BR1224 - Critical Literacy: Text Analysis

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Division of Tropical Environments & Societies

Available to Tertiary Access students only.

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 23-Aug-2018
Coord/Lect:	Dr Dianna Hardy.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars - Weekly workshops
Assessment:	in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); text/image textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coord/Lect:	Dr Dianna Hardy.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars - Weekly workshops
Assessment:	in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); text/image textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2018
Coordinator:	Dr Dianna Hardy
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars - Weekly workshops
Assessment:	in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); text/image textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	Dr Dianna Hardy
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars - Weekly workshop.
Assessment:	in-class news article analysis (30%); essays (40%); text/image textual analysis presentation (group work), or textual analysis, written (individual task) (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.