BG11 (Basic Course)
4th Term
Shakespeare and His Time
New Swan Shakespeare Macbeth ISBN 978-0-582-52711-9
Since the drama and explanatory notes are available online students need not buy the paper edition. As usual, summary is required - copy&paste is not acceptable.
3rd Term
Contemporary Britain & English as a Global Language
Daz 4 Zoe
Robert Swindells
ISBN: 978-3-12-573795-2 (3-12-573795-8)
€ 6,99
available at http://www.klett.de
The book will be presented by the students after the autumn holidays in groups of two. Therefore it has to be read during the autumn holidays.
2nd Term
Identity and Diversity
The Accidental Billionaires
Ben Mezrich
ISBN: 978-3-425-04817-8, € 9,95
available at http://www.diesterweg.de
The Accidental Billionaires is a 2009 book by Ben Mezrich about the founding of Facebook, adapted by Columbia Pictures for the 2010 film The Social Network. The book will be presented by the students after the easter holidays in groups of two. Therefore it has to be read during the easter holidays.
There Will Come Soft Rains, short story by Ray Bradbury
1st Term
Global Challenges
Q and A
Vikas Swarup
ISBN: 978-0552772501, € 6,60, available at http://www.amazon.de/
"Masterfully told in the order of the questions on the show, we are presented with twelve amazing adventures in Ram's pillar-to-post life."
In 2008, the book was adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning movie Slumdog millionaire. Available at YouTube as FULL MOVIE HQ
The book will be presented by the students after the autumn holidays in groups of two. Therefore it has to be read during the autumn holidays.
Film: Outsourced