進階流行文化英文(一)

臺北科技大學 115-1 學期課程，課號 366292。

課程大綱

與科學、經濟學和文學等高雅文化學科相比，流行文化（電影、電視節目、流行歌曲）似乎不那麼重要。但流行文化是教育和常識的重要組成部分，尤其對於那些希望成為世界公民、與外國人交流並環遊世界的第二語言學習者更是如此。對於英語作為第二語言（ESL）的學生來說，了解大眾文化並能自如地談論成年人喜歡談論的話題至關重要，而不僅限於研究實驗室和商務會議室。在本課程中，學生將透過閱讀有關流行文化的新聞文章和嚴肅探討流行文化的學術論文，培養批判性思維，並練習基本的英語技能和詞彙；當然，他們還將深入研究各種流行文化文本（例如電影、電視節目和流行歌曲）。 Compared to high culture subjects like science, economics, and literature, popular culture (movies, tv shows, pop songs) may seem less important. But pop culture is a significant part of education and general knowledge, especially for second-language students who want to be citizens of the world, interacting with foreigners and traveling around the world. It is important for ESL students to know about general culture and be comfortable talking about topics that adults like to talk about, outside of research labs and business meeting rooms. In this class students will develop their critical thinking and will practice their basic English skills and vocabulary by reading news articles about popular culture and academic essays that take popular culture seriously; as well as, of course, by studying closely a variety of pop cultural texts (such as movies, tv shows, and pop songs).

課程進度

Week 1: Introduction 2: Questions about and Definitions of Pop Culture (background / intro articles) 3-4: History of Popular Culture / Forms of Pop Culture in Asia and in the West 5-7: Popular Culture in the News 8: Midterm week 9-13: Television and Movies 14-15: Pop Music 16: Finals week 17-18: Self-Study weeks assigned reading assigned videos to watch

評量方式

Grades: Class Exams 80 % University Exams 20% ***Any missing assignments during Weeks 17 and 18 will result in a failing grade. Attendance: a combination of 3 absences or late days or classwork zeroes = -10 points from course grade a combination of 4 absences or late days or classwork zeroes = failing course grade Response pages/videos: each missing/late paper = -10 points from course grade NO LATE PAPERS/VIDEOS WILL BE ACCEPTED Plagiarized papers/videos, papers/videos previously submitted to other classes, and/or AI-generated papers/videos will receive a failing grade.

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念，請使用正版教科書，不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書：否 Texts: course book