COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study and analyze different types of discourse critically. To this end, the focus will be on the basic concepts, i.e. the relationship between discourse (language use)-society-ideology-power. Students will be asked to analyse verbal and written texts, so that they can develop awareness on the implicit/covert idologies in the texts and their effecs on the reader/listener.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Bartu, H. (2002). A Critical Reading Course. Istanbul: Boğaziçi University Press.
Bloor, M ve Bloor, T. (2007). The practice of Critical Discourse Analysis. London: OUP.
Coulthard, C. R. C. ve Coulthard, M. (haz.) (2003). Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis. London & New York: Routledge.
Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and Social Change. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis: The critical study of language. Essex: Longman.
Fairclough, Norman (2003). Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. London: Routledge.
Özyıldırım,I. I. (2010). Tür Çözümlemesi. Ankara: Bilgesu Yayıncılık.
Richardson, J. E. (2007). Analysing Newspapers. NY: Palgrave Mac Millian.
Van Dijk, T. A. (-). Critical Discourse Analysis. http://www.discourses.org/OldArticles/Critical%20discourse%20analysis.pdf. Erişim tarihi: 20.01.2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Question and answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term exam, final exam and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes