At the end of the course, students should have:
1. Become familiar with the basic concepts and assumptions of different theoretical frameworks in the discipline, and developed the ability to critically question and evaluate these assumptions.
2. Acquired a general understanding of the basic concepts, main topics and issues involved in the critical analysis of discourse.

3. Developed the ability to understand research papers in the field, evaluate analyses, and communicate these research findings through clear, well-organized oral presentations.
4. Developed the ability to identify and analyse linguistic data, and provide an interpretation of the relationship to ideological phenomena.
5. Developed the ability to identify a certain phenomenon or problem area, formulate research questions or hypotheses supported by a critical review of the literature, collect and organize linguistic data, and to design the research methodology and carry out the appropriate analysis to confirm or disprove the hypotheses, and provide an interpretation of the relationship to ideological phenomena.
6. Developed the ability to produce an original empirical research paper, which communicates and discusses research results, adhering to scholarly conventions in research, writing and documentation.

7. Become more effective in your reading and academic writing, and develop attention to detail, interpretive skills, critical thinking, creativity and scientific integrity.

This course combines presentation of new terms, concepts and readings materials with the discussion and analysis of samples of naturally occurring discourse.
Handouts, readings and further information will be provided through Campus Virtual.

Students are expected to participate actively in class, and are required to make presentations and discuss readings, carry out analysis of samples of discourse, and write a term paper.

Students are required to write a term paper.

Research paper: Empirical study of some topic/issue dealt with in the course.
The paper should include: Aim, critical review of literature, theoretical framework, formulation of research questions and/or hypotheses, description of methodology, analysis of authentic data, discussion of results and conclusions (20-25 pp., typed, double-spaced, with bibliography & appendix).

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(i) Class Participation & Assignments: 40%
Assignment 1: Critical evaluation of a published research paper (chosen from Readings for presentations). Oral presentation: Summary & critique of article or chapter chosen + handout (Time limit: 30 min.)
Assignment 2: Text analysis task in which students are required to identify and analyse linguistic data, and provide an interpretation of the relationship to ideological phenomena.

(ii) Research Paper: 60%
Empirical research paper on one or more topics in the course.

Grade Computation:
(i) Class work (40%): Participation (10%) + Assignment 1 (15%) + Assignment 2 (15%)
(ii) Research Paper (60%)

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Chilton, P. (2004). Analysing Political Discourse. London: Routledge.
Fairclough, N. (1989). Language and Power. Harlow : Longman.
Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. London: Longman.
Flowerdew, John & John E. Richardson (eds.) (2018) The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics). New York: Taylor and Francis.
Fowler, R., B. Hodge, G. Kress and T. Trew. (1979). Language and Control. London: Routledge.
Holmes, Janet & Miriam Meyerhoff (eds.) (2003) The Handbook of Language and Gender. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Hughes, G. (2010). Political Correctness. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
Talbot, Mary (1998/2010). Language and Gender. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Van Dijk, T. A. (1998). Ideology. A Multidisciplinary Approach. London: Sage.
van Dijk, T. A. (2005) Critical Discourse Analysis. In: Deborah Schiffrin, Deborah Tannen & Heidi E. Hamilton (eds.) The Handbook of Discourse Analysis. (Chapter 18). Oxford: Blackwell. 352-371.
van Dijk, T.A. (2008). Discourse and Power. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
van Dijk, T.A. (2014) Discourse and Knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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