BR1224 - Critical Literacy: Text Analysis
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Indigenous Australian Studies |
In this English subject students are introduced to ways of critically analysing a variety of texts for academic purposes. This will be achieved through reflection upon the structure of texts using informal logic and persuasive devices. A range of documents will be examined for analysis from the media and popular culture, public everyday texts, science and health related texts and oral transcripts.
Learning Outcomes
- identify devices of persuasion and techniques of bias in a range of text types (print and visual);
- assess informal logic in arguments and evaluate the use of statistics in texts;
- develop critical ability in relation to reading, speaking and writing;
- critically analyse the social construction in texts in relation to the who, how and why;
- develop the ability to deconstruct texts at an introductory level.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to evaluate that information.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); presentations (20%); written evaluative response to a text article (40%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay. |
| Method of Delivery: | and WWW - LearnJCUPrinted materials |
| Assessment: | assignments (50%); online discussions (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Must have computer and internet access to LearnJCU |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | other exams (40%); presentations (20%); written evaluative response to text article (40%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay. |
| Method of Delivery: | and WWW - LearnJCUPrinted materials |
| Assessment: | assignments (50%); online discussions (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Must have computer and internet access to LearnJCU |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); presentations (20%); written evaluative response to a text article (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Ms Lynette Mackay, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | other exams (40%); presentations (20%); written evaluative response to a text article (40%). |
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