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Lecturer(s)
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Vepřek Miroslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bláha Ondřej, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Languages, dialects, and varieties; 2. Social and speech communities; 3. Pragmatic aspects of language; 4. Language variation and change; 5. Ethnographic approaches in linguistics; 6. Discourse analysis; 7. Languages in contact; 8. Structural consequences of social factors; 9. Language, the nation, and beyond; 10. Language, gender, and sexuality; 11. Language, society, and education; 12. Language policy and planning.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to place practical language skills (which students have acquired in other courses) in a broader social and cultural context.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
Active participation (80 %), speech, reading.
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Recommended literature
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Bell, Allan. The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell 2013.
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Bogoczová, Irena. Language Policy in the Czech Republic: Ostrava: University of Ostrava 2021.
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Holmes, Janet. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Learning about Language). 5th edition. London: Routledge 2017.
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Trudgill, Peter. A Glossary of Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2003.
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Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. London: Penguin Books 2001.
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