English for Students of Theatre 2

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Subject guarantor

Klára BICANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Štěpánka PÁROVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The aim of the course is to consolidate and develop language skills (both receptive: reading and listening) and productive (speaking and writing)) while acquiring field-specific vocabulary related to theatre and various stages and aspects of theatric production.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• to understand and discuss main ideas of intermediate-level theatre-related texts,
• to prepare and present a theatre-related presentation and answer related questions
• to communicate using the areas of grammar covered by the course (see the detailed course outline below)

Mode of study

Seminars are focused on building students' knowledge of film and film industry-related vocabulary. They also involve practising listening and reading comprehension skills and speaking skills (through partner and group discussions).

Study work load:

Seminars: 26 hours

Preparation for seminars (individual study): 26 hours

Writing assignment 1:4 hours

Writing assignment 2: 4 hours

Preparation for final test (individual study): 18 hours

Total: 78 hours (1ECTS = 26 study hours)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Approx. B1 level (based on the Common European Framework of Reference) at the start of the course.

Course contents

Week 1: Elements of Drama, Zero + first conditional, Future time clauses

Week 2: Theatre and Actors, Verbs + -ing / to ...

Week 3: Is Theatre Criticism in Crisis?, Word formation (nouns, adjectives, adverbs), prefixes, suffixes

Week 4: Theatre and Visual Storytelling, Relative clauses, which

Week 5: Learning a Language through Theatre, Second conditional

Week 6: Theatre and Literature, Have / get something done, -ed x -ing adjectives

Week 7: Writing a Theatre CV, Wish sentences

Week 8: Theatre and Improvisation, Linking words 1 – Reason, result, contrast

Week 9: Shakespeare’s (Lady) Macbeth, Modals used for deduction – may, might, can’t, must

Week 10: Is Talent a Myth?, Question tags, Reflexive pronouns

Week 11: Approaches to Dramatic Acting: Public Speaking, Phrasal verbs – separable, inseparable

Week 12: Theatre and Science, Linking words 2 – Either, or, instead (of), except, even...

Week 13: TBD, Reported speech

Week 14: TBD, Expressing purpose, expressions with make / do

Recommended or required reading

Online study materials (Moodle e-learning platform): https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=897

Assessment methods and criteria

• compulsory attendance (max. 6 absences per semester, a non-negotiable pre-requisite for the final test, not compulsory for students in group 99)
• active participation in class (emphasis on speaking) 20% (not compulsory for students in group 99)
• writing assignment 20% (deadline set by teacher, compulsory for all students) https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=897#section-11
• vocabulary journal 20% (deadline set by teacher, compulsory for all students), min. 30 words (general English), for instructions and example see: https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=897#section-1
• final test 60% (compulsory for all students)

Assessment scale:

• A = 100-90%

• B = 89-80%

• C = 79-73%

• D = 72-66%

• E = 65-60%

• F = 59% and less

Note on plagiarism:

When writing your work, you will understandably use documents (i.e. books and articles, etc.) by other authors. It is important, however, to make it clear what is your own text and what has been borrowed from others, i.e. you should always duly reference the source you have used in the form of a bibliographic citation. The obligation to uphold the ethics of citations is set out in the Copyright Act No. 121/2000. Failure to cite sources used is considered plagiarism.

Plagiarism is thus considered to be:

appropriating someone else’s manuscript and its publication under one’s own name appropriating the ideas or results of someone else’s work without specifying the real author appropriating part of a text or paragraphs without providing a bibliographic citation the appropriation of an original text and merely making stylistic adjustment.

For more information please go to: https://www.amu.cz/en/study/bachelors-masters-and-doctoral-theses-vskp/drafting-and-submitting-theses/ethics-writing-scholarly-text-and-how-cite-sources-used/?

Course web page

https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=697

Note

Students in group 99:

• are exempt from the attendance and the activity in class
• must submit writing assignment and vocabulary journal and take the final test in order to pass the course.

Contact person: PhDr. Stepanka Parova (stepanka.parova@amu.cz)

Schedule for winter semester 2021/2022:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2021/2022:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Stage Design (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Drama in Education - full-time 3 years (B. A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Drama in Education (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Theory and Criticism of Theatre XXX (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)