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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Struer Statsgymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Jens Lind Christiansen
Hold 2024 En/y (1y En, 2y En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Forløb 1. Artificial Intelligence
Titel 2 Forløb 2. The UK
Titel 3 Forløb 3. Horror
Titel 4 Forløb 4. The USA and The  American Dream
Titel 5 The Great Gatsby, værklæsning
Titel 6 Forløb 5. Climate Change+English as Lingua Franca
Titel 7 Forløb 6. Australia
Titel 8 Forløb 7. War

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Forløb 1. Artificial Intelligence

Themes explored:
artificial love, relationship between humans and robots, innovative technology, ethics, loneliness, ethical dilemmas, futuristic items, robots, self-driving cars. AI dilemmas.

New terminology introduced:
'the uncanny valley', 'novum' as well as Asimov's 'The Three Laws of Robotics'.



Kernemateriale: Tekster:
- Supertoys Last All Summer Long - Brian Aldiss (7 sider) 
- Robot baby seal 'Paro' helps elderly dementia patients in Hong Kong - Daily Mail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9wj5v22KsA (2,17 min.)
- I, Robot - (fiction) uddrag af novellesamling. 
- Dr Susan Calvin (2 sider tekst)
- Runaround (9 sider tekst)
- Liar (12 sider tekst)
- Evidence (11 sider tekst)
- Articles (non-fiction):
- Robots will eliminate 6% of all US jobs by 2021, report says (Olivia Solon. 2016. The Guardian) - (1,5 ns.)
- AI won’t replace humans, just like computers didn’t (Iain Brown. 2020. E&T Magazine) - (1,9 ns.)
- Ban the killer robots before it's too late (Noel Sharkey. 2013. CNN) - (1,8 ns.)
- Don’t Let Robots Pull the Trigger (Chris Whetzel. 2019. Scientific American) - (2 ns.)
- Robots are coming for your job — but maybe that’s okay (Ryan Whitwam. 2016. Extreme Tech) - (3 ns.)

- The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars - Patrick Lin (Ted-Ed) https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-ethical-dilemma-of-self-driving-cars-patrick-lin (4,16 min.)

Supplerende materiale:
- Automatica - Robots vs. music by Nigel Stanford  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAdqazixuRY&t=255s (4,15 min.).
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GaLj_yAbgc. Humanoids Robots and Uncanny Valley - Studium Generale, Tilburg University.

Faglige mål:
faglig læsning af engelske tekster i samspil med andre fag
- tekster, der behandler etisk og historisk indhold inden for teknologi og naturvidenskab 
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster 
- almene og faglige kommunikationsformer og kommunikationsstrategier (her har vi især arbejdet med appelformer).
- principper for tekstopbygning
- ordforråd og idiomer
- det engelske sprogs grammatik, udtale, ortografi og tegnsætning
- standardsprog og variation, herunder teknologisk og naturvidenskabeligt fagsprog 


Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer/fremlæggelse.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Forløb 2. The UK

Themes explored:
The British Empire and its legacy domestically and abroad
Britain's liberal democracy
Immigration, social class, poverty and Brexit

Anvendt litteratur og undervisningsmateriale fordelt på kernestof og supplerende stof:

Kernestof:
(-Sproglig variation og sproglige udtryksformer
- Tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- Et bredt udvalg af tekster, der tilsammen beskriver væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle, og samfundsmæssige forhold
i Storbritannien
- Tekster der behandler emner inden for kultur-, samfunds- og erhvervsrelaterede forhold.)

"The UK and Me", Interactive tasks, discission. Worlds of English, Systime.
What's The Difference Between THE UK, BRITAIN AND ENGLAND?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eizhmb_tNSk
"The difference between UK, Great Britain and the British Isles"
Britain: From island to empire and back (2,0NS).https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=117

How the British Empire Became the biggest in the World. Video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnws0xna2To
The End of The British Empire: What is the legacy od Decolonisation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUG7NecYZg
White Man´s Burden, poem by Rudyard Kipling (1,0), Worlds of English, Systime
"Listen Mr Oxford don" (0,5NS), by John Agard. Systime

"Great Britain´s National Anthem" (0,5NS) Worlds of English, Systime
"Powers and Politics in The UK" (1,7NS), Worlds of English, Systime
"Britain´s Political System Explained" Video, YouTube.com
www.parliament.uk, for research on Britain´s political system
"UK´s Electoral Systeme, Max Foster, Video, YouTube.com
Theresa May: Brexit speech (2017) (5,1NS) https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=278



"The Happiest Days of Your Life" by Penelope Lively (2,5NS), https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=110
"DHSS" by Doris Lessing, Worlds of English (1,6NS), https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=108Systime
Anne Walford on "DHSS", "On Desperate Clients", "The Thatcher Years", "Class and Education", "Class and the 2011 Riots", "Class and Discrimination". All videos. Worlds of English, Systime

Supplerende stof:

Film: "The Iron Lady"
Letter to MPs - Marcus Rashford https://www.thepfa.com/news/2020/6/15/marcus-rashford-open-letter-to-mps





Fokuspunkter:
Rise and decline of the British Empire
British colonies and attitudes towards colonization. Impacts of colonization.
Colonization and attitudes towards colonization reflected in literature
Immigration
Institutions of power in the UK
Electoral system in UK
Brexit
Class in the UK
Sociolects
Margaret Thatcher, impact and legacy
Social welfare and poverty in the UK

Arbejdsformer: Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer/fremlæggelse
Student produced podcast on institutions of power in the UK.
One writing assignment: Analytical essay on the Brexit Speech  from 2017 given by PM, Theressa May
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Forløb 3. Horror

Genreforløb bygget omkring og inspireret af Systimes ”Horror”  med fokus på materialets første emne:

1) Horror – a mirror of human psyche
a. ‘The Boogeyman’ af Stephen King.
b. ‘Lullaby’ af The Cure (analyse af musikvideo)
c. ‘Why We Crave Horror Movies’ (essay), Stephen King, 1982 (2,4 ns).
d. Freuds teorier: (eleverne har selv fundet materiale online efterfulgt af gennemgang på tavlen)
i. - The conscious; the preconscious and the unconcious mind
ii. - The structural model of personality (superego, ego, id)
iii. - The Oedipus and Electra complex
Vi har brugt Stephen King's "Three Levels of Horror" (terror, horror, revulsion) som supplerende teori.






KERNEMATERIALE:
- ‘The Boogeyman’ (novelle), Stephen King, 1973 (10,6 sider)
Stephen King’s 3 Levels of Horror (0,8 ns).
- ‘Why We Crave Horror Movies’ (essay), Stephen King, 1982 (2,4 ns). https://horror.systime.dk/?id=153#c340
- ‘Lullaby’ The Cure (song + music video)


SUPPLERENDE MATERIALE:
-       The Uncanny (Das Unheimliche), extract (1,0NS) https://horror.systime.dk/?id=151#c330
- ‘How and Why Horror Stories Work’ (1,0 ns). https://horror.systime.dk/?id=152
- ‘The Woman in the Graveyard’ (introduktionstekst) (1,0 ns).




Arbejdsformer: Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer/fremlæggelser
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Forløb 4. The USA and The American Dream

Anvendt literatur og andre undervisningsmaterialer fordelt på kernestof og supplerende stof:

Kernestof:
(-Sproglig variation og sproglige udtryksformer
- Tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- Et bredt udvalg af tekster, der tilsammen beskriver væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle, og samfundsmæssige forhold
i USA
- Tekster der behandler emner inden for kultur-, samfunds- og erhvervsrelaterede forhold.)

Aspects of America (interactive tasks - Names and places i the US (Worlds of English, Systime)

From British Colony to Superpower, plus The American history quiz (Worlds of English, Systime) (1,7NS)
The New Colossus, poem by Emma Lazarus (Worlds of English, systime) (1,4NS)
The American Dream, definition by James Truslow Adams (Worlds of English, Systime) (1.2 NS)
The Frontier in American History, by Frederick JacksonTurner (worlds of English, Systime) (7,6 NS)
The Price of Expansion , video, Youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqOQ_MfP2s
Consequences for the native Americans - The Trail of Tears. (Worlds of English, Systime) (1,0 NS)
Declaration of Independence 4th July 1776
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-declaration-of-independence-1776 (About the declaration pf Independence)
U.S: Constitution 1787-1789
Bill of Rights - the 10 amendments
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-constitution
The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln, 1863.
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-text-gettysburg

The Rise of the Working Poor (extract from Saving Capitalism) *** (NF) Robert Reich (New Frontiers, Systime) 3,4 NS
Grace, extract from novel, by Philip Meyer: (New Frontiers, Systime) 5,2 NS

Supplerende stof:
Wealth Inequality in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM (Video)

"The American Dream" is dead, and barely existed to begin with. https://alleghenycampus.com/19741/opinion/the-american-dream-is-dead-and-barely-existed-to-begin-with/


Focal points:

Declaration of independence, a new nation
Expansion, the Frontier and genocide
Constitution and Bill of rights, 10 amendments
The American spirit
The American Dream? or Nightmare?
Slavery
Civil War and emancipation
What it means to be American
Distribution of wealth
Working Poor


Arbejdsformer: Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer/fremlæggelser. Student produced audios.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 36 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 The Great Gatsby, værklæsning

Værklæsning:

Novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, April 1925.

Part of a topic exploring the US and the American Dream.

Kernestof:
et genremæssigt varieret udvalg af primært nyere fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster, herunder et skrevet værk
̶ tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster- væsentlige historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og USA

Arbejdsformer: Gruppelæsning, individuel læsning med fokus på læsestrategier. Par - og gruppearbejde. Elevproducerede lydspor. Præsentationer.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Forløb 5. Climate Change+English as Lingua Franca

This topic focuses on the concept and reality of climate change. The topic explores different aspects of climate change, looking at causes and consequences, human consumption, psychological and ethical aspects of the climate crisis as it is portrayed and discussed in both fictional and non-fictional form. Further attention is given to how various experts and activists argue their case and how climate change is talked about through varying discourses and by the media. This topic being in its essence global offers the opportunity to look into English as Lingua Franca applied in this particular context and in general.

Kernestof:
-udtale, ordforråd og idiomer
̶ principper for tekstopbygning
̶ kommunikationsstrategier, standardsprog og variation
̶ det engelske sprog anvendt som globalt lingua franca
̶ tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster


All text from Internet book "Climate Action. Challenges of Change, Systime 2020

Climate change – causes, effects and actions (2,1NS)
Nature is speaking - Julia Roberts is Mother Nature, video: https://youtu.be/WmVLcj-XKnM
NASA: The Effects of Climate Change (2,4NS)
Naomi Klein: The Radicalizing Power of Climate Change. (0,5NS)
The Disaster Store: Short story by Helen Phillips (6,9NS)
Psychological and ethical aspects of the climate crisis (0,5NS)
Last Snowman: Poem by Simon Armitage (0,5NS)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Speech at C40 in Copenhagen (9,2NS)
Global English, from World's of English (1,9NS) https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=121
English as Lingua Franca, from World's of English (4,0NS) https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=310
Intercultural Lunchbreaks, audio material. https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415638449/intercultural.php
Critical Issues for 21st Century ELT: What English? Whose methods? Which culture?
Richard Smith, University of Warwick. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/people/smith/smith_r/critical_issues_for_21st_century_elt_-_handout_on_elf.pdf

Supplerende stof:

Climate change or climate crisis? by Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum (4,4NS)

Ten Grammar Rules You Can Forget: how to stop worrying and write proper (5,5NS)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget


Arbejdsformer: Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer/fremlæggelse. Student produced audios.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 31 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Forløb 6. Australia

This course examines Australian identity through literature, history, and cultural texts structured around the national anthem Advance Australia Fair.
Key themes include:

- Australia’s relationship with nature
- First nations Australians
- Historical politics of assimilation and the concept of the stolen generations
- the legacy of colonial history and ongoing debates about inclusion
- independence, and post-colonial identity.


Kernestof:
(-Sproglig variation og sproglige udtryksformer
- Tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- Et bredt udvalg af tekster, der tilsammen beskriver væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle, og samfundsmæssige forhold
i Australien
- Tekster der behandler emner inden for kultur-, samfundsforhold.


"(RE-)DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA A very brief history of a very large country" (15,1NS)

"Advance Australia Fair" (1878) (Peter Dodds McCormick) (2,8NS)

Tracks (1980) (Robyn Davidson) Extract from Travel memoirs.(5,9NS)

The Yield (2019) (Tara June Winch) Extract from novel (8,4NS)

"Redfern Speech (1992) (Paul Keating) (4,9NS)

"Took the Children Away" (Archie Roach, 1990) (0,9NS)

"No longer tied to Britain, Australia is still searching for its place in the world" (2017) (Gregory Melleuish) (2,0NS)

Alle ovennævnte tekster er fra E-Bogen Boomergang på Systime.dk



Supplerende stof:

Witness History - audio documentary on BBC
Paul Keating's Redfern speech
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct5yld

Film: Rabbit Proof Fence. Miramax.com
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 28,00 moduler
Dækker over: 32 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Forløb 7. War

War
- an examination of the aspects of war
focusing on:
- heroism and romanticizing
- Hierarchy and obedience
- Brutality and horror of war
- Immediate reactions to combat and Long lasting impacts of war, post traumatic stress disorder
- Psychology and neurology of war
- brotherhood and bonding among soldiers



Kernestof:
_tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
̶ væsentlige historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og USA
̶ historiske og aktuelle forhold i andre engelsksprogede regioner.


Material from "From where you are 2", Systime, (40,7 ns):

Shakespeare: Henry V (extract) (2,6 ns)
Warde-Aldam: Shot through (1,7 ns)
Tim O'Brien: The man I killed (5,3 ns)
Percy: Refresh, refresh (14,1 ns)
Sebastian Junger: War (extract) (4,2 ns)

Supplerende stof

TED-Talk by Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZMSmcuiXM
Film: Kathryn Bigelow: "The Hurt Locker" 2008 (20 ns)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer