Practical rhetoric in the English language

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Teaching results:
Knowledge:
• expanding knowledge in a variety of socio-economic, political, international, and cultural topics and relations
• mastering a specific vocabulary of argumentation and refutation in a correct debate with appropriate respect for the discussion opponents
• building practical knowledge about using various language tools in stylizing the text, arguing, opposing, and using different types of communication models
• learning about various communication strategies
Competencies:
• acquisition of media literacy
• development of critical thinking by using various sources of information
• building language and cultural competencies enabling to express views and arguments, analyse, summarize, and comment on current socio-economic, political, and cultural developments
• developing the competency to identify and utilise various communication models and strategies
Skills:
• development of skills related to the understanding, expression, and oral interaction on an advanced level of foreign language
• practicing performance in public in a foreign language in a multicultural environment
• based on the accumulated knowledge, practicing proper public speaking and adequate reactions
• improvement in properly formulating one’s opinions and arguments
• application of theoretical knowledge in discussions, speeches/presentations
• practising and improvement of performance in foreign language (fluency and accuracy)
• application of the acquired knowledge in individual or group debates and in round tables

Indicative content

- Principles of discussion
- General and individual persuasion techniques
- Argument and counterargument, logic, and structure of argument
- Types and quality of arguments: emotional, rational, explanatory, and persuasive
- Evaluation of counter-arguments (refutation)
- Violation of the rules of probability theory
- Team discussion, round table, discussion duel, communication models

Support literature

Support literature:

Required:
1. EDWARDS, Richard E.: Competitive Debate: The Official Guide, London, Alpha Publishing, 2013
2. WESTON, Anthony: A Rulebook of Argument, Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Company, 2018
Optional:
1. Current press in Slovak and English language, internet
2. PUGH, Ryan A., The Debate Handbook, London, Alpha, 2008

Requirements to complete the course

Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%

Student workload

Total study load (in hours):
Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 16.05.2022