Holdet 2023 1H EN - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

menu

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution Mercantec
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Dorthe Henriksen
Hold 2023 1H EN (1H EN, 2H EN, 3H EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Social media
Titel 2 Area Study UK: History, Social classes & Education
Titel 3 Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility
Titel 4 Fiction: The Fault in Our Stars (Chapters 1-5)
Titel 5 Introduction to non-fiction analysis
Titel 6 Introduction to Business Communication
Titel 7 Area Study USA: US History & American Values
Titel 8 Area Study USA: The Hate U Give (værklæsning)
Titel 9 Area Study USA: Black American History & Identity
Titel 10 Climate Change and Consumerism
Titel 11 India - Past and Present
Titel 12 English as Lingua Franca & Career Learning
Titel 13 Area Study UK II: Immigration & Multiculturalism
Titel 14 The Gig Economy
Titel 15 Area Study USA II: Trump's America

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Social media

Primary focus:
to read business-related texts that young people can identify with
to learn about the positive and negative things of social media
to reflect about how the use of social media can affect a young person's life
to reflect on how fake news on social media may affect democracy and world events
to learn about the four major social media platform companies and their business models

Kernetekster:
The poem called Look Up by Gary Turk, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in 2014).

Cyberbullying: How anonymous attacks changed me forever, by Charlotte Philby, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in The Independent, 10 August 2014).

Interview with a Troll, by Whitney Phillips, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in billions-and-billions.com, 28 May 2012).

The day I confronted my troll by Leo Traynor, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. on theGuardian.com, 26 September 2012).

Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users, by Hillary Andersson, the BBC Panorama online, 4 July 2018, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44640959.

Addictive potential of social media, explained by Bruce Goldman, Stanford.edu online, 29 October 2012, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44640959

The Social Dilemma, Docudrama, directed by Jeff Orlowski, Netflix, 2020.

Group work and presentations on the four major social media companies:

Groups 1 + 2: Facebook
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Lucas Downey, Investopedia.com, 19 June 2022.
What is Facebook? Daniel Nations, Lifewire.com, 19 September 2021.

Groups 3 + 4: Instagram
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Lucas Downey, Investopedia.com, 19 June 2022.
7 Reasons why Instagram is the best social media app to use, Khizer Kaleem, makeuseof.com, 4 Feb. 2022.

Groups 5 + 6: TikTok
TikTok: What it is, How it works, and why it’s popular, Deborah D’Souza, www.investopedia.com, 5 July 2022.
TikTok’s ties to China: Why concerns over your data are here to stay, Dan Milmo, the Guardian.com, 7 Nov. 2022.

Groups 7 + 8: Twitter
What is Twitter & How does it work? Paul Gil, www.lifewire.com, 29 August 2021.
Why is Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover increasing hate speech? Rashawn Ray, www.brookings.edu, 23 Nov. 2022.

Supplerende stof:
Creative task: Write your own poem about social media (in pairs)

Video: How Russian Trolls Operate, youtube, published 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=psmpWVuCb8s

Written assignment about social media - argumentative essay
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay about social media 08-01-2024
Group work on social media 09-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 19,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Initiativ
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 2 Area Study UK: History, Social classes & Education

Primary focus:
Britain's colonial past
Social Classes and the British Education System - How class is still linked to education in the UK

Kernetekster:
The English and the World - the British Empire, Nationalism and Multi-ethnic Britain, Anders Daugaard & Jonas K. Andersen,  i-bogen Angles, Systime 2014.

The difference between the UK, Great Britain and England explained, youtube, 30 Jan. 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10&t=58s.  

The Gentlemen of the Jungle (fable), Jomo Kenyatta (in 1963 he became Kenya's first Prime Minister), i-bogen Angles, Systime 2014 (orginally publ. in 1938).

The British Edcuation System explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikgAs1au4a0

The short story The Happiest Days of Your Life, Penelope Lively, i-bogen Worlds of English, Systime 2023 (originally publ. in 1978)

A Sense of Class, by Alex Spellers, Adult Worlds by Dahl et. al., Gyldendal Uddannelse, 2000.

Video: A tale of two Kensingtons, fra i-bogen Worlds of English, Systime, https://worldsofenglish.systime.dk/?id=286

The film the Riot Club, directed by Lone Scherfig, based on the play 'Posh' written by Laura Wade, film release 2014.

Supplerende stof:
Video about Union Jack: The United Kingdom and its flag, youtube, published 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6_XGx2oi0

Map of the British empire 1921, fra i-bogen Angles, Systime 2014. https://angles.systime.dk/?id=133#c558

The English and the World - a rough timeline, fra i-bogen Angles, Systime 2014, https://angles.systime.dk/?id=133#c559

Group work and presentation about a former British colony of the students' own choosing.

How to analyse fiction, the English Handbook, Systime, https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=148

The Bullingdon Club (where are they now), https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-18/boris-and-the-bullingdon-club-where-are-they-now

Information search on: England in the beginning of the 1980s, the Skinhead subculture and the Falkland War.

The film This is England, directed by Shane Meadows, 2006 -
work with film analysis in groups, written assignment.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Group work - a former British colony 19-01-2024
Podcast - The Education System & Class in Britain 06-02-2024
English Day - film analysis 20-02-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 3 Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility

Primary focus:
What is CSR?
Why implementing CSR is important to the company, the consumer and our planet.
CSR and the apparal industry - Impact of Fast Fashion on the planet's ressources, waste and 3rd world factory workers
Planned obsolescence


Kernestof:
Video: What is CSR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T317juXMaBs

Hannah Gould: "Zara and H&M back in-store recycling to tackle throwaway culture" Company, Culture, Communication, Gitte Jæger Nehlsen (Systime) https://ccc.systime.dk/?id=c756

Documentary: The Light Bulb Conspiracy (cfu)


Supplerende stof:
Hvad er forskellen på upcycling, recycling og downcycling? Aros Business Academy, 6. oktober 2021, https://arosbusinessacademy.dk/upcycling-recycling-downcycling/

Written assignment about Fast Fashion and CSR (vejledende opgavesæt, 2019) argumentative essay
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 4 Fiction: The Fault in Our Stars (Chapters 1-5)

Primary focus:
to read an excerpt of a fiction story about young people that the students can identify with
An introduction to reading fiction texts and an introduction to having literary discussions in class
to reflect about your own life and your own mortality

Kernetekster:
Excerpt from the novel The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, Dutton Books 2012, Chapters 1-5.

Supplerende stof:

The film The Fault in Our Stars

Write a film review in groups where you compare the first five chapters of the book to the film.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
English essay: CSR and Fast Fashion 11-04-2024
Film review The Fault in Our Stars 26-04-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 5 Introduction to non-fiction analysis

Primary focus:
to learn about the difference between the two main genres: fiction and non-fiction
to learn about the three subgenres of non-fiction: expository, narrative and persuasive.
introducing the students to analysing non-fiction texts, using a model of analysis
to learn more about young people in the UK and their way of life

Kernetekster:
Genres of fiction and non-fiction, The English Handbook, Systime,  https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=130.

Non-fiction Genres (three subgenres of non-fiction), the English Handbook, Systime, https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=163

Salt Shocker - Are You a Salt Junkie?, Current Magazine 2008.

All about Sugar, Current Magazine 2006.

Group work (all articles also from Current Magazine):
Caffeine, the world's favourite fix
Can eating too healthy make you ill?
Cash 4 Essays - would you buy your way through school
The Quick Fix - Solution or Problem?
Young and Obese - health enemy No. 1
Your No. 1 health risk - too little sleep!

Supplerende stof:
Model of analysis for non-fiction texts, the English Handbook, https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=147

Word document for each article with links for each element of the non-fiction analysis model
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Group presentations - non-fiction analysis 07-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 5,00 moduler
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Læse
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 6 Introduction to Business Communication


Fokuspunkter:
formalitetsniveauet
struktur og layout
kommunikationssituationen
Nyttige vendinger og fagbegreber

Kernetekster fra i-bogen skr. eksamen i engelsk, hhx, https://skriftligeksameniengelskhhx.systime.dk/?id=133:
Assignment 3
Nyttige vendinger
Tjekliste

Supplerende stof:
Procesorienteret skrivning: individuel feedback på email
skr. aflevering
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
E-mail 14-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 5,00 moduler
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 7 Area Study USA: US History & American Values

Primary focus:
The Birth of the USA -  A nation of native Americans, immigrants & slaves
The Melting Pot or the Salad bowl
The WASP culture - The Dominant Culture of the USA
The Revolutionary War
The American Civil War
American Values incl. the origins and the development of the American Dream

Kernetekster:
The Birth of the United States of America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqqC7ZUS4M, 2018.

History of the United States of America - USA Past and Present Events, https://totallyhistory.com/us-history/, 2020.

Trail of Tears, documentary, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSkfmCj8Jg, 2006.

How America's Past Shapes Native Americans' Present, by Alexia Fernandez Campbell, The Atlantic, October 12, 2016.

Introduction: Understanding the Culture of the United States, Chapter 1, from American Ways, Datesman et. al., Longman, 4th edition 2014.

Group work:
Native Americans: https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history

The Revolutionary War: http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history

The Civil War: http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war

Traditional American Values and Beliefs, Chapter 2, from American Ways, Datesman et. al., Longman, 4th edition 2014.

The America I love needs to do better, by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Atlantic, May 31, 2020.

What is middle class anyway? CNN Business (the link is dead, but the students have a worksheet with the various definitions of what constitutes middle class in the USA as to income, wealth, consumption, aspiration, and demographics.

Is the American Dream really dead? by Carol Graham, the Guardian, 20 June 2017 (podcast, an oral assignment)


Supplerende stof:
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription, https://totallyhistory.com/us-history/

U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States, https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/constitution.htm

The American dream is a myth, www.youtube.com, August 12,  2019.

Americans know wealth inequality is a problem, but what does it look like? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANUXO-GQwU, 2018.

Why the middle class is disappearing, CNBC News, www.youtube.com, February 9, 2022.

Written assignment: A Nation of Immigrants (eksamenssæt aug. 2020)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
US history: Group work and Presentations 27-08-2024
Manuscript for a speech - Getting started 05-09-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 19,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Forelæsninger
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 8 Area Study USA: The Hate U Give (værklæsning)

Primary focus:
Reading a novel (værklæsning)

to learn about the living conditions of the Afro-American people in the USA from the perspective of a young Black teenager, her family and her friends.
to learn about racism and structural racism
to reflect on what you can do yourself as an individual and the importance of having a voice, even though you are scared of what might happen to you.

Kernetekst:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Supplerende stof:
Tupac inspired Angie Thomas' new book, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ufAb82GJ0, 2017.

What is code switching? Between the lines, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNbdn0yuUw8, HuffPost, 2019.

A Riot is the Language of the Unheard - the other America, speech by Martin Luther King Jr. about his view on riots, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ph5g0jb8cE, publ. on youtube 10 years ago.

Kian Lawley fired from the Hate U Give film after racist video resurfaces,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd6fy_dVPfU, 2018.

Working with fiction analysis throughout the reading of the novel, i.e. the setting, characterisation, themes and message.

Written assignment: Analytical essay about the novel the Hate U Give

Grammar in context
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Podcast - Is the American Dream Really Dead? 27-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 9 Area Study USA: Black American History & Identity

Focus points:
Black American History
Black Identity
Civil Rights Movement
Racism and police arrests
Black Lives Matter

Kernetekster:
Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States, Chapter 8, from American Ways, Datesman et. al., Longman, 4th edition 2014.

I have a dream (excerpt from speech incl. glossary), by Martin Luther King Jr, source unknown (Word document)

The Ballot or the Bullet (excerpt from speech) by Malcolm X, source unknown (Word document)

'I can't breathe': why George Floyd's words reverberate around the world by Ben Okri, the Guardian, 8 June 2020.

Jesse (short story) by Joy Boothe (pdf, fra et gammelt hhx eksamenssæt), publ. 2012.

Colin Kaepernick protests anthem over treatment of minorities, by ESPN.com news services, August 27, 2016, https://andscape.com/features/colin-kaepernick-protests-anthem-over-treatment-of-minorities/

Nike, Colin Kaerpernick and the history of 'commodity activism', by Sarah Banet-Weiser, September 7, 2018, www.Vox.com, https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/9/7/17831334/nike-colin-kaepernick-ad

Supplerende stof:
I have a dream, Martin Luther King, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs, August 28, 1963.

Watching the film the Butler [2013]

Group work on the film the Butler and time line of main events, Civil Rights Acts, organisations and people of the Civil Rights movement mentioned in The Butler

Non-fiction analysis - The English Handbook (procesorienteret skrivning)

Video: Nike releases full ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the Guardian Sport, www.youtube.com, 7 September 2018.

How to analyse an advertisement or commercial - The English Handbook

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Getting Started - Analytical essay: non-fiction 04-03-2025
Group work on the Civil Rights Movemenet 07-03-2025
Analytical essay (non-fiction) 13-03-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 22,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 10 Climate Change and Consumerism

Primary focus:
What is climate change? Causes, effects and action  
to learn about the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular No. 13 about Climate Action
What can we do to prevent climate change? on a personal level and on an organisational and societal level?
Heat waves and global inequality
Consumerism - food waste, pollution of the sea, fast fashion
to reflect on your own responsibilities as a consumer


Kernestof:

Climate change - causes, effects and actions, incl. video from Conservation International, featuring Julia Roberts as Mother Nature, from the i-book Climate Action. Challenges of Change, Systime 2020, https://climateaction.systime.dk/?id=131.

Heat - the next big inequality issue, by Amy Fleming et al., the Guardian, 13 August 2018.

Transcript: Greta Thunberg's speech at the U.N. Climate Action Summit (the how dare you speech), transcript by NPR staff, www.youtube.com, September 23, 2019.

Climate problems due to consumption, from the i-book Climate Action. Challenges of Change, Systime 2020, https://climateaction.systime.dk/?id=132.


Supplerende stof:

Speech analysis, the English Handbook

In groups: Make a 1-minute video in which you make a pledge to Mother Nature and tell her about all the things you want to make right on Earth again - climate and consumption-wise.

Outro exercises: Climate problems due to consumption
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Group presentation Climate Change and Consumption 08-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde
  • Projektarbejde

Titel 11 India - Past and Present

Primary focus:
India as a former British Colony
The partition of India
The North/South divide
The Caste System
The gap between the rich and the poor in India
The status of women in India
Women entrepreneurs

Kernetekster:

The East India Company and the British Raj, Chapter 2, Katrine Brøndsted, fra antologien Narrating India, pp. 66-71, Alt i Ord, 2016

Indian Independence and Partition, Chapter 1, Katrine Brøndsted, fra antologien Narrating India, pp. 16-25, Alt i Ord, 2016.

What is India's Caste system? the BBC online, 19 June 2019,  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616

The documentary 'India's Daughter', directed by Leslee Udwin, 2015, mitCFU.dk. (about gang rapes and the status of women in the Northern part of India)

The short story A Stench of Kerosene, by Amrita Pritam, https://passion4pearl.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/stench-of-kerosene-short-story-by-amrita-pritam/

Dowry and dowry deaths, a reader's blog by Surbhi Chaudhary, Indiatimes.com, 15 April 2022, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/politiclaw/dowry-and-dowry-death-42574/

Dowries a major contributor to India's gender imbalance, researchers find, by Rebecca Ratcliffe, the Guardian, 28 September 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/28/dowries-india-gender-imbalance-inflated-gold-price-survival-rates-baby-girls.

Rising crimes against Indian women in five charts, by Geeta Pandey, BBC News Delhi, the BBC online, 13 September 2022, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62830634

Successful female entrepreneurs in India, 'How Women Entrepreneurs are Changing Indian Society', in the i-book Hot Spot India, https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=146


Supplerende stof:

Intro: Discovering India, from the i-book Hot Spot India, https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=140

Intro: Being creative, Writing a news feature India vs Denmark, from the i-book Hot Spot India, https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=140#c315.

Intro: Video: India's economy - 75 years after independence, DW Business 2023, https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=140#c315

The British Empire in Colour 42:00-49:00 min about the partition of India and the migration from and to the new country Pakistan that followed, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1OX0rnnYAM

An overview of the immigration routes at the time of the partition of India - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/modern/maps1947/populationtransfer.jpg

CocaCola & Google ads (adapted to the Indian consumers)
CocaCola Small World Machines - Bringing India and Pakistan together, March 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ts_4vOUDImE#action=share

Google Search: Reunion, Google India, app. 9 years ago, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gHGDN9-oFJE#action=share

How to analyse an advertisement or commercial, The English Handbook, Systime.

The poem: The Husband Speaks by Popati Hiranandani (source unknown)
The poem: Household Fires by Indira Sant (source unknown)

Recap: Hofstede's six dimensions, Denmark vs India, https://www.theculturefactor.com/country-comparison-tool

The Indian negotiator by Richard Gesteland, Cross-cultural business behavior, CBS press, 4th edition.

The Danish negotiator by Richard Gesteland, Cross-cultural business behavior, CBS press, 4th edition.

Indian Startups, in the i-book Hot Spot India, https://hotspotindia.systime.dk/?id=135

Video: Top 5 Women Entrepreneurs in India, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KOwYB_3qAE, 2022.

Written assignment: Manuscript for a speech about India's economy, the poor, and youth unemployment
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Manuscript for a speech - delaflevering nr. 1 21-08-2025
English Assignment No. 1: Manuscript for a speech 02-09-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 12 English as Lingua Franca & Career Learning

Primary focus
Learning about English as a global language
Common mistakes for learners of English as a second language
Why has English become the world's lingua franca?
What is the future of English as a lingua franca - in the EU and worldwide?
Career Learning - using your English skills in an international company

Kernetekster:

English as a Lingua Franca, incl. Kachru's model and pidgin and creole English by Trine Østergaard, from the English Handbook, https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/index.php?id=166&L=0

English as a Lingua Franca, incl. Why More and More Japanese Companies are Doing Business in English and Can English Remain the Lingua Franca of the EU? by Gitte Jæger Nehlsen, from Company, Culture, Communication, Systime, https://ccc.systime.dk/index.php?id=230&L=0

Video: New international staff - why UCPH? publ. by University of Copenhagen 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4d-msKi0Aw

Video: Karrierelæring i engelsk - Mette Marie Buhl, udgivet af NCFF 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVhSF4_4ne4

Supplerende stof:
The myth of the Tower of Babel (from the Bible)

Danish MPs English Skills - video clips and examples in writing

Lost in Translation - different examples of cultural noise

Hilarious Chinese Translation Fails
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 9,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 13 Area Study UK II: Immigration & Multiculturalism

Primary focus:
The British Empire
Immigration and Multiculturalism in the UK
What does it mean to be British? How has the concept of Britishness changed since WW2?
Racism, Whiteness and White Privilege in the UK
Structural Racism in the UK

Kernetekster:

Immigration and Integration - a Multicultural Britain?, from the i-book UK NOW, part IV, https://uknow.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=142

The Empire comes home: Immigration to Britain after the Second World War, from the i-book UK NOW, part IV, Chapter 10, https://uknow.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=156

Fear and Hope 2024: Multiculturalism and community resilience, Hopenothate.org.uk, https://hopenothate.org.uk/2024/09/24/fh24-multiculturalism/

Racism, Whiteness and White Privilege, Chapter 3, Sten Pultz Moslund, from Everyone is here - new shapes of diversity and belonging in Britain, Systime 2022, https://everyoneishere.systime.dk/?id=132&L=0

'The Rivers of Blood' Speech by Enoch Powell, Chapter 3, from Everyone is here - new shapes of diversity and belonging in Britain, Systime 2022, https://everyoneishere.systime.dk/?id=146#c309

The short story called 'English Babu' by Vijay Medtia, originally from Migration Stories. Crocus Books, Lancaster Uni, 2009. Fra eksamenssæt hhx dec. 2017.


Supplerende stof:

The poem/rap Where You From? by Riz Ahmed, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DmabQguml4

England and Wales by ethnicity
https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/national-and-regional-populations/population-of-england-and-wales/latest/#by-ethnicity-5-groups

The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk), by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian author who went to live temporarily in the USA to go to college, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Project work: United or Divided? working with the non-fiction texts from class (kerneteksterne)

Written assignment: Write an argumentative essay in which you discuss the issues raised in the UK immgration debate (eksamenssæt dec. 2025).

Written assignment: Step-by-step writing exercise in groups - how to write an analytical essay (fiction)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Procesorienteret skrivning step-by-step notatark 09-01-2026
Argumentative essay: the UK immigration debate 23-01-2026
Group work: United or Divided? 28-01-2026
Analytical essay (group assignment) 03-03-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 19,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde
  • Projektarbejde

Titel 14 The Gig Economy

Primary focus:
to learn about the advantages vs disadvantages of the gig economy as seen from: a societal perspective, the point of view of the companies and on a personal level  

Kernetekster:

Video: Poor worker conditions power gig economy, by Izabella Kaminska, FT Alphaville, 2017.

Gig economy traps workers in precarious existence, by Alex Hern, the Guardian, 29 January 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/29/gig-economy-traps-workers-in-precarious-existence-says-report

3 reasons companies are tapping into the gig economy, by Serenity Gibbons, www.forbes.com, July 21, 2022, https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenitygibbons/2022/07/21/3-reasons-businesses-are-tapping-into-the-gig-economy/?sh=86d3473101c8

'It's a form of modern slavery': MPs on Ken Loach's film about the human costs of the zero-hours economy, by Killian Fox, the Guardian, 6 October 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/06/sorry-we-missed-you-ken-loach-gig-economy-human-cost


Supplerende stof:

Gig Economy Statistics UK, 2024 Industry Report (one page only)

How to analyse a film - The English Handbook

Working with the film 'Sorry, we missed you' by Ken Loach from 2019 (podcast, oral assignment)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 15 Area Study USA II: Trump's America

Primary focus:
Recap of the American values

to rehearse an oral exam in English A-levels

to learn about Trump's second term as President - what he promised and what he actually achieved on:
Immigration
Federal Work Force
Trade and Affordability
Wars
Weaponization of the Justice Department
D.E.I. Purge
Presidential Power


Kernetekst:
Trump Promised Radical Change in His Second Term. Here’s What He’s Done So Far, by Charlie Savage and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times Online, Dec. 27, 2025.


Supplerende stof:

Non-fiction analysis - the English Handbook

Project work: Talking with the teacher in small groups where the students were to summarise, analyse and discuss the text and relate it to material studied in class - as if it were an oral exam (printed text and printed notes).

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Podcast about the gig economy 26-04-2026
Group work presentation 01-05-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Præsentationsgrafik
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning