Ä°KA608 - LANGUAGE, CULTURE and SOCIETY IN BRITAIN
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGUAGE, CULTURE and SOCIETY IN BRITAIN | Ä°KA608 | Any Semester/Year | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Team/Group Work Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of the course is to enable the student to gain the knowledge, skill and competence in understanding the relationship between language, culture and society in post-war Britain, with special emphasis on dialects, accents, social life, ethnicity, race, gender and class. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In this course, making meaning, representing things, key concepts such as culture, popular culture, social classes, language, gender; language and representative theories, mimetic theories of representation, contemporary British society, Post-war British society, multi-ethnic society, changes in family life, Irish, Scottish and Welsh question are introduced and discussed. | |||||
| References | Chris Barker. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. Philip Smith. Cultural Theory. Mike Storry, ed. British Cultural Identities. Other relevant books and/or articles. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General introduction to Language, culture and society in Britain |
| Week 2 | Contemporary British society |
| Week 3 | Key concepts: culture, popular culture, mass culture, social classes, gender matters and oral presentations |
| Week 4 | Post-war British society; social and political changes and oral presentations |
| Week 5 | Language and the social classes in Britain and oral presentations |
| Week 6 | The Empire Windrush: Towards Multiculturalism and oral presentations |
| Week 7 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 8 | Black English, Asian English and oral presentations |
| Week 9 | Multi-ethnic society and oral presentations |
| Week 10 | Changes in family life and in the position and role of women and oral presentations |
| Week 11 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 12 | Disunited kingdom: Irish, Scottish and Welsh writing in the post-war period and oral presentations |
| Week 13 | Irish, Scottish and Welsh question and oral presentations |
| Week 14 | Language in Cyber-society and oral presentations |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 40 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 110 | 225 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. 1. Has expert knowledge in English language and literature, and culture. | X | ||||
| 2. Has expert knowledge in British cultural studies. | X | ||||
| 3. Has the necessary theoretical interdisciplinary knowledge to research and interpret texts of various genres in English literature and culture in historical, social, cultural, economic, political, philosophical, and ecological contexts. | X | ||||
| 4. Develops advanced critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Collects knowledge about English language, literature, and culture by utilizing information technologies and research methods, in both individual and collective work, and shares it in professional national and international educational environments. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses literary and cultural texts using related theories and an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 7. Has the necessary knowledge and skills for teaching English language, literature and culture in national and international environments. | X | ||||
| 8. Conducts interdisciplinary research with critical and creative thinking skills, solves problems, and expresses the results in national and international professional and social contexts. | X | ||||
| 9. Examines English literature, culture, history, and society through both curriculum-based and extracurricular activities, develops an unbiased and open-minded attitude towards their own culture and other cultures. | X | ||||
| 10. Adopts an unbiased, respectful and open-minded attitude concerning different religions, languages, races, sexes and social classes. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest