Prerequisites: relevant knowledge of English adequate to 3rd year students

Aims of the subject: the topic of this semester - English idioms covering variety of areas selected, presented and practised by students themselves, translations English-Czech, Czech-English, consecutive interpreting

1. Introduction to idioms and phrases
   New acquisitions in English idioms
   Translation (Cz.-Engl.)
2. Presenatation, translation
3. Presenatation, translation
4. Presenatation, translation
5. Presenatation, translation
6. Presenatation, translation
7. Presenatation, translation
8. Presenatation, translation
9. Presenatation, translation
10. Presenatation, translation
11. Presenatation, translation
12. Presenatation, translation
13. Written test based on given presentations

Assessment strategy and method:

active participation in seminars
written test


English newspapers and magazines, Internet materials
(Time-Life, Development,Central European Economic Review...)
Audio cassettes (The Listening File, Speaking Effectively)
Czech magazines on tourism COT
Video cassettes
Levy J.: Historie českého prekladu
Sloukova G.: Úvod do teorie tlumočení
Knittlova H.: Úvod do teorie překladu
Various dictionaries on Idioms