1. Language and international relations: Linguistic support for other academic disciplines
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Šárka Hastrdlová, Markéta Malá, Věra Sládková, Julia Hüttner, Piotr Twardzisz, Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Zeinab Gvarishvili, Evgeniia Lapina, Petra Huschová, Martin Němec, Marie Lahodová Vališová, Petra Peldová, and Zhuzhuna Gumbaridze
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International relations ,050101 languages & linguistics ,05 social sciences ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Sociology ,0509 other social sciences ,Theology ,050904 information & library sciences ,Discipline - Abstract
This article outlines the content of an elective university course designed for domestic and international students, combining language and international relations. The course is intended to make students more sensitive to the linguistic intricacies of a specialist variety of English. The focus is on its written modes, particularly writing and reading academic (professional) texts dealing with complex foreign policy issues. As a result, students are expected to enhance their academic writing skills. The linguistic component of the course is backed up with a review of world affairs. Conversely, the field of international relations theory is enriched by a systematic study of language effects observed in the respective discourse. The interdisciplinarity of this enterprise benefits students with different academic and cultural backgrounds.
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- 2020
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