Language Training: Editing

Course: Journalism and Social Communication

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Journalism

Title
Language Training: Editing
Code
061 «Журналістика»
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
5
Learning outcomes
1.1 Know basic concepts and terms 1.2 Know aspects and limits of editor's intervention in text 1.3 Know types of text structures 1.4 Know and understand the relationship between deviation, abnormality, and error 1.5 Comprehensive knowledge of the theory of editing, composition, error typology, and practical stylistics 2.1 Be able to carry out editorial analysis of media texts 2.2 Be able to use basic methods of journalistic material analysis 2.3 Be able to improve integrity and coherence of the media text 2.4 Be able to detect error-prone zones 2.5 Practical application of acquired knowledge while performing complex tasks 3.1 Discussion of recommendations of famous editors and linguists regarding the mastery of Ukrainian speech 3.2 Discussion of ways and methods of editorial intervention in a journalistic text 4.1 Independent processing of material and its presentation at practical classes 4.2 Responsibility and independence during the completion of final assignments
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. To know the basic rules of the modern Ukrainian literary language. 2. To be able to produce a coherent text, in particular, journalistic. 3. To have a Ukrainian literary language lexicon sufficient for professional and everyday communication.
Course content
The purpose of the course is to deepen students' knowledge of the rules of the modern Ukrainian literary language; to develop the skills and abilities of media text editing based on techniques and methods proven by practice; to teach students to identify error-prone zones in media texts; to enrich future specialists with information about linguistic features of texts of various functional styles. It is a compulsory course which is taught in the 5th semester of the 3rd year of the bachelor's degree; it teaches students to edit media texts using the basic techniques and methods of editing taking into account communicative guidelines, the purpose and tasks of the edited text, its functional, stylistic, and genre specifics, spelling features, target audience, author's style, etc. It studies the mechanisms, techniques and methods of editing, aimed at identifying and eliminating errors, at the general improvement of the text in accordance with the rules of the modern Ukrainian literary language and established laws and rules for the construction of journalistic texts. In the course of study, students familiarise with the main varieties, techniques and methods of editing, types of linguistic and communicative errors, ways of diagnosing and correcting them in the text depending on its structural and communicative characteristics, with functional, stylistic and orthographic features of media texts.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Batsevych F.S. Osnovy komunikatyvnoyi deviatolohiyi. Lʹviv : LNU imeni Ivana Franka,, 2000. 237 s. 2. Volkotrub H.Y. Praktychna stylistyka suchasnoyi ukrayinsʹkoyi movy. Vykorystannya morfolohichnykh zasobiv movy. Kyiv : LDL, 1998. 176 s. 3. Danylʹchuk D. Ukrayinsʹkyy pravopys: rozdorizhzhya i dorohovkazy. Kyiv : Lybidʹ, 2013. 224 s. 4. Kapelyushnyy A.O. Stylistyka. Redahuvannya zhurnalist·sʹkykh tekstiv : praktychni zanyattya : navch. posib. Lʹviv : PAIS, 2003. 544 s. 5. Marynenko I. Movna pidhotovka z redahuvannya : navchalʹnyy posibnyk-praktykum. Kyiv, 2022. 121 s. Rezhym dostupu: http://labs.journ.knu.ua/mova/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Zbirnyk-vprav-movna-pidhotovnka-z-redahuvannia.pdf 6. Mykhaylenko V.M. Teoriya tvoru y tekstu : navch. posibnyk. Kyiv : Palyvoda A.V., 2013. 256 s. 7. Ponomariv O. Ukrayinsʹke slovo dlya vsikh i dlya kozhnoho. 2-he vyd. Kyiv : Lybidʹ, 2017. 360 s. 8. Rizun V.V. Literaturne redahuvannya : pidruchnyk. Kyiv : Lybidʹ, 1996. 240 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical class, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
The course is taught in one semester and is divided into 2 content modules. Each content module includes lectures, practical classes and independent work of students, which are completed by rating knowledge assessment. Content module 1 includes topics 1–3 (practical 1–11), content module 2 includes topics 4–7 (practical 12–19). Assessment of students' knowledge is carried out in two forms: semester assessment (practical classes, independent work, modular works) and final assessment (credit).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Dmytro Danilchuk
Department of Language and Stylistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Journalism
Yaroslava Prykhoda
Department of Publishing and Editing
Educational and Scientific Institute of Journalism