Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- BBI-ANG-271E
- Title
- Cultural Studies Lecture
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- en
- Description
- Code for non-international students start with BBN
- Learning outcomes
- This series of talks aims to familiarise the audience with important concepts of English speaking cultures. Understanding issues of identity, core values, difference, social change, and the connections of language and social issues help to raise awareness of interculturality and thus become better intercultural communicators. The lecture series - delivered by a team of lecturers - will therefore focus on these issues and provide important theoretical background as well as useful practical examples in the hope that the course participants will be able to use these as stepping stones in their cultural learning.
- Course content
- In the spring term, this is an exam course only no lectures are delivered.
- Assessment method
- The course will be followed by a written exam consisting of a 50-item multiple choice test of the contents of the lectures and the readings.
- Bibliography
- Introduction Williams, R. (1983). Keywords - A vocabulary of culture and society. London: Flamingo. (‘Culture’: pp. 87-93) Also available at: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dml3/880williams.htm Kellner, D. (n.d.) Cultural Studies and Ethics. Encyclopaedia article Available: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/papers/CSETHIC.htm UK – Geography O'Driscoll, J. (1995). Britain: The country and its people: an introduction for learners of English Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 31-40) UK – Identity Fox, K. (2004). Watching the English. London: Hodder. (Work to rule, pp.176-207) US – American Culture and American Regionalism Gastil, R.D. (1990). Cultural Regions of America. In L.S. Luedtke. (Ed.), Making America: The Society and Culture of the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Information Agency. (pp. 121-132) US – Core Values Althen, G. (2005). American Values and Assumptions. In P. S. Gardner. New Directions (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 1, pp. 5-13) US – A Changing Culture: Capturing some tension points Singer, A. (2008). Twenty-first century gateways: an introduction. In: A. Singer, S. Hardwick & C, Brettell (Eds.) Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. (pp. 3-10) AUSTRALIA – Nature and People Flood, J. (2006). The original Australians – Story of the Aboriginal people. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. Chapter 8. Resilience (pp.234-264) AUSTRALIA – Social Issues, Language and Arts Aitkin, D. (2005). What was it all for? The reshaping of Australia. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. Chapter 8. Who are we, and what are we becoming? (pp. 213-234)