Language, Text and Culture in the English-speaking World
The course deals with topics related to language, text, criticality, and culture in the English-speaking world. The course offers students language knowledge as well as discourse and literacy skills. Students will become familiar with a diverse selection of children’s and young adult texts and cultural expressions placed in cultural and social contexts. The text selection and activities allow for students’ personal and professional growth as well the development of their intercultural awareness and critical literacy skills.
KNOWLEDGE
The student has
- knowledge of principles for communication, conversation, and discourse
- knowledge about language society, and culture in the English-speaking world and how these are relevant in various professional contexts
- knowledge about children's and young adult literature and the cultural context for each text, including oral, written, and multimodal texts
- knowledge about critical and analytical approaches to literature and other texts
- knowledge of text production in different academic genres
SKILLS
The student can:
- communicate accurately and effectively and adapt language use to genre and situation
- organise varied and differentiated language activities
- produce various text types (oral, written, multimodal) with precision, fluency, and coherence
- develop the appreciation of cultural differences and intercultural competence
GENERAL COMPETENCIES
The student can:
- communicate relevant subject matter using appropriate academic register and terminology
- maintain and develop subject competence
- develop intercultural awareness and critical thinking
Students will receive a detailed syllabus and course schedule for each semester. It is expected that all requisite texts are read in advance of each class meeting, and that students arrive prepared for active participation in class discussions and other course activities.
The course will consist of lectures, seminars, individual and group activities, and classes will be delivered online only.
Assignments not completed by the given deadline will not be graded, nor will extra tutoring be offered. Students are individually responsible to stay current on announcements, scheduled lectures, and distributed texts.
Attendance is mandatory, a concept based on the principle of joint responsibility both for one's own learning as well as that of others.
Compound evaluation, grading scale A-F
OD: Compulsory participation, comprises 0/100 of the grade. Approved/Not Approved. 80 % attendance required in order to take both exams
AK: Course work: Approved / Not Approved. Approved on obligatory course work required to obtain final grade
HJ1: Written home exam in language and text, 5 days, 80% of letter grade, A-F
HJ2: Written home exam in culture and society, 3 days, 20% of letter grade, A-F
All aids
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
GLU435 - English 2 - 30 credits