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Module Specification
ENGL307 – ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Contents
1. Module Details
2. Aims and Content
3. Module Outcomes (learning outcomes, skills and other attributes)
4. Assessments
5. Learning and Teaching Methods
6. Supplementary Information
1. Module Details
Module Title: ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Short Title: ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Module Code: ENGL307
Marketing Module Synopsis: This module will equip students with a knowledge of how discourse works at linguistic, metalinguistic, and paralinguistic
levels. You will be exposed to a wide range of discourse types and will learn methodologies (and their theoretical bases)
available for analysing them, especially with a view to exposing meanings which would otherwise remain hidden.
Credits: 30
Level: Level 6
Delivery Location(s) Liverpool Campus, Online
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Semester: Second Semester
Academic Year: 2021-22
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School/Institute (Level 2): School of the Arts
Curriculum Board (level 1): English
Module Coordinator: Karl Simms
Other staff: Siobhan Chapman (moderator)
External Examiner(s): David Peplow
Pre-requisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Barred Combinations: N/A
CE/CPD Provision: No
Overview: There are the following non-modular requirements:
An English Language module at Level 5
Notes:
Maximum Places: 54
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Subject: English Language
HESA Cost Centre(s): English Language and Literature
Status: Approved
The table below is automatically completed from programme data held in Curriculum Manager; during 2019/20 it is likely to have no data or incomplete data until all
programme records are in Curriculum Manager.
In Programmes: Programme Validation
Status
Module Status: Programme Stage / Group /
/ Sub-group
English Language (Major) Bachelor of Arts 2019-20 Validated Optional Year 3
Year 3 Semester 2
English (Minor) Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) 2019-20 Validated Optional Year 3
Year 3 Semester 2
English Language Bachelor of Arts 2019-20 Validated Optional Year 3
Year 3 Semester 2
English Language (Joint) Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) 2019-20 Validated Optional Year 3
Year 3 Semester 2
BA Applied English Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) 2019-20 Validated Required Year 3 Semester 1
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In Programmes: Programme Validation
Status
Module Status: Programme Stage / Group /
/ Sub-group
The table below must be completed for module approval, including confirmation that there are zero costs to the student.
Student Cost(s)
Costs range:
Cost Type: Description: Value type
(exact,
approximate or
max/min range):
Cost (exact or
approximate):
Minimum Cost: Maximum Cost:
Student Cost Students may have to buy a small number of
newspapers, magazines etc., depending on the data
they choose to collect.
Approximate 10.00
2. Aims and Content
Educational Aims:
The aim of this module is to equip students with a knowledge of how discourse works at linguistic, metalinguistic, and paralinguistic levels. Students will be exposed to a
wide range of discourse types and will learn methodologies (and their theoretical bases) available for analysing them, especially with a view to exposing meanings which
would otherwise remain hidden.
Outline Syllabus:
The module will begin with a theoretical overview that will introduce the principles behind discourse analysis, and the methodologies available for analysing discourse. A
number of different discourse types will then be examined in turn. They will include:
The discourse of news reporting
The discourse of advertising
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Popular writing (magazine features, etc.)
Institutional discourse
Political discourse
Legal discourse
Academic discourse
Each topic will be introduced by the tutor in Workshops. A follow-up Tutorial will then analyse samples of discourse supplied by both the tutor and the students
themselves.
Reading List: http://readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk/modules/engl307.html
3. Module Outcomes (learning outcomes, skills and other attributes)
Ref No. Learning Outcome / Skill: Category:
LO1 Students will have the ability to understand the theoretical principles behind discourse analysis. Learning Outcomes
LO2 Students will have the ability to identify a broad range of discourse types. Learning Outcomes
LO3 Students will have the ability to collect discourse data and analyse them according to an appropriate
methodology.
Learning Outcomes
LO4 Students will have the ability to understand the implicit or concealed ideology that motivates discourse. Learning Outcomes
S1 Discourse analysis Skills
S2 Communication (oral, written and visual) – Presentation skills Skills
S3 Critical thinking and problem solving – Critical analysis Skills
S4 Critical thinking and problem solving – Evaluation Skills
4. Assessments
Assessment Strategy:
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The core of the assessment strategy is a project, for which the students have researched and collected their own data (this is a Capstone Module for the programmes of
which it is a constituent). By way of preparation for the project, students submit a formative proposal for feedback from their tutor, and give a presentation of work in
progress for both tutor and peer feedback.
All fields in the table below must be completed for module approval.
Coursework Project draft – 3,000
words
Formative Words N/A 2850 3150 N/A % S2 Wk10 No No No
Presentation Presentation
There is a resit
opportunity.
Mark of 0 awarded for
non-attendance.
This is not an
anonymous assessment.
Summative Minutes 5 N/A N/A Approximate 20 % S2 Wk12 No No No
Coursework Project
There is a resit
opportunity.
Standard UoL penalty
applies for late
submission.
This is an anonymous
assessment.
Summative Words N/A 3800 4200 N/A 80 % S2 Wk13 No No Yes
Please see Appendix 1 for details of the outcomes tested by the above assessments. Method Description Type Units of Length Length Min
Max
Description
(re length)
Weighting
Assessment
period(s)
Group Work
Must Pass
Final
Assessment
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5. Learning and Teaching Methods
Summary of Learning and Teaching Methods:
Teaching method 1: Two one-hour Workshops per week.
Description: Workshops will introduce the generic methodologies of discourse analysis, and/or the specific techniques of discourse analysis pertaining to various
discourse types.
Attendance Recorded: No
Teaching method 2: One one-hour Tutorial per week.
Description: In Tutorials, students will engage in practical discourse analysis, applied to samples of discourse supplied by both the tutor and the students themselves.
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Scheduled directed student hours: 33
Unscheduled directed student hours: 267
Notes:
Description of how self-directed learning hours may be used: Sourcing and selecting material for analysis; seminar preparation; presentation and project research and
writing.
The following table must be completed for module approval, accounting for all hours associated with the credit value of the module, e.g. for 15 credits there should be
150 hours of learning and teaching activity, including independent learning.
Learning and Teaching
Method:
Length (Minutes): Times per Week (if
applicable):
Number of Weeks (if
applicable):
Calculated Hours (if
applicable):
Hours:
Self-Directed Learning N/A N/A 16 N/A 267
Workshop 60 2 11 N/A 22
Tutorial 60 1 11 N/A 11
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6. Supplementary Information
If a risk assessment is required for this
module for students under 18, please
record a summary of the risks:
N/A
Module Specification Appendix 1: Assessments and the Outcomes Tested
Module Title ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Module Code ENGL307
In the table below, all fields should be completed for approval, except for the Weighting field for a Formative Type assessment method.
Assessment Method Type Weighting Marked out of Pass Mark Learning Outcomes /
Skills Tested
Coursework Formative % 0 0 LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, S1,
S2, S3, S4
Presentation Summative 20 % 100 40 LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, S1,
S2, S3, S4
Coursework Summative 80 % 100 40 LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, S1,
S2, S3, S4