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prof. zw. dr hab. Arleta Adamska - Sałaciak
Dr. Stan L. Breckenridge
dr hab. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest, prof. UAM
prof. zw. dr hab. Liliana Sikorska
The seminar is devoted to the lexicographic treatment of special areas of the lexicon, such as neologisms, archaisms, regionalisms, literary language, slang, technical terms, and above all, so-called ‘sensitive’ terms (taboo items, words connected with religion, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, etc). We will look at how such items are defined in monolingual dictionaries, how they are supplied with equivalents in bilingual dictionaries, what labels are used to signal their special status, and how their use is illustrated via examples. Various ethical issues will be touched upon which stem from the lexicographer’s task of presenting such ‘tricky’ items both objectively and truthfully but at the same time without offending users’ sensibilities.
Credits will be given on the basis of attendance, participation in class discussion, and one individual presentation.
African Americans have a long history of appearing in American films beginning with Birth of a Nation (1915), The Jazz Singer, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (both in 1927). Unfortunately, in these films portrayals of African Americans are centered on negative stereotypes, which stem from vestiges of Blackface Minstrelsy. At the same time, however, positive images of African Americans were evident in films produced by the black-owned Lincoln Motion Picture Company, which existed from 1916-1923. In the 1930s through 1950s African Americans appeared in numerous films, with themes of negative stereotypes through positive images. By the 1970s-80s there appeared films about African Americans for the purpose of appealing to the urban African American audience. This course explores these films as a way to examine how they contributed to negative and positive perspectives of African American identity, as well as perceptions of African Americans globally. Students will also develop a videography for future use on various research projects.
“The field of language teaching is subject to rapid changes, both as the profession responds to new educational paradigms and trends and as institutions face new challenges as a result of changes in curriculum, national tests and student needs” (Richards and Farrell, 2005: vii).
Hence, the goal of the seminar is to provide an overview of the field with a particular emphasis on some key aspects related to the design (i.e. what to teach?) and delivery of language teaching (how to teach?). It is necessary to be aware of the fact that the approaches to teaching that are followed in different countries reflect contextual factors, current understanding of the nature of foreign/second language learning, educational trends and practices. In other words, their effectiveness can be considered only with relation to the teaching context and a variety of contextual factors which together have an impact on teachers’ choices as far as language teaching objectives, content options, as well as methodology options are concerned.
As it is impossible to find sure answers and easy solutions to what happens when teachers and learners meet in a language classroom, the course focuses on options that teachers/educators have at their disposal to make the teaching as efficient as possible, bearing in mind that none of the teaching options is pedagogically superior to or more effective than the others.
The “what to teach” component of the course addresses language teaching/learning objectives, including, among others, the concepts of linguistic vs. communicative vs. intercultural competence. It also presents content options in terms different types of syllabuses – i.e. the general language education syllabus vs. the language syllabus vs. the communicative syllabus vs. the cultural syllabus.
The “how to teach” component focuses on methodology – approaches, methods, techniques, principles, etc. – that are used in the classroom to achieve specified objectives.
Selected bibliography:
Carter, R. and Nunan, D. (eds). 2001. The Cambridge Guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Cambridge: CUP.
Droździał-Szelest, K. and Pawlak, M. (eds). 2013. Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives on second language learning and teaching. Heidelberg: Springer.
Komorowska, H. (red.). 2011. Nauka języka obcego w perspektywie ucznia. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Łośgraf.
Komorowska, H. (red.). 2011. Nauka języka obcego w perspektywie ucznia. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Łośgraf.
Kumaravadivelu, B. 2006. Understanding language teaching. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Mercer, S., Ryan,S. and Williams, M. 2012. Psychology for language learning. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Richards, J.C. and Renandya, W.A. (eds). 2002. Methodology in language teaching: An anthology of current practice. Cambridge: CUP.
Spiro, J. 2013. Changing methodologies in TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Stern, H.H. 1992. Issues and options in language teaching. Oxford: OUP.
Williams, M. and Burden, R.L. 1997. Psychology for language teachers. Cambridge: CUP.
Articles from ELT journals.
Assessment:
Brian Moore, a Belfast born Irish Canadian emigree writer is one of the most interesting examples of twentieth century (world) literature. Appreciated by Alfred Hitchcock, well-known in Hollywood, Moore’s artistic fascinations range from Irish history, WW II crimes through northern Irish terrorism to the nineteenth century Arabian revolution thereby offering a wide spectrum of topics. His novels include a contemporary adaptation of Flaubert’s Madam Bovary, a re-reading of the relation between James Clarence Mangan and James Joyce as well as an imaginative reconceptualization of the Jesuit Christianization of American First Nations. During this seminar we will look at Moore’s novels and shorter texts and a number of film adaptations of his work. Reading around his work will give us an insight into the writer’s craft and preoccupations.
Selected bibliography:
Ackroyd, Peter. 2016. Alfred Hitchcock. London: Vintage.
Craig, Patricia. 2004. Brian Moore. A Biography. London: Bloomsbury.
Sampson, Denis. 1999. Brian Moore. The Chameleon Writer. Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited.
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