Stylistics of the English language OK.02.06
Course: “Foreign Literature and the English Language: Theory and Methodology of Teaching”
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Stylistics of the English language OK.02.06
Code
OK.02.06
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 7, PLO 17, PLO 22
The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
A ‘pass’ in ‘General English’ and ‘Theoretical course of English (parts 1-5)’.
Skills to select and analyze linguistic units and apply linguistic terminology.
Ability to discuss linguistic problems in English.
Course content
The aim of the course is to teach students a stylistic approach to the use of linguistic units, to deepen their knowledge of practical and theoretical English language courses and to introduce them to the stylistic analysis of texts. The course is aimed at systematizing knowledge about language variability.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Jeffries L., McIntyre D. Stylistics. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Lambrou M. Contemporary Stylistics. N.Y., 2010.
Leech G., Short M. Style in Fiction. London, 1981.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics (ed. by V. Sotirova). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics (ed. by M. Burke). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2014.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The teaching methods are lectures, practical classes and students’ individual work.
The course is delivered with the help of such activities as oral reports, written tests and student’s projects.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course ends with an exam.
Students’ performance during the term is the sum of the points accumulated for their work in classroom and individual work.
Formative assessment:
oral report – 1-5 points; the minimum number of points for the semester is 15, the maximum – 20;
student’s project – 1-5 points; the minimum number of points for the semester is 6, the maximum – 10;
test – 1-10 points; the minimum number of points per semester is 15, the maximum is 30.
The minimum score for the term is 36 points, while the maximum score equals 60. The minimum score for the exam is 24 and the maximum score is 40.
Assessment scale:
Excellent
90-100
Good
75-89
Satisfactory
60-74
Fail
0-59
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Oksana
Viktorivna
Borysovych
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology