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Entrance Exams

 

Programmes offered:
forms of study:
  • Single-subject study
  • Double-subject study (in combination with any other double-subject BA programme within the Faculty of Arts; the students have to pass entrance exams in both subjects)
 
forms of study:
  • Single-subject study
  • Double-subject study (in combination with any double-subject MA programme within the Faculty of Arts, including the programme Anglophone Literatures and Cultures)
 
 

Important dates

 
Handing in the application for the academic year 2016/17: by 29 February 2016
 
Entrance examination dates: 
  • BA programme (Bc):
    • written part: 1 - 16 June 2016 (tba)
    • oral part: 1 - 16 June 2016 (tba)
  • MA programme (NMgr):
    • written part: 30 May - 16 June 2016 (tba)
    • oral part: 30 May - 16 June 2016 (tba)
  • extra date (for those who cannot take the exam on the regular date) 23 - 24 June 2016 (tba)
  • The results of the entrance examination will be announced at the FF website.
  • Open day: 16 January 2016 

 

If you have any questions concerning the entrance examination please write to doc. PhDr. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. - Marketa [dot] Mala [at] ff [dot] cuni [dot] cz

See also the Czech version of the website (including links to last year's written entrance tests)

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS - 2-year MA (NMgr) programme taught in English

language of instruction: English

annual fee: 110 000 CZK

maximum number of students accepted: 3

(Last year one out of the six applicants was admitted.)

The graduate of this programme will have acquired a sound mastery of both practical and specialized English in philology and other disciplines within the humanities, and will possess a comprehensive knowledge of the theory, methodology and practical applications of English linguistics. He or she will have a wide range of employment opportunities in all areas where an excellent knowledge of English and an open and informed attitude and all-round versatility are required. The most promising graduates continue with their studies in postgraduate programmes in the Czech Republic or abroad.

 

Entrance examination: two-round assessment

1st round – written test
linguistic analysis of an English text (morphological description of word classes, syntactic analysis of simple and multiple sentences, basic principles of word-formation and lexical semantics, general knowledge of the history of the English language, knowledge of the Czech functional description of the grammatical system and the relevant grammatical categories)

2nd round – interview
1) to assess the applicant’s motivation for studying the English language and linguistics
(in which the applicant is expected to demonstrate a keen interest in the English language and linguistics and a general idea of employment possibilities after graduation)
2) to assess the applicant’s knowledge of the English grammatical system (which is
expected to correspond to that following completion of a BA degree in English linguistics at a major Czech university) and language skills (including an appropriate command of academic English, both written and spoken, and knowledge of linguistic terminology).

 

sample test

 

No exemptions are granted from the entrance examination.  

No certificates of English proficiency are required.

 

The language of tuition (and communication within the department and the faculty) is English. However, some knowledge of Czech is highly recommended since the approach to the English language and linguistics is often contrastive, comparing English and Czech. The students may also be required to read some secondary literature in Czech.