Anglais sur objectifs universitaires et scientifiques B2-C1

Atteindre le niveau utilisateur indépendant (B2) et viser le niveau utilisateur indépendant (C1).

The English class will be organised accordingly : a set of 10 topics will be presented so that 5 may be chosen by the group.

1/ Religion:

The Pilgrim fathers: has religion shaped America?

A look at organising into religions communities, religion and governance, conservatism and reaction.

2/ Did Anglicanism lead the making of the UK?

The schism with Roman Catholicism, Monarchy and religion, from dignified to efficient power 3/ E Pluribus Unum: from community to communitarianism Many religious communities co-existing, the expansion west and the war with Native Americans, slavery and the Civil War 4/ The Industrial Revolution: a game changer A change in the way the country is working, in redefining the population, in the way the economy is working, in the way Art is influenced and the other way around.

5/ From colonization to decolonisation :

The reason for the expansion, from colony to commonwealth, the aftermath of colonization (the Windrush generation) 6/ Black is beautiful De-segregation and its aftermath (the fight against Civil Rights, Martin Luther King and peaceful protests, Black Muslims and the major figures, The Black Panthers and the major figures. The way it influenced Art and the other way around.

7/ Deregulation on either side of the Atlantic.

The numerous acceptations of “responsibility” in the way it re-shaped the US and Britain (devolution, welfare, education, employment, society landmarks and art) 8/ Laughing life away: Humour on either side of the Atlantic.

Example of British humourous shows (the Monty Pythons, not the 9 o'clock news, Lawrie and Fry, Rowan Atkinson) Example of American humour (the Apollo theatre, TV shows….) What type of Society is being portrayed?

9/ Progress and new technologies Technologies for upgrading the world Technologies as revealing basic instincts Can mankind coexist with technology?

10/ What future holds for the world in which we live Eugenics: normalizing the best version of us Humans and robots: re-thinking human interactions Transhumanism