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Lecturer(s)
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Svobodová Jindřiška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Speech acts and illocutionary force, speech act theory: Examination of statements as actions (locution, illocution, perlocution). Classification of speech acts, correct understanding of meaning that is not expressed literally. 2. Deixe (pointing) and context: Personal, spatial and temporal deixe, use of pronouns, adverbs and determination of time depending on the speaker's situation. Social deixe, choice of tykání and ýkání, use of titles and polite forms in the Czech environment. 3. Theory of conversational implicatures, Grice's conversational maxims: Principles of cooperation in conversation (quality, quantity, manner, relevance). Communication failure, implicatures and irony. 4. Politeness and face in intercultural communication: Theory of politeness, positive and negative face of the speaker. Mitigation strategies, use of conditionals, particles (after all, actually) and diminutives for polite communication in Czech. Specifics of Czech politeness, comparison with the student's native language, cultural specifics (e.g. coping with the Czech environment). 5. Analysis of spoken and written discourse, discursive minutiae: Conjunctions, particles and introductory phrases that structure text and speech. Pragmatic differences between everyday conversation, administrative text, academic presentation and writing e-mail.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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Communication is monitored and analyzed as one of the forms of social action, students are encouraged to evaluate all components of the communication situation and adapt them to the speech process, choose the appropriate strategy and choose adequate means of expression. Students work with authentic material (written texts and recordings of certain situations, political debate, media dialogue), they are able to detect communication fouls, find violations of communication and courtesy standards, or attempt to manipulate. Other topics discussed are spoken acts, verbal aggression, politeness, its means and ways of facial expression, etc.
Communication is monitored and analyzed as one of the forms of social action, students are encouraged to evaluate all components of the communication situation and adapt them to the speech process, choose the appropriate strategy and choose adequate means of expression. Students work with authentic material (written texts and recordings of certain situations, political debate, media dialogue), they are able to detect communication fouls, find violations of communication and courtesy standards, or attempt to manipulate. Other topics discussed are spoken acts, verbal aggression, politeness, its means and ways of facial expression, etc.
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Prerequisites
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The course is intended for students who have mastered communication in English at level A2.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Written exam
Students understand the texts of various communication situations, understand and interpret non-verbal communication.
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Recommended literature
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Brown, Penelope, Levinson, Stephen. Politeness. Cambridge. 1987.
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Hrdlička, Milan. Kapitol y o češtině jako cizím jazyce. Praha. 2019.
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Leech, G. (1983). Principles of Pragmatics. London.
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Levinson, S. (1983). Pragmatics. London.
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Yule, George. Pragmatics. Oxford. 1996.
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