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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Text and Context
Module Code	EN105
School	SALIS
Online Module Resources
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

In this module, students will investigate: the ways in which texts refect or express their context; the interactive nature of language; and the role of social context in the formation of texts, written and spoken. The module presents a theoretical framework for analysis of the contextual features of texts and introduces students to different text-types, registers and styles.The minimum exit level for this module is B1:2

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify social and contextual features of text.
2. Critically analyse social and contextual features of text.
3. Analyse texts from a socially interactive perspective.
4. Describe and explain language variation in English.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Seminars	12	No Description
Independent learning time	88	Students will complete a number of discourse analysis workheets to be discussed in class. Students will read a number of texts on langauge awareness and discourse analysis.
Assignment	25	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative content.
1. Introduction to the relationship between language and context through analysis of specific texts, 2. Focus on use and users of language, 3. Spoken discourse, including forms of address, medium, features of spoken discourse, non-standard forms, 4. Analysing the context of written texts: the register approach, textuality,addressors, addressees and text participants, style as audience design,settings, 5. Text-type, genre, theme and interaction, 6. Text and ideology: the explicit and the implicit, point of view, the "marketization of public discourse", "politically correct" language.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Students will analyse either a written or spoken discourse using the tools provided during the semester.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Brown G. & Yule G.: 1983, Discourse Analysis, Cambridge University Press.,
Nunan, D.: 0, Introducing Discourse Analysis. (1993)., Penguin Books, 0140813659, 9780140813654
Thornbury, S.: 0, About language, Cambridge University Press, 978-0-521-42720-3

Other Resources

None

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