The Department of English Language and Literature offers studies of philology in various specializations and forms of study. As for the English language, applicants can either choose the BA English in Education degree programme and later pursue their studies in the follow-up MA Teaching English for Primary Schools degree programme, or study the BA English in Tourism degree programme. The department also secures the activities of the Section of French Language and Literature; applicants interested in French can pursue the BA French in Education degree programme or the BA French in Tourism degree programme. Within the Lifelong Education programme, the department runs several qualification extension programmes; teachers can obtain a certification for teaching English/French at upper levels of primary schools or at secondary schools as their third specialization, or choose from other extension possibilities.
The department staff is formed by a team of expert pedagogues, specialized in various linguistic, literary and didactic fields of study. Students of both full-time and part-time forms of study are encouraged to use the departmental library of western philology with secondary literature in English and French. Most of the classes are taught in rooms with the latest multimedia equipment
The department organizes a biyearly international conference Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference, and since 2010 it has been publishing a journal Hradec Králové Anglophone Journal. The department is the seat of the executive of the Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic.
For more information on programmes sun by the Section of French Language and Literature, please visit the website of the section.
contact
a: building E, room 52050
e: jana.petruzalkova@uhk.cz
t: (+420 49 333) 1528