3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020588EER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Martina Temmerman (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

13 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
64 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Students are introduced to insights from conversation analysis and
 linguistic discourse analysis and learn how to apply them in practice
 to media texts (spoken and written genres: political speeches, advertising,
new and social media). Argumentation analysis is an important
aspect of discourse analysis.
 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Documenten op de elektronische leeromgeving, Canvas
Additional info

.Support by arrangement and after classes

Learning Outcomes

Eindcompetenties

The student:
• has meta-linguistic knowledge of semantics and pragmatics • can analyse and assess texts from different genres • can describe the research methods that are used in text and discourse analysis • can apply these research methods independently and in a focused manner   • has insights into how to construct an argument and the drafting of texts, and into the power of certain argumentation strategies
 

Eindcompetenties

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Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The open book exam takes place in a computer room. Online sources may be consulted. Communication with others is not allowed.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Translation: 2 talen (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Interpreting: 2 talen
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingual Mediation and Communication - 2 languages
Master of Teaching in Languages: 1 taal (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: 2 talen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)