Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Cultural and Intercultural Competency - Utilise intercultural knowledge in order to understand, analyse, and contextualise in the practice of translation.
• Be familiar with the political, social and cultural environment of the working language and the chosen foreign languages, as well as a sustained effort to keep abreast of all new developments in those areas.
• Be able to recognise the socio-cultural components underlying an oral or written text.
• Analyse the assumptions, implicit or explicit, allusions, stereotypes and intertextuality of any oral or written document.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Through this course, students will be able to:
- identify and describe the main aspects of American popular culture;
- research and evaluate appropriate documents about specific American culture subjects.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Introduction to popular culture in the US through its genres, media and heroic figures (comics, cinema & animation, TV series, etc.).
Pop culture vs. real America: exploring American society through the lens of its most representative pop culture products, both historical and contemporary.

Prior Experience

The class is taught in English, command of English at CEFR B2 level is recommended.