Offered Optional Courses
In addition to the subjects that you are required to take (and those related to your Master's Thesis), there are two kinds of optional classes that are available to you throughout your 3 years of study:
Compulsory-Optional Courses
Please see the page System of Required and Optional Courses for an explanation what you need to do with these courses. Here you can see what all of the courses are and when they are offered.
Note that students who study in the Combined format should look at the page with information for them. There they can find courses that are offered in blocks especially for Combined students.
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Special Type of Course | Number of Credits | Course Description | Semester(s) Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJPV_ASLI | Academic Skills: Listening | 2 |
The Academic Skills: Listening course includes listening to both
monologic and interactive discourse and focuses on listening to
lectures, note taking and discussion. The main objectives of the course are to expose students to different standards of English as well as to different techniques and styles of lecturing. At the end of the course the students should be able to understand longer stretches of spoken discourse and take orderly notes; they should be able to discuss, explain and critically assess both the contents of the talk and the speaking style of the lecturer. |
1st 3rd |
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| AJPV_ASSP | Academic Skills: Speaking | 2 |
The main objective of the course is to improve students' presentation and discussion skills and thus prepare them for the state exam (the defence of their dissertations). The activities included in the course try to prepare students for drafting and making presentations in seminars and for classroom interaction as second-language learners and teachers. The second objective of the course is to encourage learners to evaluate their own performance and to engage in self-monitoring and peer-monitoring as means of improving speaking performance. At the end of the course the students should be able to use information gathered from different sources to prepare a presentation, to make a presentation and handle quwstions in a following dicsussion, to critically assess their language performance, body language and work with visual aids during a presentation; furthermore they should be aware of different strategies for asking and answering questions during a post-presentation discussion. |
2nd | |
| AJPV_ASWR | Academic Skills: Writing | 2 |
The main objectives of the course of Academic Writing can be summarised as follows: to familiarise students with the methodology of science; to introduce them to the formal written style and its genres; to enhance their ability to use English appropriately in writing for academic purposes; to expand and practise the vocabulary and grammar of Academic English. |
1st 2nd 3rd |
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| AJPV_WRIA | Creative Writing Workshop | 2 |
This course is designed to improve the fluency of students' writing. Students will be introduced to the process of writing and be guided through the basic steps. The writing will take place in different genres, with information about writing for different subjects. |
1st 3rd |
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| AJPV_WRIB | Expository Writing | 2 |
This course is designed to improve the fluency of students' writing for academic discourse. Students will be introduced to the process of writing and be guided through the basic steps of English composition. At the end of the course students will be able to critically read complex texts and write complex papers. They will be able to question basic premises and conclusions of different texts in different disciplines and make connections between them. They will be able to select and evaluate the usefulness of various textual sources and form their own argument using these sources as a support. They will also learn the basic skills of writing: planning, outlining, drafting, organizing, and revising papers. |
2nd | |
| AJPV_VMK | Inquiries in Intercultural Communication | Culture | 2 |
This is not a class in American or British studies, but rather a course in cultural fluency with the emphasis on the difference in social and cultural patterns between the Czech Republic and English speaking lands. Classes will meet for two hours every week and will be organized as traditional seminars in which students are assigned texts on a given subject and come to class prepared to discuss it in open conversation around the seminar table. The aim of the class is to: 1) Provide future teachers of English with the cultural background necessary for language teaching; 2) Integrate students into group speaking situations; 3) Analyze a cultural perspective that could mitigate the culture shock awaiting those students who plan to study abroad; and 4) Outline an introduction to Czech cultural norms for foreign students studying at Masaryk University, as well as a forum for them to share their insights with their Czech classmates. |
1st 3rd |
| AJPV_UTPR | Introduction to Translation Theory | 2 |
Translation Theory Seminar will cover the traditional secondary literature and studies dealing with the English Czech and Czech English translations (see below).
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1st | |
| AJPV_JC4B | Language Practice 4B | 1 |
Students will use this class to practise their English and improve in all of the four major skill groups: reading, writing, listening, and speaking, with the focus on the productive skills. Activities will vary from week to week. At the beginning of the course students within a study group will decide on a topic for each class, and the activities will then be based on the particular topics. As students are training to be teachers, they will be expected to take an active role in their own learning, with an eye toward understanding how to share information with their peers, and later their own students. In addition, students will be expected to work on evaluating their own level and that of their peers. |
2nd | |
| AJPV_MADM | Modern Anglo-American Drama | 1 |
The course deals with the development of Anglo-America drama from the end of the 19th century till 1989. The emphasis is being put on the Anglo-Saxon response to European dramatic production from Ibsen to Albee. In the end students are supposed to give proper analysis of contemporary dramatic texts. |
2nd 4th |
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| AJPV_VYSA | Pronunciation Practice A | 1 |
The aim of the course is to provide further practice of problems covered in the foundational pronunciation course (AJ2BP_FF1A, AJ3BP_FF1A), mainly in the areas of rhythm,stress and intonation, to students who are interested in improving an already good performance or provide further assistance to students repeating the foundational pronunciation course or the qualifying exam. After practising different combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables in various rhythm patterns focus moves to practical use of intonation patterns in specific life situations, such as apology, asking for information, giving information, reassurances and the like. Advanced spoken texts are used to further reinforce the use of the individual patterns in an interesting and meaningful way. |
1st 3rd |
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| AJPV_VYSB | Pronunciation Practice B | 1 |
The course offers further practice of selected pronunciation problems,such as stress,rhythm and intonation using advanced authentic spoken texts which are analysed and practised in various forms (BBC news,Streaming Speech CD-ROM etc.) |
2nd | |
| AJPV_MPRA | Spoken Fluency A | 1 |
In this class, students will develop their speaking and listening skills. We will spend most of our time engaged in discussion, and students will expand their vocabulary and skill using complex structures by actually using the language. |
1st 3rd |
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| AJPV_MPRB | Spoken Fluency B | 1 |
In this class, students will develop their speaking and listening skills. We will spend most of our time engaged in discussion, and students will expand their vocabulary and skill using complex structures by actually using the language. |
2nd | |
| AJPV_VDET | Teaching Children | Methodology | 1 |
Student will get acquainted with specific needs of young language learners. Different readings for students will be recommended. Students will read articles related to the topics. At the end of the course students should be able: to understand young learner's needs and specifics; to design adequate types of activities for young learners; to make reasoned decisions about the methods and approaches in ELT classes for young learners. |
1st 2nd 3rd |
| AJPV_PCVA | Translation Seminar A | 2 |
Translation seminar is based on close reading and careful translations of the texts prepared in the faculty LMS system - IS. The students' translations are only then analysed in the seminar and each student presents the solution and discuss the best options during the contact lessons. The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
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2nd | |
| AJPV_PCVB | Translation Seminar B | 2 |
Translation seminar is based on close reading and careful translations
of the texts prepared in the faculty LMS system - IS.
The students' translations are only then analysed in the seminar and
each student presents the solution and discuss the best options during
the contact lessons. The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
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3rd | |
| AJPV_PCVC | Translation Seminar C | 2 |
Translation seminar is based on close reading and careful translations
of the texts prepared in the faculty LMS system - IS.
The students' translations are only then analysed in the seminar and
each student presents the solution and discuss the best options during
the contact lessons. The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
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4th |
Completely Optional Courses
In addition to the required courses, you may find that you need more credits or you are very interested in developing your English skills in as many ways as possible. To help you with that, we offer the following completely optional courses. [Course information coming soon.]