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Social changes mirrored by lyrics of American hip-hop genre

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Course ID: 3223-SCM-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 09.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Social changes mirrored by lyrics of American hip-hop genre
Name in Polish: Social changes mirrored by lyrics of American hip-hop genre
Organizational unit: Institute of Specialised and Intercultural Communication
Course groups: Courses in foreign languages
General university courses
General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 OR 3.00 (differs over time) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: English
Type of course:

general courses

Prerequisites (description):

The aim of the course is to present selected aspects of the social and cultural history of the United States in the 20th century with the help of visual representations created both in the past and today. How does the self-presentation of a given historical moment differ from its later reinterpretation? Selected topics include hip-hop culture, rap slang, discrimination issues, language of protest, rap biographies, linguistic analysis of rap texts, etc.

Mode:

Classroom
Self-reading

Short description:

The subject expanding the student's general knowledge in the field of literary studies, cultural studies, linguistics or glottodidactics. It presents the following issues:

- providing the student with general knowledge in a given field at the academic level,

- stimulating research interests within a given field.

Full description:

The aim of the course is to present selected aspects of the social and cultural history of the United States in the 20th century through visual representations created both in the past and today. How does the self-presentation of a given historical moment differ from its later reinterpretation? Selected topics include hip-hop culture, rap slang, discrimination issues, language of protest, rap biographies, linguistic analysis of rap texts, etc.

Bibliography:

Provided by the lecturer.

Learning outcomes:

Students get:

- general knowledge of the research field

- know and understand the connections between applied linguistics and literary studies with other fields of science and scientific disciplines,

- know and understand the relations between languages and their role in culture,

- know and understand cultural differences which are an important factor in the formation of multicultural societies in the modern world, know the general socio-economic and legal realities in areas related to the studied languages.

-can critically analyze texts as products of culture, can search, analyze, evaluate and select authentic texts in at least one studied foreign languages and develop professional skills in the field of applied linguistics and literary studies.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Provided by the lecturer.

Practical placement: (in Polish)

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Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators: Olena Petrashchuk
Group instructors: Olena Petrashchuk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Type of course:

general courses

Mode:

Classroom
Self-reading

Short description:

The subject expanding the student's general knowledge in the field of literary studies, cultural studies, linguistics or glottodidactics. It presents the following issues:

- providing the student with general knowledge in a given field at the academic level,

- stimulating research interests within a given field.

Full description:

The aim of the course is to present selected aspects of the social and cultural history of the United States in the 20th century through visual representations created both in the past and today. How does the self-presentation of a given historical moment differ from its later reinterpretation? Selected topics include hip-hop culture, rap slang, discrimination issues, language of protest, rap biographies, linguistic analysis of rap texts, etc.

Bibliography:

It is provided by the lecturer.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators: Olena Petrashchuk
Group instructors: Olena Petrashchuk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Type of course:

general courses

Mode:

Classroom
Self-reading

Short description:

The subject expanding the student's general knowledge in the field of literary studies, cultural studies, linguistics or glottodidactics. It presents the following issues:

- providing the student with general knowledge in a given field at the academic level,

- stimulating research interests within a given field.

Full description:

The aim of the course is to present selected aspects of the social and cultural history of the United States in the 20th century through visual representations created both in the past and today. How does the self-presentation of a given historical moment differ from its later reinterpretation? Selected topics include hip-hop culture, rap slang, discrimination issues, language of protest, rap biographies, linguistic analysis of rap texts, etc.

Bibliography:

It is provided by the lecturer.

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