Course: Reading in a foreign language

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Course title Reading in a foreign language
Course code KFHS/K521
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Moural Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1) Introduction: What is critical thinking? Types of critical analysis 2) Textual analysis: Argumentation and definition 3) Textual analysis: Coherence 4) Critical reading 5) Critical reading 6) Analysis of behaviour 7) Analysis of behaviour 8) Film and video analysis 9) Film and video analysis 10) Contextual analysis 11) Contextual analysis 12) Final discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Critical thinking is a subject that is widely taught in English speaking universities all over the world. It is a combination of applied logic, stylistics, rhetoric and philosophical approach. In our approach, critical thinking is found on a philosophical distance and ability to analyse different media contents (texts, videos, movies, pictures, communication, etc.) It's goal is to cultivate reasoning skills and different types of analytic approach to different types of communication and its contents.
Ability to apply various types of critical analysis on different types of content - from the text to the work of art.
Prerequisites
Basics of propositional logic, understanding of philosophical perspective, english

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in class Fulfilling class tasks
Recommended literature
  • Mantzavinos, C. (ed.). Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Cambridge, 2009.
  • McIntyre, L., Rossenber, A. (edd.). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science. London, 2017.
  • Nussbaum, M. C. Why Democracy Needs the Humanities. Princeton, 2012.
  • Risjord, M. Philosophy of Social Science - a Contemporary Introduction. London, 2014.


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