Reading Exercises:
Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:
Connote; horticulture;
betterment or refinement; encompassing; albeit; the
folk-spirit ; inwardness;
predominant; scholars; succeed; grounded
; holistically; disseminated; manifest;
to expose; to reconcile; a commitment; subject matter
Exercise 2. Answer the questions:
1 What basic senses is the word "culture" commonly used in ?
2) What meanings did the term "culture" have in American anthropology ?
3) What doesCultural studies combine?
4) What five main characteristics of cultural studies does the author list in his book Introducing Cultural Studies?
Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:
1. Culture is a term |
a) popular among a diverse group of scholars. |
2. The etymology of the modern term "culture"
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b) when he founded the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. |
3. Cultural studies is an academic discipline
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c) has a classical origin. |
4. The term was coined by Richard Hoggart in 1964 |
d) that has many different inter-related meanings. |
Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:
The "term "culture," which (originally/ primarily) meant the cultivation of the soul or mind, (acquires/ gets) most of its later modern meanings in the writings of the eighteenth-century German thinkers. Two primary meanings of culture (emerge/ arise ) from this period: culture as the folk-spirit having a unique identity, and culture as cultivation of inwardness or free individuality. The first meaning is( predominant/ prevalent) in our current use of the term "culture," although the second still plays a large role in what we think culture should achieve, namely the full "expression" of the unique of "authentic" self.
Speaking Exercises:
Exercise 1. Describe fine arts; humanities ; cultivation ; horticulture; education, culture ; using the suggested words and expressions as in example:
fine arts; such as sculpture; painting; or music; any of the art forms; used to create such art.
example: Any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting, or music, used to create such art. |
humanities ;
such as philosophy, literature, and art; those branches of knowledge; that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts.
cultivation ;
the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants.
development, esp through education, training, etc.
horticulture;
the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.
education;
The knowledge or skill ; obtained or developed ; by a learning process.
culture ;
the act of developing; the intellectual and moral faculties; especially by education.
Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:
1) Question: ___________________________________________ ?