ERIC Number: EJ1089438
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Teaching Popular Culture in a Second Language University Context
Pierson-Smith, Anne; Chik, Alice; Miller, Lindsay
Pedagogies: An International Journal, v9 n3 p250-267 2014
This article examines an established course on Popular Culture which is framed within the general educational model in an English-medium university. The article is organized into three parts: the underlining educational rationale for general educational courses, the course description, and the students' perspectives of their learning experience. This course aims primarily to develop students' abilities to analyse critical issues and approaches in the study of popular culture. Both locally and globally situated popular cultural references are used in this course to motivate students to think and learn beyond their immediate popular cultural practices. We problematize issues that have arisen in the course such as pedagogy, language, culture and agency, and discuss the implications these have for developing and teaching such courses in a multicultural higher-education environment, enabling more critical analysis by students as second language learners.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Departments, General Education, Course Descriptions, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience, Critical Thinking, Multicultural Education, Teaching Methods, Cultural Context, Assignments, Essays, Group Activities, Public Speaking, Reflection, Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory, Cultural Awareness, Language Usage, Language of Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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