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Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution UNORD
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Rikke Sterum
Hold hv25sf32XenB (hv25sf32XenB)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The Science of Happiness (EKSAMENSEMNE)
Titel 2 Hot Spot India (EKSAMENSEMNE)
Titel 3 Business Communication - tone of voice (EKSAMEN)
Titel 4 Preparation for the written exam
Titel 5 A Christmas Carol
Titel 6 EO3
Titel 7 Stone Cold. Homelessness in the UK (EKSAMENSEMNE)
Titel 8 Preparation for the written exam
Titel 9 English as a Lingua Franca
Titel 10 Easter holidays
Titel 11 EOP
Titel 12 Preparation for the oral exam

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The Science of Happiness (EKSAMENSEMNE)

The unit explores many different aspects of what it means to be happy.

At the end of the unit you will:
- have learned/repeated some basic analytical methods
- have met some examples of classic Romantic poetry
- be able to discuss an abstract concept - happiness - on the basis of fiction and non-fiction sources and to make comparisons between different countries.

Text materials in https://thescienceof.systime.dk/?id=134:
I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud (poem, William Wordsworth, 1807 https://thescienceof.systime.dk/?id=134#c524)
Happiness report - Why Finland and Denmark are happier than the US (https://thescienceof.systime.dk/?id=134#c524)
Normal People (first part and the last part of the excerpt from the novel, Sally Rooney, 2018 https://thescienceof.systime.dk/?id=156#c566) + episode number 1 of the filmed version
(https://mitcfu.dk/MaterialeInfo/?faust=CFUTV1140197&s=44815787&n=1&o=hits)

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Hot Spot India (EKSAMENSEMNE)

Hot Spot India

In this unit we will focus on Indian startups and Indian influencers and social media.

At the end of the unit you will be able to:

- discuss what is a start-up
- discuss the situation of female entrepreneurs in India
- discuss why India has such powerful influencers
- discuss a specific start up company called No Nasties

Materials: https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/ Hot Spot India (Systime ibog, 2023):

Chapter 2. Indian Startups:
How Women Entrepreneurs are Changing Indian Society (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=146#c519)
Top Five Women Entrepreneurs in India (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=146#c448)
Start up case: No Nasties (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=144#c376)

Chapter 3. Indian Influencers:
The Rise of the Indian Influencer (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=152#c669)
Why are brands choosing to work with influencers - Forbes video (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=152#c670)

Ted Talk: TED: The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed (https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=142)

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Business Communication - tone of voice (EKSAMEN)

In this unit we focus on business communication and pay special attention to 'tone of voice' in branding. The American company Mail Chimp is used as case.

At the end of the unit you will:

- have revisited the definition of what a brand is
- have revisited AIDA and Maslow
- have gained insight into analysis of advertisements
- be able to discuss branding expert and copy writer Vikki Ross and her three main principles in copy writing: 1. get real, 2. get personal, 3. get active


Text materials:
Systime: Business Communication (https://engelskeud.systime.dk/?id=171)
https://youtu.be/0ztM3XlHfes (What is brand tone of voice)
https://www.typetone.ai/blog/tone-of-voice-examples (tone of voice in super brands)
Vikki Ross: https://www.isolatedtalks.com/talks/write-right/
MailChimp: https://styleguide.mailchimp.com/
https://mailchimp.com/about/

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 5 A Christmas Carol

The unit is a brief introduction to the Victorian Age and to Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol.

At the end of the unit you will:

- have read selected excerpts in A Christmas Carol
- have worked with themes like poverty and social inequality
- have watched the filmed version of A Christmas Carol

Text:
Selected excerpts of the novella

Film:
A Christmas Carol (Robert Zemeckis, 2009)

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 EO3

EO3 Engelsk og VØ

Analyse af virksomheden Lagkagehuset i samarbejde med VØ.

Engelsk:
Fokus på flerspektret analyse af reklamefilm for Lagkagehuset. Eleverne har valgt at anvende på en eller flere følgende metoder:
Cicero’s rhetorical pentagon
AIDA
Laswell’s communications model
Advertisement copy language
Persuasive techniques + modes of appeal (pathos, ethos and logos)
Jennifer Aaken’s personality traits model
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Stone Cold. Homelessness in the UK (EKSAMENSEMNE)

The unit revolves around the novel Stone Cold by Robert Swindells. A focal point of the unit is homelessness in the UK and what can be done to prevent it. Another focal point is literary analysis of the novel.

At the of the unit you will be able to:

- analyse the novel using basic analytical terms for fiction (plot, composition, setting, character, narrator, point of view, language, style, title, theme)
- discuss the different ways different media deal with the problem of homelessness (novel, documentary, and film)

Text:
Stone Cold (novel, Robert Swindells, 1993)

Documentary:
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son (documentary, Lorna Tucker, 2024)
https://www.someonesdaughterfilm.org/ (first 45 minutes)
Film:
The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991)

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 29 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 9 English as a Lingua Franca

Introduction to English as a Lingua Franca

At the end of this short unit, you will:

- know what English as a lingua franca mean
- be familiar with the three circles of Kachru's model


Does English still borrow words from other languages? (article)
Reporting from the Frontline of the Great Dictionary Disaster (poem)

ordbogen.com
minlæring.com
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/
https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Easter holidays

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 EOP

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 1 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer