Modern cultural expansion (linguistic profile)
Course: Folklore Studies, cross-cultural communication and foreign language
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Modern cultural expansion (linguistic profile)
Code
ОК 14
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PRT 2. To know official and foreign languages on the sufficient level to realize both oral and written communication in professional and academic spheres; to present the results of students’ research by means of official and foreign languages.
PRT 6. To use the knowledge about expressive, emotional and logical language means and speaking tactic to achieve pre-planned pragmatic effect and organize effective communication.
PRT 10. To demonstrate in-depth command in the sphere of folklore studies, intercultural communication and foreign language.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The program is aimed at students, who have mastered the following educational disciplines: “Practical course of the English language”, “Communication strategies of the English language” and acquired B2-C1 level according to CEFR. The students should have appropriate communicative competencies, know inventory of modern linguistics, methods of linguistic analysis, system and structure of English as well as its structural levels and distinctive units.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is further improvement of communicative skills. In addition, the course is aimed at development various competencies, i.e. sociocultural, linguocultural and ethnolinguistic. Moreover, the discipline is focused on the investigation of culture and its aspects as multi-faceted phenomena as well as approaches to define the term “culture” within cultural anthropology.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Bernard, R. & Gravlee, C. (2014). Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. Rowmann & Littlefield.
2. Carneiro, R. (2018). Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology: a Critical History. Routledge.
3. Dean, J. (2018). Cultural Studies and Political Theory. Cornell University Press.
4. Eller, J. (2016). Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives. Routledge.
5. Gibson, K. & Tallerman, M. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.
6. Kamusella, T. (2020). Global Language Politics: Eurasia versus the Rest. Journal of Nationalism, Memory and Language Politics. 14(2). 117-151.
7. Powers, D. (2020). Towards a Futurist Cultural Studies. International Journal of Cultural Studies. 23(4). 451-457.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
• oral activity during the classes
• individual tasks
• creative tasks, reviews, presentations, reports
• written module tests
Assessment methods and criteria
The students’ term assessment is the sum total of the points for their oral activity during the classes, creative tasks, presentations and projects, module tests as well as individual performance. The minimum score for the students to be assessed as “passed” is 60 points. The students, who didn’t succeed in getting at least 59 points, are assessed as “fail”. Consequently, they are obliged to retake the credit. Final term assessment is the credit.
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
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Departments
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