Contemporary British literature and society
Introduction to the course
Modrý abstraktní vzor vodových barev na bílém pozadí

Study programme outline
+Contemporary British Literature, Culture and Society
+Contemporary American Literature, Culture and Society
+Literature for Children and Young Adults
+

Course aims and outcomes
+Content: survey of British literature/culture 1945-2000
+Skills: all language skills
+ critical and creative thinking
+ argumentative (framing, formulating and
+ delivering an argument)

+Teaching skills: issue/topic-based learning
+ dialogic teaching
+ flipped classroom
+ cooperative/autonomous learning
+ participatory pedagogy
+ SEE learning

Course requirements
+CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
+1. 80% attendance and active classwork, adequate rapport and punctuality.
+3. Regular home reading and preparation. You must come prepared for every class. That involves
usu. short reading before the class.
+4. Short writing tasks (summaries and arguments), quizzes, one speaking task. No late work is
accepted.
+5. One classroom game (maybe designed in small groups).
+SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
+5.  Abstract and a presentation on a novel selected from the recommended list or based on
negotiation with the instructor.
+Worksheets are optional (for reference).
+The passmark for all the tasks and the course itself is 70%. Students who fail the continuous
assessment may take a resit in the form of a credit test.
+

Aims of today’s lesson
+Create an outline of the period with highlights:
+1945/1959
+1960s
+1970s
+1980s
+1990s

Task
+1. Group or individual, see The Power of Introverts
+2. Explore the decade and choose highlights
+using: textbooks, outlines, Internet sources, Chat GTP
+3. Decide how to process the findings:
+using a mindmap, Stormboard, Jamboard, document collage …
+4. Show/share it