BR1224 - Critical Literacy: Text Analysis
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Division of Tropical Environments & Societies |
In this English subject students are introduced to ways of critically analysing a variety of texts for academic purposes to identify bias. This will be achieved through exploration of definitions for critical literacy; and an examination of the structure of texts using informal logic and persuasive devices. A range of documents will be examined for analysis. Please note only those students based on Thursday Island can enrol in Limited Mode.
Learning Outcomes
- identify bias in purpose (why) and authorship (who)of various texts (what);
- recognise and apply techniques (how) of persuasion to bias in a range of text types (print and visual);
- assess and present informal logic in arguments including the use of statistics in texts;
- develop the ability to deconstruct texts at an introductory level to examine bias and logic.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Dianna Hardy. |
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| Assessment: | in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%). |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Dianna Hardy. |
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| Assessment: | in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Dianna Hardy |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Dianna Hardy |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%). |
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