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Unit 14. Money matters. Speaking. Collaborative task

Vocabulary 1 and 2: Money. Quantifying nouns.

Listening 1 and 2 : Sentence completion. Multiple choice.

Writing 1 and 2 . Contributions. Set books.

Use of English. Word formation.

Reading. Multiple choice. Which woman…?

Language focus. Noun phrases.

Ready for writing (1)

Ready for writing (2)

Resource activities DVD 8
Basic literature:

Norris R. French A. Ready for CAE (2015) coursebook (updated for the revised CAE exam), Macmillian exams

Norris R. French A. Ready for CAE. (2015) workbook (updated for the revised CAE exam), Macmillian exams

Rezmuves Z. Ready for CAE. ( 2015) Teacher’s book third edition (updated with Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) revisions, Macmillian exams.

Other references:

Ready for advanced 3^rd edition class CDs, Macmillian publishers limited 2014

Ready for advanced 3^rd edition DVD-ROM with photocopiable and resource activities Macmillian dictionary for advanced learners. (2002) new edition.

Methods of teaching: Seminars, resource activities, project work

Language of teaching: English

Evaluation methods: Progress tests, participation, projects, presentation

Course Title: ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYNTAX

Course Code: B-SA

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: 2^nd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: Lectures 30 hours, seminars 45 hours

Name of Lecturer: Suela Koça

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

- use the terminology related with syntactic units appropriately

- distinguish different grammatical units and their characteristics

- analyzing constituents and different types of phrases

- recognize all types of clauses and use them accordingly in order toachieve successful communication

- combine the linguistic elements by following the proper rules of word order

Course Contents:

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  Why do we study syntax?
  
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  The nature of grammatical units
  
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  Sentence structure; constituents
  
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  Phrases and their characteristics
  
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  Prepositional phrases
  
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  Clause grammar (major clause elements)
  
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  The verb phrase (predicate)
  
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  Subject-verb concord
  
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  Other clause elements
  
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  Syntactic roles of adjectives and adverbs
  
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  Adverbials
  
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  Circumstance adverbial
  
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  Stance adverbials
  
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  Linking adverbials
  
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  Clause links and peripheral elements
  
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  Major clause patterns
  
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  More clause patterns
  
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  Variations on clause patterns (ellipsis, passives, etc.)
  
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  Types of simple sentences
  
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  Minor and major clauses
  
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  Clauses and sentences (complement/complex clauses)
  
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  Other topics in types of clauses
  
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  Properties of subordinate clauses
  
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  Infinitive, gerund and participial clauses
  
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  Word order and related syntactic choices
  
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  Different types of inversion
  
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  Existential There clauses
  
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  Cases of dislocation, prefaces, tags, clefting, etc.
  
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  Reporting people’s thoughts and words
  
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  Psycholinguistic theory; a syntactic model
  

Basic Literature: - Burton-Roberts. N., Analysing Sentences - An Introduction to English Syntax, Longman Inc, New York, 1986.

Leech, G., et al, Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Longman 2006 (student book and workbook).

Pici, S., Exercises English Syntax – A Handbook for EFL Students, Korçë: Print Station, 2014.

Other references:

Hewings Martin, Advanced Grammar in Use, Cambridge: CUP, 1999, 2000.

Owens Robert E. Jr., Language Development, Macmillan Publishing, 1988.

Palmer Frank, Grammar, Penguin Group, 1971, 1984, 1990.

Quirk et al, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, 1985.

Vince Michael, Advanced Language Practice, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1994, 1998.

Methods of Teaching: Lecture, Seminars and practice classes

Assessment Methods: Written examination by the end of the course

Language of Teaching: English


Course Title: ENGLISH LITERATURE I

Course Code: B-LB1

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: 2^nd

Semester: 1^st

ECTS: 6

Course Work Load: Lectures 30 classes, seminars 45 classes

Name of Lecturer: Erinda Papa
Course Goals: The course aims to develop:

• Appreciation of and informed personal response to literature in English in a range of texts in different forms, and from different periods and cultures.

• The interdependent skills of reading, analysis and communication.

• Effective and appropriate communication.

• Wider reading and an understanding of how it may contribute to personal development.
Course Contents:

The Old English Period; the Lay of Beowulf;

The Middle English Period: Historical &Literary Features of the Age; the State of the English Language; The Poetry;

The Middle English Period: The Prose; the Developments of Literary Forms & Styles;

The Age of Chaucer; The Prologue to Canterbury Tales;

E. Spenser’s The Faerie Queen;

From Chaucer to Spenser: Historical and Literary Features of the Time, its Poetry;

The Age of Elizabeth: Historical & Literary Features of the Time; The Poetry; The Elizabethan Drama; William Shakespeare: His Life and Poems; His Plays; Post-Shakespearean Drama and Other Prose Writers: the Drama; the Development of Literary Forms and Style; Post-Shakespearean Drama and Other Prose Writers: the Prose;

The Age of Milton: Historical &Literary Features of the Time; John Milton; Other Poets, Dramatists & Prose Writers – Metaphysical & Cavalier Poets; Dramatists & Prose-Writers;

The Age of Dryden: Historical Features of the Time; New Classicism; John Dryden; Restoration Comedy and Tragedy;

The Age Of Pope; The Age of Transition: The New School; The Transitional Period: The Novelists – Richardson and Fielding;

The Return to Nature – Historical and Literary Features of the Time; Wordsworth and Coleridge; Byron; Shelley; John Keats;

The Victorian Age – Historical and Literary Features of the Time; The Victorian Poets and Novelists.
Literature: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth edition, 1992

Albert, Edward, (2000), History of English Literature, Fifth Edition, New York: OUP

Other References:

Sanders, Andrew, (2000), The Short Oxford History of English Literature, 2nd edition, London: OUP.

Harner, James L., (2008), Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies, 5th edition. Modern Language Association.

Blamires, Harry, (2003), A Short History of English Literature, Taylor & Francis e-Library. 2nd edition.

Teaching Methods: Lecture, Seminars and practice classes

Assessment Methods: In-course quizzes, essays and an oral examination by the end of the

course

Language of Teaching: English


Course Title: ENGLISH LITERATURE II

Course Code: B-LBR2

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: 2^nd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: Lectures 15 classes, seminars 22 classes

Name of Lecturer: Erinda Papa

Course Goals: The course aims to develop:

• Appreciation of and informed personal response to literature in English in a range of texts in different forms, and from different periods and cultures.

• The interdependent skills of reading, analysis and communication.

• Effective and appropriate communication.

• Wider reading and an understanding of how it may contribute to personal development.
Course Contents:

The Modern Period. Characteristics of the Modern Experimental Novel; Thomas Hardy

D. H. Lawrence: The Blend of Surface Naturalism and poetic symbolism in his modern fiction

O. Wilde’s Aestheticism and Paradox in His Comedies

G. B. Shaw – The Paradox and Realism of His Plays of Ideas

The Celtic Renaissance: W. B. Yeats - The Poetical System of His Innovatory Poetry

Dylan Thomas – Surrealism and Myth in His Poems

The First World War Poets – Wilfred Owen

T. S. Eliot – A Major Voice in Modernist Poetry

Postmodern versions of reality

Selman Rushdie – The Postmodern Technique of His Magic Realism

Graham Greene: The Innovatory Techniques of his Mainstream Fiction

William Golding: His Philosophical Parables

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Contemporary Scene of Late 20^th century

Doris Lessing

English Science Fiction

Samuel Beckett – A Founder of the Theatre of the Absurd

John Osborne – The Frustration of the ‘Angry Young Men’

Post-modernist Drama: Harold Pinter
Literature: Kadija, Refik, Modernism and Postmodernism, Tirane: ALB Design, 2001

Other References:

Sanders Andrew, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Second edition, OUP, 2000

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth edition, 1992

Fowler Alastair, A History of English Literature, First edition, 1991

Ricks Christopher, The Oxford Book of English Verse, First edition, OUP, 1999
Teaching Methods: Lecture, Seminars and practice classes

Assessment Methods: In-course quizzes, essays and an oral examination by the end of the

course

Language of Teaching: English


Course Title: ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY 1

Course Code: LEA

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: ^2nd

Semester: 3rd

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: Lectures 15 classes; seminars 22 classes

Name of Lecturer: Alda Cicko

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  Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:
  
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  explain the function of the word as a complete lexical unit in a text
  
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  interpret the difference between a word and a lexeme
  
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  demonstrate understanding of the paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationship in the lexical system of the langauge
  
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  comprehend the basic terminology and the essential relationship in the system of linguistic signs
  
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  specify the lexical system of the language and its disciplines
  
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  describe the basic principles of the lexicological work from scientific point of view
  
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  use functionally the basic terminology of lexicology and lexicography
  
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  classify particular types of dictionaries
  
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  interpret the principles of word formation process
  
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  identify the meaningful relations and comprehend grouping of words based upon similarities and contrasts
  
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  apply aquired knowledge and skills
  

Course Contents:

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  General and specific lexicology
  
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  The theoretical and practical value of lexicology,
  
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  The connection of lexicology and other sciences
  

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  Word structure of modern English
  
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  Structural types of words.
  
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  Morphemic structure
  
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  The notion of lexeme. Variants of words
  
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  Stems, types of stems. Word as an element of the lexical system
  
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  Types of meaning. Grammatical meaning, lexical meaning
  
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  Change of meaning. Causes, types and results of semantic change
  
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  Results of semantic change
  
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  Semasiology. Referential approach, functional approach
  
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  Polysemy.
  
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  Historical changeability of semantic structure
  
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  Homonymy
  
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  Synonymy
  

Basic Literature: Stefanllari, Ilo. A course in English lexicology, Tirane, 2011

Other References:

Lyons, John. Language and Linguistics, London,1989 Lipka, Leonhard. English Lexicology, Oxford, 2002

Minkova,Donka. English words, Cambridge, 2009

Nida, Eugene. Componential Analysis of Meaning, Cambridge, 1999

Jackon, Howard: Words, meaning, and vocabulary. London, 2008

Leech, Goeffrey. Semantics, Cambridge, 1974

Jespersen, Otto. Growth and structure of the English language, Oxford, 1982

Methods of Teaching: Interactive lecture, seminars, discussions, task-based study method

Assessment Methods: Written examination

Language of Teaching: English


Course Title: ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY 2

Course Code: LEA

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: ^2nd

Semester: 4^th

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: Lectures 15 classes; seminars 22 classes

Name of Lecturer: Alda Cicko

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  Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:
  
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    explain the function of the word as a complete lexical unit in a text
    
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    interpret the difference between a word and a lexeme
    
  • 
    demonstrate understanding of the paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationship in the lexical system of the langauge
    
  • 
    comprehend the basic terminology and the essential relationship in the system of linguistic signs
    
  • 
    specify the lexical system of the language and its disciplines
    
  • 
    describe the basic principles of the lexicological work from scientific point of view
    
  • 
    use functionally the basic terminology of lexicology and lexicography
    
  • 
    classify particular types of dictionaries
    
  • 
    interpret the principles of word formation process
    
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    identify the meaningful relations and comprehend grouping of words based upon similarities and contrasts
    
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    apply aquired knowledge and skills
    

Course Contents:

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  The concept of synonymy. Equivalence. Interchangeability
  
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  Antonyms. Converses. Incompatibility
  
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  Hyponymy
  
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  Etymological background of the English vocabulary
  
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  Phraseological units
  
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  Word building
  
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  Composition
  
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  Conversion
  
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  Abbreviation
  
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  Other means of word formation; sound interchange, blends, back formation
  
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  Lexicography
  

Basic Literature: Stefanllari, Ilo. A course in English lexicology, Tirane, 2011

Other References:

Lyons, John. Language and Linguistics, London,1989

Lipka, Leonhard. English Lexicology, Oxford, 2002

Minkova,Donka. English words, Cambridge, 2009

Nida, Eugene. Componential Analysis of Meaning, Cambridge, 1999

Jackon, Howard: Words, meaning, and vocabulary. London, 2008

Leech, Goeffrey. Semantics, Cambridge, 1974

Jespersen, Otto. Growth and structure of the English language, Oxford

Methods of Teaching: Interactive lecture, seminars, discussions, task-based study method

Assessment Methods: Written examination

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE AND COUNTRY

Course Code: B-FF

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: 2^nd

Semester: 3^rd

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: 75 classes

Name of Lecturer: Dr. Benita Stavre

Course Goals:

This course describes the characteristics of periods, events, people and of of institutions that have shaped the British nation, its language and its social mentality. It introduces a full chart of the civilization progress from the prehistoric times (250 000 B.C.) to the the royal developments, the religious relations and the cultural events of the current days. The course also describes the geographic map of the colonial extensions of England and the international relations this country has built with the other countries in the course of its economic developments. It provides information about the relation between the Crown, the Parliament and the Government in England. Finally all of the above are reflected even in the social developments and the native mentality, in the art, literature, architecture and scientific developments of the country through the centuries.

Course Contents:

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  The Early Times: British prehistory; the early arrivals, the Roman invasion, the Anglo-Saxons; the Vikings
  
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  The Early Middle Ages: Conquest and feudal rule
  
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  The Late Middle Ages: The centuries of war, plague and disorder
  
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  National and international affairs
  
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  The Tudors: The birth of a nation state
  
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  The Stuarts: The Crown and Parliament, Revolutionary ideas in the English society, Civilization developments
  
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  The eighteenth century: The political world of an Empire
  
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  The nineteenth century: The years of power and dangers, The years of self-confidence, The end of an age.
  
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  The twentieth century: Britain at war, The age of uncertainty
  

Basic Literature:

Course of Lectures on the History and Civilization of English People and Country

James O’Driscoll (1995) “Britain- The Country and its People: An Introduction for Learners of English” Oxford University Press

Other References:

Adams, M. (1989). Constitutional History of England. London

Cunningham, C.(1975). English History and Commerce. New York

Churchill, W.S. (2006). Lindja e Britanisё Vol. I & II. Tiranё: Fan Noli

Churchill, W.S. (2006). Britania nё Kohёt e Reja Vol. I & II. Tiranё: Fan Noli

Churchill, W.S. (1958). A History of the English Speaking Peoples; The great Democracies. London

Maurois, A. (1990).English History II . Paris: Academie Francaise

Randle, J. (1981). Understanding Britain. A History of the British People and Their Culture. Oxford: Basil Blackwell

Ransom, C. (1976). A Short History of the English. Great Britain: Longmans’ and Co.

Robson, W. (1973). 20th Century Britain. England: Oxford University Press

Methods of Teaching: Integrated discussion classes

Assessment Methods: Oral examination by the end of the course

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION

Course Code: HQA-B

Type of the Course: Compulsory

Course Level: Advanced

Year of Study: 2^nd

Semester: 4^th

ECTS: 6

Course Work Load: 75 hours (integrated lectures and seminars)

Name of Lecturer: Olsa Pema

Course Goals:

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  To enrich and consolidate students' intellectual background regarding the most important historical contexts, which have engraved the route of the American History.
  
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  To analyze and reflect upon significant people and historical events in the USA radiating a global impact.
  
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  To inform students and raise their awareness of the social-economical-political-cultural-mediatic life structure of this country by acquiring the essential values of the American civilization.
  
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  To analyze and reflect upon the human values underlying the American society: that of freedom, democracy, prosperity and respect for human dignity
  
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  To stimulate the linguistic skills of students while browsing and closely studying the available resources of the respective field of study.
  

Course Content:

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  Early America
  
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  The Colonial Period
  
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  The Road to Independence
  
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  The Formation of a National Government (1)
  
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  Westward expansion and regional differences
  
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  Sectional conflict
  
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  Civil War
  
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  Growth and transformation (1)
  
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  War, prosperity and depression
  
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  The New Deal and the World War
  
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  Postwar America
  
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  Decades of change
  
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  Toward the 21^st century
  
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  The American Context
  

Basic Literature:

“An Outline of American History”, Embassy of the USA

Mauk D., Oakland J. 2009.“American Civilization: An Introduction”. 5th ed. NY. Routledge.
Other References:

Douglas B. 1998. “History of the United States - American Heritage”. NY. Viking.

Saffell D. C. 1989.“Essentials of American Government”. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.1989.

Stevenson K. 1994. “American Life and Institutions”, US Information Agency.

Malkoc A.M. 1993. “Celebrate Holidays in the USA”, US Information Agency, Wash. DC.

O’Brian P., 2010, “Atlas of World History”, Oxford.

Methods of teaching: integrated lectures and seminars, project presentations.

Assessment Methods: project presentation, exam.

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

Course code: ASE

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper-intermediate

Year of study: 2^nd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 3

Course work load: 38 classes

Name of lecturer: Edlira Xega

Course goal: By the end of this course, students should be able to:

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  understand the basic elements of the semantic analysis of the language, which serves as an important process for understanding the whole mechanism of the functioning of the language.
  
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  In the theoritical and practical level this subject aims to clarify issues related to the phenomena or different semantic categories.
  
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  Interpret and clarify some of the main issues of the Semantics of English language, mainly the semantic relationships between words, and the processes that the words go through for the creation of new meanings.
  
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  Correctly explain the semantic structures, explains the analysis of words into meaningful components.
  

Prerequisites: Knowledge of English language and meaningful relationships between words and the processes, which lead to the creation of new words and senses.

Course contents:

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  Introduction to Semantics
  
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  Lexical and grammatical items. Creativity.
  
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  Types of meaning
  
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  Words and meaning
  
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  Meaningful relations
  
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  Semantic components
  
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  Set phrases
  
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  Collocations
  
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  Word formation
  
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  Prefixes and suffixes
  
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  Conversion and compounds
  
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  Polysemy and Homonymy
  
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  Testing for meaning
  
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  Synonymy ; meaningful relations
  
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  Complementaries. Binary contrasts
  
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  Idioms (1)
  
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  Metaphor and Metonymy
  
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  Componential approach, marked and unmarked
  
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  Semantics and dictionary
  
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  Semantical systems
  

Basic literature:

Cowie A.P. (2009) Semantics. Oxford

Leech G. (1981) Semantics, the study of meaning. Penguin

Other references:

Cruse A. (2004) Meaning in language. An introduction to semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford

Carnap R. (1948) Introduction to Semantics. Harvard University press Carnap R.(1972) Notes on Semantics. Philosophia vol.2

Harmer J.(2007) The practice of English language teaching Pearson longman

Methods of teaching: Lectures (power point) and Seminars,

Evaluation methods: Written examinations and oral discussions

Language of teaching: English

Course Title: VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

Course Code: VGJ - D

Type of the Course: Elective

Course Level: Advanced

Year of Study: 2^nd

Semester: 3^rd

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: 38 hours (integrated lectures and seminars)

Name of Lecturer: Olsa Pema

Course Goals:

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  To thoroughly study and examine the English dialects from a diachronic and synchronic historical – linguistic approach following the path of their development in time and space.
  
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  To make students aware of the global importance of English in the XXI century as a universal language of communication, i.e., a lingua franca.
  
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  To extend and deepen students’ fund of knowledge and linguistic skills through systematic comparison of gramatical-lexical-phonetic-spelling features exhibited by various varieties of English, basically the English English and the North American one.
  

Course Content:

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  Introduction to the varieties of English
  
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  Discussion of terminology and respective concepts
  
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  Historical outlook on the birth and flourishing of English
  
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  The spread of English
  
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  English English. English in England and Scotland
  
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  English in Wales and Ireland
  
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  The map of English in Europe. Discussion of examples
  
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  American English – Network Standard and ethnic varieties
  
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  Regional dialects of American English
  
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  Comparative discussion of American dialects
  
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  Asian English
  
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  African English
  
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  English in Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica
  
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  Project: Presentation of students’ research work
  
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  Varieties of Standard English
  
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  Differences between North American English and English English Pronunciation
  
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  Vocabulary differences
  
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  Spelling and Punctuation differences
  
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  Grammatical – Orthographical – Lexical differences: The Verb and other parts of speech
  
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  Practice
  
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  Exam
  
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  Debate class: British English vs. American English
  

Basic Literature:

McArthur, Tom, 2002. ‘The Oxford Guide to World English”, Oxford New York; Oxford University Press.

McCrum, Robert; Mac Neil, R.; Cran W., 2003. ‘The Story of English”, USA Penguin Books

Kortmann B., Upton C., 2008. “Varieties of English 1 – the British Isles”, Mouton de Gruyter . Berlin . New York.

Schneider W. Edgar, 2008. “Varieties of English 2 – the Americas and the Caribbean”,

Mouton de Gruyter . Berlin . New York.

Other References:

Jennifer J., 2009. World Englishes (2^nd edition), Routledge English Language Introductions. Burchfield, Robert, 1994. ‘The Cambridge History of the English Language’ (Cambridge; Cambridge University Press)

Dillard, J.L., 1992. ‘A History of American Language’. London and New York Longman.

Reese J., 1993. Osnabrück University, –‘Varieties of English Around the World’, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Methods of teaching: integrated lectures and discussions.

Assessment Methods: project presentation, debate performance, exam.

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Course Code: NJK - A

Type of the course: Elective

Course level: Upper-intermediate

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: Lectures 15 classes and Seminars 23 classes

Name of Lecturer: Juliana Çyfeku

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  furnish students with adequate knowledge from the field of communicative linguistics
  
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  identify the basic elements in the communication process
  
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  develop a functional viewpoint about language
  
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  make evident the problems encountered in the communication process
  
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  demonstrate the skills to deal with the ‘Barriers’ of communication
  
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  explore the fundamental skills needed for effective communication
  
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  identify and employ specific strategies in managing specific contexts including even presentations
  
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  build what is called ‘Constructive feedback’ promoting so fluent, interactive and cross cultural communication
  
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  develop the students’ abilities to communicate effectively to reach the target goals by means of interview, CV or Resume practice.
  

Course Contents: - Communication skills.

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  The process of communication and miss communication
  
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  The components of communication.
  
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  Linguistic universals; in Phonetics, Morphology and Syntax
  
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  Communication skills in the communication process. Analyzing: Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing skills.
  
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  Workplace communication relationships; Types of communication relationships.
  
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  Assets of communication; types, methods, styles of communication
  
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  Types of communication barriers. Problems in Conventions of meaning
  
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  Verbal messages Non – verbal Messages ; Para verbal Messages
  
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  Logic, Grammar, Rhetoric.
  
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  Constructive feedback. Feedback skills.
  
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  Communication competence
  
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  Some Do’s and Don’ts of effective communication
  
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  Process of preparing effective messages in communication: Plan, Organize, Compose, Edit, Revise.
  
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  Culture. Intercultural communication. Six fundamental Patterns of cultural differences
  
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  Bilingualism and multilingualism. Guidelines for multicultural collaboration. Respecting our differences.
  
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  Questioning skills. Types of questions. Interview techniques.
  
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  CV and CV-resume. Personal details, Education & Qualification, Skills, References
  

Basic literature

Abhiyan, S, Sh. (2008). Module on Communication Skills in English; Distance Education Programme: Improve your communication skills Barker, L. (2010).

Dixon, T. & O’Hara, M. (2008). Essential communication skills: Practice-based Learning. Available at: www.practicebasedlearning.orgwwicebasedlearning.oww.prrningg

Howard, T. & Buchanan, M. (2004). 2^nd Edition. A speaker’s Guidebook, text and reference. Bedford/St. Martin’s: Boston-New York

Other resources

Johnson, K. (2007). Language Teaching and Skill Learning: Palgrave Macmillan

Liptak, J. & Leutenberg, L (2010). The communication skills Workbook

Source - http://www.iucn.org/themes/cec/principles/donts.htm

Methods of Teaching: Lectures, Seminars and Interactive oral & written activities

(presentations, coursework, research papers)

Assessment Methods: Written examination by the end of the course

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: TEXT ANALYSIS V

Course Code: ATE5

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Proficiency – C2

Year of study: Third

Semester: V

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: Seminars 75 classes

Name of Lecturer: Dr. Eriola Qafzezi

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  read for specific information, content, opinion, purpose, tone, reference, implication, cohesion, coherence and text structure;
  
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  listen for specific information, opinion, , gist, detail, inference;
  
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  consolidate and improve their grammatical knowledge in areas such as modal verbs, conditionals, the passive voice, inversion, reported speech, verb tenses, etc.;
  
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  participate in vigorous discussions in class introducing news, expressing surprise, evaluating, speculating, making suggestions, asking for further information, giving advice, expressing agreement and disagreement, comparing and evaluating, suggesting alternatives, etc.;
  
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  enrich their vocabulary in field such as education, media and journalism, transport, technology, travel, health and exercising, medicine, etc.;
  
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  write letters to the press or authorities, write descriptive and narrative articles, assessment reports, etc.
  

Course Contents:

Module 1

Unit 1 Getting the message across

Language focus: means of communication

Phrasal verbs: act, break

Reading: multiple choice, gapped text

English in use: modal verbs, word formation

Listening: multiple matching, sentence completion, multiple choice questions

Speaking: telephone conversations, speculating, evaluating

Writing: expressing opinions in essays, letters and articles

Unit 2 The happiest days of your life?

Language focus: education

Phrasal verbs: come, call

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: conditionals, word formation

Listening: multiple matching, multiple choice questions

Speaking: discussing opinions, debating

Writing: making suggestions and recommendations in letters and essays

Module 2

Unit 3 Extra! Extra!

Language focus: media, reporting news

Phrasal verbs: do, drive

Reading: multiple choice, gapped text

English in use: the passive, word formation

Listening: sentence completion, multiple choice questions

Speaking: discussing TV programmes

Writing: letters to the press/authorities

Unit 4 Planes, trains and Automobiles

Language focus: means of transport, travel

Phrasal verbs: get, fall

Reading: Multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: inversion, word formation

Listening: sentence completion, multiple choice questions

Speaking: giving advice, giving instructions

Module 3

Unit 5 The science of life

Language focus: health and medicine

Phrasal verbs: hold, keep

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: reported speech, tense revision, word formation

Listening: sentence completion, multiple choice matching

Speaking: making decisions, comparing

Writing: assessment reports, reports making suggestions

Basic Literature: Evans, V, J. Dooley (2013) Upstream – Proficiency Student’s Book Express Publishing, Newbury, Berkshire.

Evans, V, J. Dooley (2013) Upstream – Proficiency Workbook Express Publishing, Newbury, Berkshire.

Other References: Broomberg, Murray; Gordon, Melvin (2008) 1100 Words You Need to Know 5^th ed., USA.

Brown. H. Douglas; Cohen, Deborah S.; O’Day, Jennifer ed.s (1991) Challenges – A Process Approach to Academic English Prentice Hall Regents, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

George, Diana; Trimbur, John. (2004) Reading Culture. 5^th ed, Pearson, Longman.

Lunsford, Andrea A.; Ruszkiewicz, John J.; Walters, Keith ed.s (2004) Everything’s an Argument. 3^rd ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s, Boston, New York.

Miller, George ed. (2003) The Prentice Hall Reader 7^th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Swan, Michael; Baker, David ed.s; (2010) Practical English Usage – Diagnostic Tests 3^rd ed. Oxford University Press.

Withrow, Jean; Brookes, Gay; Cummings, Martha Clark, ed. (1990) Changes – Readings for ESL Writers St. Martin Press.

Methods of Teaching: Seminars, power point presentations.

Assessment Methods: Classwork and Homework, Tests, Self-Assessment Modules, Writing Tasks, Projects, Portfolio, Written Examination.

Language of Teaching: English.

Course Title: TEXT ANALYSIS VI

Course Code: ATE6

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Proficiency – C2

Year of study: Third

Semester: VI

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: Seminars 75 hours

Name of Lecturer: Dr. Eriola Qafzezi

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  read for specific information, content, opinion, purpose, tone, reference, implication, cohesion, coherence and text structure;
  
• 
  listen for specific information, opinion, , gist, detail, inference;
  
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  consolidate and improve their grammatical knowledge in areas such as the gerund and the infinitive, relative clauses, future tenses, participles, clauses of concession and comparison, etc.;
  
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  participate in vigorous discussions in class expressing their opinion openly, making suggestions, speculating, discussing pros and cons, giving instructions, etc.;
  
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  enrich their vocabulary in field such as the arts and music, forms of entertainment, cultural events, sport, social issues and historical events, globalization, human rights, work and business, careers and professions, the environment, recycling, ecology, etc.
  
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  write reviews about films, festivals, books, restaurants and products, write essays, formal letters, letters of application, recommendation, complaint and apology, etc.
  

Course Contents:

Module 1

Unit 6 The art of entertainment

Language Focus: the arts, entertainment and musical events

Phrasal verbs: make, look

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: gerund/infinitive, word formation

Listening: sentence completion, multiple choice questions

Speaking: talking about films and music, evaluating, recommending

Writing: reviews (films, festivals, books, restaurants, products).

Unit 7 Born to win!

Language focus: sports personalities, world records

Phrasal verbs: put, run

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: relative clauses, word formations

Listening: sentence completion, multiple choice questions

Speaking: making decisions, suggestions and predictions, speculating

Writing: essays.

Unit 8 Respect!

Language focus: social issues, historical events, racism, politics, human rights

Phrasal verbs: see, settle

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: future tenses, word formation

Listening: multiple matching, multiple choice questions

Speaking: expressing agreement/disagreement, discussing pros and cons

Writing: discursive essays.

Module 3

Unit 9 Another day, another dollar

Language focus: work and business, the workplace, careers

Phrasal verbs: take, tell

Reading: multiple choice gapped text

English in use: participles, word formation

Listening: multiple matching, multiple choice questions

Speaking: expressing approval and disapproval, making assumptions

Writing: formal letters, letters of application, recommendation, complaint, apology.

Unit 10 Our planet, our home

Language focus: the environment, recycling, environmental problems

Phrasal verbs: turn, wear

Reading: multiple choice, multiple matching

English in use: concession/comparison, word formation

Listening: multiple matching, sentence completion

Speaking: sharing information, giving instructions

Writing: Review

Basic Literature: Evans, V, J. Dooley (2013) Upstream – Proficiency Student’s Book Express Publishing, Newbury, Berkshire.

Evans, V, J. Dooley (2013) Upstream – Proficiency Workbook Express Publishing, Newbury, Berkshire.

Other References: Broomberg, Murray; Gordon, Melvin (2008) 1100 Words You Need to Know 5^th ed., USA.

Brown. H. Douglas; Cohen, Deborah S.; O’Day, Jennifer ed.s (1991) Challenges – A Process Approach to Academic English Prentice Hall Regents, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

George, Diana; Trimbur, John. (2004) Reading Culture. 5^th ed, Pearson, Longman.

Lunsford, Andrea A.; Ruszkiewicz, John J.; Walters, Keith ed.s (2004) Everything’s an Argument. 3^rd ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s, Boston, New York.

Miller, George ed. (2003) The Prentice Hall Reader 7^th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Swan, Michael; Baker, David ed.s; (2010) Practical English Usage – Diagnostic Tests 3^rd ed. Oxford University Press.

Withrow, Jean; Brookes, Gay; Cummings, Martha Clark, ed. (1990) Changes – Readings for ESL Writers St. Martin Press.

Methods of Teaching: Seminars, power point presentations.

Assessment Methods: Classwork and Homework, Tests, Self-Assessment Modules, Writing Tasks, Projects, Portfolio, Written Examination.

Language of Teaching: English
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Course Title: TRANSLATION

Course Code: PER

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Proficiency – C2

Year of study: Third

Semester: V

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: Lectures and seminars: 75 hours.

Name of Lecturer: Dr. Eriola Qafzezi

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  Have good knowledge of the earliest translation theories and the more contemporary ones;
  
• 
  Analyze the ST at several levels;
  
• 
  Apply theoretical knowledge in the actual process of translating;
  
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  Grasp information about what entails to be a translator, together with all the difficulties and challenges as witnessed in actual translation tasks;
  
• 
  Distinguish literary translation and its specific characteristics,
  
• 
  Consider translation not only as an academic subject but also as a useful pragmatic activity,
  
• 
  Contemplate about the qualities of a successful translation, etc.
  

Course Contents:

Chapter 1 What is Translation?

Chapter 2 Translation Strategies

Chapter 3 The Unit of Translation

Chapter 4 Translation Shifts

Chapter 5 The Analysis of Meaning

Chapter 6 Types of Equivalence

Chapter 7 Textual Pragmatics and Equivalence

Chapter 8 Translation and Relevance

Chapter 9 Text Type in Translation

Chapter 10 Text Purpose and Text Function

Chapter 12 Text, Genre and Discourse Shifts In Translation

Chapter 13 Agents of Power in Translation

Chapter 14 Ideology and Translation

Chapter 15 Translation in the Information Technology Era
Basic Literature: Baker, Mona (2008) In Other Words. London and New York: Routledge.

Hatim, Basil; Munday, Jeremy. (2004) Translation: An Advanced Resource Book. London and New York: Routledge.

Munday, Jeremy. (2008) Introducing Translation Studies – Theories and Applications, Routledge.

Ristani, Viktor (2010) Kontribut në Studimet Përkthimore gjatë viteve ’90 Shtëpi Botuese-Shtypshkronjë Miryeeralb, Tiranë.

Other references:

Anderman, Gunilla; Rogers, Margaret ed.s (2003) Translation Today – Trends and Perspectives Multilingual Matters LTD, England.

Eco, Umberto; (2006) Të Thuash Gati të Njëjtën Gjë – Përvoja Perkthimi. Dituria, Tiranë.

Hatim, Basil; Mason, Ian. (1997) The Translator as Communicator Routledge: London.

Munday, Jeremy ed. (2008) The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies Routledge.

Prunč Erich (2005) Hyrje në Shkencën e Translacionit vël.1. Scrib ‘Papyrus’ Prishtinë.

Robinson, Douglas (2007) Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation. 2^nd ed. London and New York: Routledge.

Tupja, Edmond (2003) Pro Translatore – Shënime Kritike për Përkthyesin dhe Përkthimin Shtëpia e Librit OMBRA GVG.

Tupja, Edmond (2000) Këshilla një Përkthyesi të Ri. Onufri, Tiranë.

Weissbort, Daniel; Eysteinsson Astradur, ed.(2006) Translation – Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader Oxford University Press.

Methods of Teaching: Lectures, Seminars, power point presentations, essays.

Assessment Methods: Classwork and Homework, Tests, Essays, Comparative Translation Tasks, Case Studies, Projects, Portfolio, Written Examination.

Language of Teaching: English and Albanian

Course Title: AMERICAN LITERATURE I

Course Code: AML I

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Advanced

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 1^st

ECTS: 3

Course Load Work: 38 teaching hours, students’ preparation for the lectures 13 hours,

preparation for the oral examinations 60 hours.

Name of Lecturer: Daniela-Carmen Stoica

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  enhance their theoretical knowledge about Northern American literature
  
• 
  enhance their knowledge of USA culture and civilization
  
• 
  develop their skills of drawing comparisons between American and British literature
  
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  to analyze appointed literary texts from various critical views, based on their previous knowledge
  
• 
  to develop their critical thinking
  

Course Contents:

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  Early American and Colonial Period. The Story of the Creation, The Story of the Flood
  
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  The Literature of Exploration: Cristpher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas, Thomas Harriot, John Smith
  
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  Puritanism and the Frontier as Shaping Forces of American Literature. Diaries and Sermon Literature. Personal Narrative (Jonathan Edwards). The Diary of Samuel Sewall
  
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  The American Enlightenment. Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers (1776-1820). The Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin). Letters from an American Farmer: Letter II On the Situation, Feelings, and Pleasures of an American Farmer, Letter III: What is an American? (Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur)
  
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  Early American Romanticism. Transcendentalism. Nature (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
  
• 
  American Romanticism. Edgar Allan Poe’s Poetry and Fiction. The Philosophy of Composition. The Fall of the House of Usher. The City in the Sea. Annabel Lee
  
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  The Emergence of the American Novel. The Romance. The Scarlet Letter (N. Hawthorne). Moby-Dick ( H. Melville)
  
• 
  The Founders of the American Poetry: Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson
  

Basic Literature:

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volumes A,B,C,D,E, Seventh Edition, ed. Nina Baym, W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.

Other References: Bradbury M. (1992) The Modern American Novel, Oxford University

Press.

Gray R. (2004) A History of American Literature, Blackwell Publishing.

Hart James D. (1995) The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Sixth Edition, Oxford University Press, New York.

Ruland R., Bradbury M. (1991) From Puritanism to Postmodernism, Penguin Books, USA.

Walker, M. (1988) Macmillan History of the United States of America, Second Edition, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.

Methods of Teaching:

Lectures with extensive use of various use of literary genres; analyses of literary texts to be done by students and discussed during the course

Assessment Methods: Oral examinations

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: AMERICAN LITERATURE II

Course Code: AML II

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Advanced

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work:

75 teaching hours, students’ preparation for the lectures 27 hours, preparation for the oral examinations 100 hours.

Name of Lecturer: Daniela-Carmen Stoica

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

• 
  enhance their theoretical knowledge about Northern American literature
  
• 
  enhance their knowledge of USA culture and civilization
  
• 
  develop their skills of drawing comparisons between American and British literature
  
• 
  to analyze appointed literary texts from various critical views, based on their previous knowledge
  
• 
  to develop their critical thinking
  

Course Contents:

Realism and Regionalism in American Fiction. The Fiction of Mark Twain. The Adventures of

Huckleberry Finn

Naturalism in American Literature. Theodore Dreiser. An American TragedyHenry James and his Fiction. Washington Square

Modernism in American Fiction: G. Stein (from Tender Buttons), E. Hemingway (The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Sun also Rises), Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby).

The American South Ethos in W. Faulkner’s Writings (A Rose for Emily).

Orientations and Achievements in Poetry around and after WWI. Imagist voices: E. Pound. Other modernist experiments: T. S. Eliot. Traditional rhythms: R. Frost

Social and cultural (r)evolutions in the post-1945 era. The Beat Generation. A. Ginsberg.

Postmodernism and Post-structuralism. Postmodern Fiction: V. Nabokov, K. Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five), S. Bellow

Twentieth-century American Drama: Main directions. The theatre of E. O’Neill and Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman).

Existentialist Drama: E. Albee (The Sandbox)
Basic Literature: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volumes A,B,C,D,E, Seventh Edition, ed. Nina Baym, W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.

Other References: Bradbury M. (1992) The Modern American Novel, Oxford University Press.

Gray R. (2004) A History of American Literature, Blackwell Publishing.

Hart James D. (1995) The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Sixth Edition, Oxford University Press, New York.

Ruland R., Bradbury M. (1991) From Puritanism to Postmodernism, Penguin Books, USA.

Stoica D. (2013) ‘’Movies as a Practical Approach to Teaching Literature.

The great Gatsby: the Novel and the Movie’’, in Borderlans Journal for Anglo- American Studies, Volume 2, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Walker, M. (1988) Macmillan History of the United States of America, Second Edition, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.

Methods of Teaching:

Lectures with extensive use of various use of literary genres; analyses of literary texts to be done by students and discussed during the course

Assessment Methods: Oral examinations

Language of Teaching: English

Course Title: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Course Code: B-FF

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 6^th

ECTS: 3

Course Load Work: 37 classes

Name of Lecturer: Dr. Benita Stavre

Course Goals:

The aim of this course is to equip the students with consistent background of the linguistic developments of English through its phonological, grammatical and lexical transformation. It describes the characteristics of Old English, the transformations it has undergone through the Middle Ages, efforts to set standard rules of written linguistic usage up to the latest developments of the late XIX century. The material analyses the relation between the inner linguistic processes - sounds, words and endings- and the outer influence of political, social and intellectual forces that have shaped its transformations.

Course Contents:

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  Introduction to the history of the English language: The Indo-European Family of the Languages
  
• 
  The history of the origins: The history of the English people and country Old English Language
  
• 
  OE phonological features: Old English phonology, The Runic and the Old English alphabet
  
• 
  OE morphological features: OE nouns their grammatical categories, definite and indefinite articles (forms and functions), pronouns (categories, forms and functions), numerals, adverbs and verbs
  
• 
  OE lexicological features: The Latin, Norse and Viking influence on OE Vocabulary, Old English dialects
  
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  Middle English history and literary corpus: ME a period of great change
  
• 
  ME linguistic features: ME phonology, Grammatical transformations
  
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  ME Lexical features: Lexical influences on Middle English
  
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  Early Modern English historical background: Historical background. The noun, the adjective, the pronoun and the verb
  
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  Changing conditions in the modern period: Effects of history on grammar and vocabulary. The struggle for recognition. The defense of the borrowings
  
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  The historical reflection on language: The appeal to authority 1650-1800, The impact of the XVII century, The temper of the XVIII century, Lexical studies of the eighteenth century.
  
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  Attempts to reform the language: The XVIII century grammarians and rhetoricians
  
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  Linguistic developments of the 19^th and 20^th centuries: Social and political background influencing language, Lexicon: a linguistic reflection of progress, Social and political backgrounds influencing linguistic changes of the XX century
  

Basic Literature:

Course of Lectures on the History of the English Language

Albert Baugh & Thomas Cable. (1993) A History of the English Language. New Jersey: Prentice Hall

Baugh. A, & Cable. Th, (1993). A Companion to the Baugh and Cable’s History of the English language. New Jersey: Prentice Hall

Other References: Bezhani. H, (2003). Some Elements of the History of the English Language Tiranё: ShBLU

Greenfield. S, & Robinson. F, (1980). A Bibliography of Old English Publications. Toronto

Mclntyre. D, (2009). History of English; A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge

Randle. J, (1981). Understanding Britain. A history of the English People and Their Culture. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Press

Methods of Teaching: Integrated discussion classes

Assessment Methods: Oral examination by the end of the course

Language of Teaching: English
Course Title: GENERAL LINGUISTICS

Course Code: B GJP

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: Upper Intermediate

Year of study: ^3rd

Semester: 5^th

ECTS: 6

Course Load Work: Lectures 30 classes; seminars 45 classes

Name of Lecturer: Alda Cicko
Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

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  reconstruct the pre-history of languages and to determine their relatedness
  
• 
  describe and account for oberved changes in particular languages
  
• 
  comprehend the basic general theories abot how and why language changes
  
• 
  describe the history of speech comminties
  
• 
  examine the development of individual langauges
  
• 
  describe, classify and explain the changes surveyed in all areas of the language
  
• 
  explain how new forms of linguistic change arise
  
• 
  evaluate the of different linguists in different areas
  
• 
  interpret carefully the written records of the past
  
• 
  study the universal properties of language and linguistic capacity if individual language users
  

Course Contents:

• 
  introduction to historical linguistics
  
• 
  language behavior and language system
  
• 
  language families
  
• 
  language and thought
  
• 
  causes of language-change
  
• 
  universal grammar and its relevance
  
• 
  language acquisition
  
• 
  cognitive science and artificial intelligence
  
• 
  bilingualism, code-switching and diglossia
  
• 
  mentalism, rationalism and innateness
  
• 
  historical and comparative linguistics
  
• 
  structuralism
  
• 
  functionalism
  
• 
  behaviorism
  
• 
  generativism
  
• 
  descriptivism
  
• 
  sociolinguistics, ethno linguistics, psycholinguistics
  
• 
  cultural overlap, cultural diffusion
  

Basic Literature: Rrokaj, Shezai. Hyrje ne gjuhesine e pergjithshme, 2011

Other References:

• 
  Lyons, J. Language and linguistics, Cambridge,1995;
  
• 
  De Sossyr, F .Kurs i gjuhesisë së përgjithshme,Prishtinë,1977;
  
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  Mounin,G. Historia e gjuhësisë nga origjina deri në shek.XX,Paris,1970;
  
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  Iviq,M. Drejtimet në linguistikë,Prishtinë,1977;
  
• 
  Bali,Sh. Linguistika e përgjithshme dhe linguistika franceze,Bernëm1950;
  
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  Vandries,Zh. Gjuha,Paris,1923;
  
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  Meje,A. Linguistika historike dhe linguistika e përgjithshme,Paris,1976;
  
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  Sepir,E. Language, London,1970;
  
• 
  Rrokaj,Sh.Strukturalizmi klasik në gjuhësi,Tiranë,1994;
  
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  Shkurtaj,Gj. Sociolinguistika,Tiranë,1996;
  

Methods of Teaching: Interactive lecture, seminars, discussions, task-based study method

Assessment Methods: Oral examination

Language of Teaching: Albanian

Course Title: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Course Code: SOC

Type of the course: Compulsory

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 2^nd

ECTS: 3

Course Work Load: Lectures 15 hours, seminars 23 hours

Name of Lecturer: Lindita Kacani

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

- more depply recognize and comprehend the way people use their language to express themmselves and create their identity in a cetain communicative situation;

- use their native and target foreing (English) language correctly and appropriately at a certain communicative context.

Course Contents:

• 
  The social study of language: scope of inquiry; Language and society; Complementary approaches; The methods of enquiry;
  
• 
  Languages, dialects and varieties: regional dialects; social dialects; styles, registers, and beliefs
  
• 
  Pidgins and creoles: Lingua franca; definitions; distribution and characteristics; from pidgin to creole
  
• 
  Codes: diglossia; bilingualism and multilingualism; code-switching
  
• 
  Speech communities: Definitions; Intersecting communities; Networks and repertoires
  
• 
  Language variation: Regional variation; The linguistic variable; Linguistic and social variation
  
• 
  Some findings and issues: An early study; New York city; Norwich and reading; A variety of studies – Belfast;
  
• 
  Words and culture: Whorf – kinship; Taxonomies; Colour; Prototypes; Taboo and Euphemism
  
• 
  Ethnographies: Varieties of talk; the ethnography of speaking;
  
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  Solidarity and politeness: Address terms; Politeness
  
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  Talk and action: Speech acts; Cooperation; Conversation
  
• 
  Gender: Differences in language use;
  
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  Applied sociolinguistics: Language policies and language planning; Status planning; Corpus planning; a variety of situations language acquisition planning; language education policy.
  

Basic Literature:

Wardhaugh, R. (2006). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Blackwell Publishing.

Spolsky, B. (2003). Sociolinguistics. Oxford University Press.
Other References:

Coulmas, F. (1998). The Handbook of Sociolinguistics

McKay, S. L. & Hornberger, N. H. (1996) Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.
Methods of Teaching: Lecture, discussion questions

Assessment Methods: Project work / portfolio, written examination by the end of the

course

Language of Teaching: English


Course Title: ACADEMIC WRITING

Course Code: B - SHA

Type of the course: Compulsory

Course level: B2 – Intermediate

Year of study: 3^rd

Semester: 1^st

ECTS: 3

Course Load Work: Lectures and seminars 37 classes;

Name of Lecturer: Dorela Kaçauni

Course Goals: By the end of this course students should be able to:

• 
  understand the process of writing
  
• 
  choose and narrow a topic
  
• 
  gather and edit ideas
  
• 
  define a paragraph
  
• 
  identify and write a topic sentence
  
• 
  write concluding sentences
  
• 
  organize and write descriptive paragraphs using adjectives and prepositions
  
• 
  write an outline
  
• 
  write an essay
  

Course Contents: - Pre-Writing: Getting ready to write

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  The structure of a paragraph
  
• 
  The development of a paragraph
  
• 
  Descriptive and process paragraphs
  
• 
  Opinion paragraphs
  
• 
  Opinion paragraphs
  
• 
  Comparison / Contrast paragraphs
  
• 
  Problem / Solution paragraphs
  
• 
  The structure of an essay
  
• 
  Outlining an essay
  
• 
  Introductions and conclusions
  
• 
  Unity and coherence
  
• 
  Essays for examinations
  

Basic Literature:

Zemach, E D. & Rumisek, A, L. (2005). “Academic Writing from paragraph to essay”. Macmillan.

Other References: Baily, S (2006). Academic Writing. A Handbook for International Students

Second edition. MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin

Boçe, E. (2004). Si tё shkurajmё njё punim kёrkimor. Tiranё: CDE

Musai, B. (2007). Si tё Shkruajmё Ese: Paragrafёt, Pyetjet dhe Vlerёsimi. Tiranё: CDE

Henning, E; Gravett S.; Rensburg Van W; (2005) ‘Finding your way in Academic Writing. Second edition. Van Schaik Publishers

Savage, A. & Shafiei, M. (2007). Effective Academic Writing 1: The paragragh. OUP

Savage, A. & Mayer, P. (2005). Effective Academic Writing 2: The short essay. OUP

Davis, J. & Liss, R. (2006). Effective Academic Writing 3: The essay. OUP

Methods of Teaching: Lecture, Seminars and practice classes

Assessment Methods: Written examination by the end of the course

Language of Teaching: English