Duration: I and II semester
Status: mandatory
Course type: practical language exercises, tutorials
Prerequisites: Regular attendence is required in order to take the exam.
Examination: In order to take the written and oral examination the student must have reported on 4 books, 20th century fiction, presenting the book in terms of content, meaning, character analysis and vocabulary. It also requires the student’s attendance and continuous work in classes throughout the academic year. The examination consists of a written and an oral part. The written part of the examination is a prerequisite for the oral part. Both parts of the examination assess the students’ acquisition of the material done in class and the work done individually.
Course description: The course aims at heightening the students’ awareness of the working of the English language, generalizing and classifying their knowledge of English grammar attained so far, practising forms and structures that may cause errors on account of mother tongue interference. Students are also taught all possible ways of using teaching materials, handbooks and disctionaries. In the course of working on the language, short stories of contemporary writers are read, discussed, analyzed and the vocabulary practiced in different contexts and translations. Short stories covering various social and cultural areas are also exploited to teach different cultural aspects of English-speaking countries.
Objective: Practical and systematic acquisition of the fundamental features of the modern English language and develeopment of abilities to make use of different grammars, manuals, textbooks and other learning materials with the aim of building up a basis for a wider and deeper knowledge of the current English language.
*Note: credits refer to the following: double major english for teaching (PED); double major english (DAD); single major english for teaching (PEJ), double major english (DAJ).
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
ECTS Credits: PED 3,5; DAD 3; PEJ 5,5; DAJ 5
Language: English
Duration: I and II semester
Status: mandatory
Course type: seminar, lecture
Prerequisites: none
Examination: Written and/or oral examinations at the end of term.
Course description: The reading for this introduction to literary study involves two kinds of texts. On the one hand, there is a selection of literary texts which belong to different literary genres, and which are representative of different periods in British and American literary history. On the other hand, the reading includes a selection of critical and theoretical texts, designed to provide an an overview of representative critical and theoretical approaches, especially from the 20th century.
Objective: This course is designed as an introduction to the methods and terminology of literary study and an examination of several representative literary texts, with the aim of allowing students to develop fundamental skills of reading critically. Emphasis is placed on class discussions and active class participation.
INTRODUCTION TO THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF ENGLISH
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ECTS Credits: PED 3,5; DAD 3; PEJ 5,5; DAJ 5
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Language: English
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Duration: I and II semester
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Status: mandatory
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Course type: lecture
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Prerequisites: none
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Examination: written
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Course description: The course deals with the basic linguistic concepts, a short historical overview of modern linguistics, and language analysis. It begins by introducing students to linguistic definitions of language, the basic semiotic features of language as a system (double articulation, creativity, arbitrary nature of language, cultural transfer and media transferrability) and to the basic tenets of linguistics as the scientific study of language. The historical overview provides a selection of concepts from structuralist and generativist linguistics. Finally, the structure of English is analyzed by means of linguistic concepts, on the following levels: phonology (phonetics), morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language history.
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Objective: The aim of the course is to introduce students to the linguistic analysis of language with examples from English.
ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
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ECTS Credits: PED 3,5; DAD 3; PEJ 5,5; DAJ 5
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Language: English
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Duration: I and II semester
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Status: mandatory
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Course type: lecture
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Prerequisites: none
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Examination: written
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Course description: The course is an introduction to the most important theoretical concepts of phonetics and traditional and generative phonology. First, students are given an overview of the basic concepts of phonetics, with a special accent on articulation of the English RP and General American sounds, and are introduced to the phenomena occuring in English connected speech. Next, there is a short overview of the suprasegmental elements of English. Finally, students are introduced to the basic tenets of generative phonology, illustrated on simple Croatian and English examples. In the course, the students will read and analyze the structure of a phonological paper.
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Objective: The aim of the course is to provide students with a broad theoretical foundation in the field of phonetics and phonology, which will enable further reading in these areas. Moreover, its aim is to introduce students to articulatory differences between English and Croatian, and provide them with a systematic overview of these differences. Finally, students will be introduced to new areas of research in the field of phonology by reading a paper on modern phonological issues, with a special accent on critically analyzing its structure and content.