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English Composition
English Composition COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to help students improve their writing skills and to learn strategies for successful writing. Because good writing requires critical thinking and reading skills, as well as to use the language effectively, the course helps students to analyze… Read more
Paraphrase (example)
Paraphrase (example) Study this example carefully before you start doing the homework. The original passage: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear… Read more
Slovak-English Translation
Slovak-English Translation COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is intended for students who are proficient in Slovak and have a very good command of English. It is a course in translation practice and translation method which encourages students to be aware of the problems which arise in translating various… Read more
Canadian North
Canadian North: A Land of Myths and Legends COURSE DESCRIPTION: The idea of the North in Canadian culture has been extensively discussed and variously defined by politicians, intellectuals, writers, and artists since Confederation in 1867. Many scholars contend that the Canadian North is as enduring… Read more
Canadian Studies I
Canadian Studies I: Perspectives on the Canadian Society C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N: This course examines selected issues in Canadian social, political and cultural history with the focus on the post-WWII period, e.g. Canada’s status as a middle power and its voice in world affairs, Canada’s… Read more
Translation of Journalistic Texts
Translation of Journalistic Texts COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course trains students in the translation of journalistic texts from English to Slovak. It includes practical exercises in translating shorter and longer texts from a variety of areas: Politics, Economy, Culture, Environment, etc. It will… Read more
About Me
About Me Education November 30, 2009 Ph.D. in the Theory and History of Anglophone Literatures doctoral thesis: "Searching for Home and One's Own Language in Caribbean-Canadian Literature" 1996-2001 Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava M.A. studies field… Read more
Academic Writing
Academic Writing COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course is designed for students who want to improve their academic writing skills and expand their academic vocabulary. It will help them understand the basic writing process and make them aware of the elements which contribute to good academic writing. They… Read more
Useful Sites
Useful Sites ON WRITING Writing with Style: Writing and Style Manual The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) … Read more
Non-Literary Translation
Non-Literary Translation COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is primarily designed for teacher trainees. It will familiarize them with basic translation notions and their crucial role in the translation process and different translation methods and their context of use. It aims to develop students' ability… Read more
English-Slovak Trans
English-Slovak Translation Wednesday 12.35-14.10 (G19) 2bpANPG, 2bpANRU Wednesday 14.20-15.55 (G19) 2bpANPL, 2bpANSV Wednesday 16.05-17.40 (G19) 2bpANRM, 2bpANSP, 2bpANTA COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course aims to improve the translation skills students acquired in the previous academic year, to consolidate… Read more
Black CanLit
Black Literatures and Cultures in Canada Thursday 16.05-17.40 (G103) mp, mu COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to black Canadian Studies from a historical, literary and cultural studies perspective. By examining a number of non-fictional texts and fictional writing being produced… Read more
Code for Corrections
Code for Corrections ERROR DESCRIPTION Incomplete passage A substantially unfinished passage. Missing titles, headings, or sentences within a passage may be marked as one or more errors of omission, depending on how much is omitted. Misunderstanding of original text Misreading a word or misinterpreting… Read more
CanStud II
Canadian Studies II: Chapters in Canadian History and Culture Thursday 14.20-15.55 (G103) 3bu, 3bp COURSE DESCRIPTION: By taking a closer look at some of the defining moments in Canadian history, this course aims to produce a deeper understanding and awareness of Canada. It is built on the assumption… Read more
Grading
Grading Max. Pts. Deducted Meaning is NOT lost, changed, or obscured Meaning IS lost, changed, or obscured Max. Pts. Deducted 0 Error NOT apparent to attentive, linguistically k nowledgeable reader Error constitutes a subtle or slight imprecision of meaning 2 1 Error IS apparent to a casual… Read more
Príbeh jednej školy (by a 2bp student)
Za horami-dolami a piatimi mostami bola raz jedna škola. V tej škole bolo y učební a x stoličiek, no študentov v nej bolo xy2 a každý rok pribúdali nevedno odkiaľ. Učiteľov zas bolo xy-2 a stále ubúdali, nevedno kam. Jedného dňa sa zázračne otvoril zápisný systém a začal sa virtuálny boj o PV-čka.… Read more
Final Test Results
Academic Writing Final Test Results HERE (The students who have failed the final test or would like to improve-however, you can also make it worse-their test grade can take a resit at 11.40 on Monday, December 15, 2008, or whenever I am available next week - I will update you on that later. If you do… Read more
Assignment 7
An Airborne Literary Event.doc (29,5 kB)… Read more
English-Slovak Translation
English-Slovak Translation COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course aims to improve the translation skills students acquired in the previous academic year, to consolidate students' ability to identify and discuss problematic issues encountered in the translation process, and to foster an awareness of structural… Read more
People to submit Text 2
People to submit Text 2 Adamčík Anton Bolješiková Vladimíra Davidovicová Svetlana Dupkala Andrej Fillo Peter Hečková Renata Hranická Alena Koželová Veronika Lisá Aneta Nádaždy Roman Petrušová Monika Polná Beata Rentková Mária Ščerbová Michaela Šrámeková Jana Tanušková Petra… Read more
People to submit Text 5
People to submit Text 5 Andonovová Lucia Borzová Emília Fialová Daša Gazda Stanislav Hlubinová Zuzana Juracsiková Veronika Križanová Zuzana Maňuchová Andrea Ondriašová Soňa Plavinová Kvetoslava Pragerová Lucia Schurgerová Michaela Slezáková Mária Šrámková Silvia Várošová Jana Vojteková Dominika… Read more
Target Vocabulary
Target Vocabulary TEXT 1 dožadovať sa vypočutia republikánsky snem byť k veci spotrebovávať ropu závratným tempom nekontrolovateľne rastúci dopyt dosiahnuť vrchol smiešne peniaze fosílne palivá zemný plyn dlhotrvajúce sucho hladomor ísť príkladom presadzovať návrh zákona podporiť investície do čistej… Read more
People to submit individual texts for grading
Please check the list of people who are to submit Text 2 for grading. I have also posted lists of people to submit Text 5 and 8. Study them carefully.… Read more
Canadian Studies III
Canadian Studies III: Discovering black Canada COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to black Canadian Studies from a historico-cultural perspective. By examining primary sources and a selection of work by Black Canadian creative writers, essayists, and historians, we are going to challenge… Read more
MLA annotated bibliography entry (an example)
Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider, and Christina Witsberger. "Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults." American Sociological Review 51 (1986): 541-554. The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data… Read more
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