Syllabus
CURRICULUM FOR SUMMER TERM
Skills
Argumentation and debating skills
Listening and reproduction
Academic writing
Describing visual information
AI literacy
Topics:
Elections, Electoral systems
Governments, systems and regimes
Democracy and democratic deficit
Political ideologies
Annotation
This course assigns a central role to interaction with English authentic texts (relevant to prospective political scientists) in English. The topics dealt with week by week (concerning e.g. governments, systems and regimes, political ideologies, state, nations and nationalism, global politics, political culture, mass media and political communication, representation, elections and voting, parties and party systems, etc.) will be explored in group discussions and/or workshop activities.
At the same time, the course introduces students to aspects of studying academic English, with special attention being given to the language used in academic speech and writing. There is no single textbook for this one-year course.
Details will be given and texts supplied by the teacher as the course progresses. Any circulation of the materials is prohibited.