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Advanced Practical English: Discourse Analysis

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Course ID:	4219-FL208
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Advanced Practical English: Discourse Analysis
Name in Polish:	Advanced Practical English: Discourse Analysis (Praktyczny język angielski zaawansowany: analiza dyskursu)
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	All classes - weekday programme - 2nd cycle
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Advanced English Practice: Discourse Analysis (C1/C2) introduces students to the basic elements of discourse analysis and its many applications in humanities and social sciences. The course aims to prepare students to participate in advanced academic courses, to carry out discourse analysis of diverse corpus of cultural texts and to write academic papers that employ critical discourse analysis.
Full description:	The course will familiarize students with the basic features of critical discourse analysis and will show how the English language functions in selected areas of social, cultural and political life. Students will have an opportunity to learn main methods of discourse analysis when it comes to both oral and written texts, with a special emphasis placed on a critical understanding of power relations and the ways language can be used to support, co-produce, contest and mold these relations. The course will include such elements as pairwork, group work, film and podcast screenings, workshops and individual work. Some of the primary materials analyzed by students will include: literary works, political debates, marketing campaigns, famous speeches, art manifestos etc. Importantly, the course emphasizes ways to apply discourse analysis and aims to elevate students’ Academic English writing and speaking skills. Modules: Introduction to discourse analysis Foucault and power relations Literary and poetic language Social media discourses Political discourses Language in marketing and social communication Language of cinema
Bibliography:	Berger, Arthur Asa. Applied Discourse Analysis: Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life. Palgrave, 2016. Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Discipline and Punish : the Birth of the Prison. New York: Pantheon Books, 1977. Lazar, Michelle M. (ed.) Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Gender, Power, and Ideology. Palgrave, 2008. Litosseliti, Lia, and Jane Sunderland (eds.) Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis. John Benjamins, 2002. Machin, David and Andrea Mayr. How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Introduction. Sage, 2012. Sutherland, Sean. A Beginner’s Guide to Discourse Analysis. Macmillan International, 2016. Taylor, Stephanie. What is Discourse Analysis? Bloomsbury, 2013. Wildfeuer, Janina. Film Discourse Interpretation: Towards a New Paradigm for Multimodal Film Analysis. Routledge, 2014. (Course materials might be changed at a later date.)
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course, the student: KNOWLEDGE knows advanced terminology connected with discourse analysis in humanities and social sciences in English knows basic tools and methods of critical discourse analysis SKILLS can apply critical discourse analysis in spoken and written English at the C1/C2 level can participate in academic discussions, formulate opinions and take a position in a clear and correct way COMPETENCES is ready to prepare different written works based on discourse analysis is able to identify and name discursive elements in social and political life
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	50% final test 20% participation 30% 3 responses

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO CW TU W TH CW FR
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Natalia Pamuła
Group instructors:	İbrahim Mertcan Alçınkaya, Izabella Kimak
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Examination:	Course - Grading Classes - Grading

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