Maturitní témata z Anglických studií / Topics for graduation exam (2015/2016)

školní rok 2015/2016

School-leaving Examination Topics 2015/16 : State and Profile


1) State and profile -Key terminology of the British Isles and British Regionalism (John)
State (Geographical vs political terms, indigenious and immigrant languages, multi-culturalism) Profile (History of key cities and regions, The North/South divide)
The Present (State, Action Verbs)



2) State and Profile-Dialects of English (John)
State- (American versus British English)
Profile-(Commonwealth/regional dialects, creole, international English)
Narrative Tenses (The Past)


3) Geography of the British Isles and the US (Shared Topic)
State (US)
Profile (British Isles)
Present Perfect


4) Key Moments in British History (Klara)
State The Early Settlements, The Middle Ages,
Profile The Tudors, The Civil War
The Future


5) Eire (John)
State Irish History and Diaspora)
Profile Role of Religon/sectarianism, contempoary Ireland, literature and mythology)
Regular and Irregular Verbs

6) Key Moments in American History (Klara)
State From the Discoveries to the Pilgrim Fathers
Profile American Warfare (From the War of Independence to 2WW),
Relative Clauses


7) Commonwealth Countries (Shared topic)
State: Canada
Profile: Australia and New Zealand
English Sentence Structure


8) Unique Characteristics of of Anglo-American culture ( Shared topic)
State (American life, culture, customs and traditions)
Profile (British life, culture, cutoms and traditions)
Phrasal verbs



9) The History of English (John)
State (overview of the stages of development of English)
Profile (landmark writers, middle English and the colonial period)
The Passive


10) William Shakespeare (John)
State (a general overview of Shakespeare, the merchant of Venice)
Profile ( Common themes, use of villian/tragic hero, Macbeth)
Past habits/familiarity


11) Music and Youth Culture (John)
State (The birth of the teenager and consumerism/an overview of youth subcultures) Profile (The 60s, politicised youth movments, media amplification, post modernism and drug culture.
British vs American English


12) Edgar Allan Poe (Klara)
State: The Raven
Profile: Poe´s contribution to various literary genres, the gothic aspect (Poe´s stories)
Modal Verbs I (Ability, Permission, Polite Request)


13) Victorian Literature (John)
State (Shelley, Wilde,)
Profile (Dickens and Bronte)
Modal Verbs II (Obligation, Advice, should, ought to, had better)


14) The Victorian Period (John)
State (Industrial Revolution and urbanization, the class system, new technology and scientific progress)
Profile (life for women and children, the class system, reformism, radicalism and classical liberalism, the age of empire, scientific racism)
Modal Verbs III (Probability)

15) Literature between the Wars (Klara)
State: F. S. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby,
Profile: The Lost Generation: Fitzgerald´s Contemporaries
Verb Patterns


16) Post-War Anglo-American Literature and Drama (Klara)
State: George Orwell: The Animal Farm, Vladimir Nabokov Lolita,
Profile: American Drama: Tennessee Williams,
Reported Speech and Indirect Questions


17) System of Education in GB and USA (Klara)
State (US)
Profile (UK )
False friends, Loan Words



18) System of Government in GB (John)
State (Contemporary politics, political parties, existing consititution)
Profile (evolution of the state and constitution, electoral system, devolution)
Expressing Preference (I’d rather-rather not, I’d prefer, I prefer, keen on, enthusiastic about, satisfied w x happy w, I’m really into, I’m obsessed w, I can’t stand, I don’t mind, I hate, not my cup of tea etc.)


19) System of Government in USA (John)
State (contemporaray politics, personalities and issues, presidential election system)
Profile ( branches of government, history of the systém, preseidential election systém, constitution and amendments) Conditionals II (Second and Third)


20) Beat Generation (Klara)
State: Jack Kerouac: On the Road
Profile: Allen Ginsberg: The Howl
Auxiliary Verbs (Question Tags, Short Answers, Forming questions and negatives)



21) Media (Klara)
State: Broadsheet vs. Tabloid journalism
Profile: The influence of Modern Media
Future Continuous and the Future Perfect


22) Sporting Culture in the English Speaking World (John)
State: National Sports of English Speaking Countries
Profile: Sport in English Speaking Cultural Life (from Hooliganism to Fifa)
Word Formation


23) Post War USA (John)
State (McCarthyism and the cold war, Vietnam, the Sixties)
Profile ( A history of Black America)
Articles


24) Contemporary Global Issues (Klara)
State: Environmental protection ,
Profile: War Conflicts, Terrorism, Immigration
Conjunctions of Contrast and Purpose


25) Contemporary Anglo-American Literature
State: Iam McEwan,
Profile: Philip Roth
and countability