Module Details
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Title ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Code ENGL307
Coordinator Dr KN Simms
English
Knsimms@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

The aim of this module is to equip students with a knowledge of how discourse works at linguistic, metalinguistic, and paralinguistic levels. Students will be exposed to a wide range of discourse types and will learn methodologies (and their theoretical bases) available for analysing them, especially with a view to exposing meanings which would otherwise remain hidden.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) On completion of the module, students will be able to: Understand the theoretical principles behind discourse analysis.

(LO2) Identify a broad range of discourse types.

(LO3) Collect discourse data and analyse them according to an appropriate methodology.

(LO4) Understand the implicit or concealed ideology that motivates discourse.

(S1) Discourse analysis

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation

Syllabus
 

The module will begin with a theoretical overview that will introduce the principles behind discourse analysis, and the methodologies available for analysing discourse. A number of different discourse types will then be examined in turn. They will include: The discourse of news reporting The discourse of advertising Popular writing (magazine features, etc.) Institutional discourse Political disourse Legal discourse Academic discourse Each topic will be introduced by way of weekly lecture. A follow-up workshop will then analyse samples of discourse supplied by both the tutor and the students themselves.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures will introduce the generic methodologies of discourse analysis, and/or the specific techniques of discourse analysis pertaining to various discourse types.
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: In seminars, students will engage in practical discourse analysis, applied to samples of discourse supplied by both the tutor and the students themselves.
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Workshop style

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 18

 18

         36
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 264
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Project There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 (near the beginning of the Examin  Up to 6,000 words    67       
Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 (at approximately the mid-point of   3,000 words    33       

Recommended Texts
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