BR1110 - Language, Text and Power

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Subject not available to Undergraduate students other than those enrolled into the Tertiary Access Courses

This subject introduces students to language where texts are examined for how they are used, by whom and for what purpose. The theory and practice of language use is also introduced, emphasising how spoken and written texts, work in a range of social, cultural and community contexts. The use of language in academic, filmic and scientific texts; literature; and popular media will be explored. Students will examine texts and develop techniques of analytical and critical reading, and look at the development of logic in the argument as discourse and how these relate to various texts.

Learning Outcomes

• read and analyse a range of academic texts including various genres such as literature, film, mathematical, graphic and tabular information;
• engage with a range of print and film texts applying knowledge and understanding of literary genres and techniques in the appraisal of selected texts;
• analyse the way in which texts operate as social practices within social, historical, political and scientific contexts and within relations of power and ideology;
• critically review texts to reveal the underlying logic and premises upon which their arguments are constructed;
• critically analyse and interpret a range of texts demonstrating skills of academic writing as well as knowledge of literary terms and conventions of literary criticism.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	Ms Lynette Ireland
Lecturer:	jc146178.
Contact hours:	52 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	Ms Lynette Ireland.
Contact hours:	52 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	Ms Lynette Ireland.
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