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1) Write a descriptive and critical account of three of the seminars you have attended in weeks 1-10 of the module. In each case, say what you thought was good about the seminar, what it was about, and what you have learned. You can also comment on any aspect of the teaching or materials that you found particularly (un)helpful.
2) Write a descriptive and critical account of two readings that you have studied in this part of the module. What did they cover? Did you find them useful?
3) You can also use this opportunity to make notes about your learning and development over successive weeks if you find this helpful.
Guidelines to help with the Learner Diary:
3. Module Aims
This module aims to build by giving you the ability to analyse a range of texts from different professional contexts and identify the ways in which power relations between participants operate. In doing so, you will engage with theoretical ideas about language, gender, power and identity at work. Through the use of examples from different professional contexts (for example advertising, law and business) you will gain an extensive knowledge of the social and pragmatic details of professional genres and registers. Building on work carried out in the module it also aims to give you a greater awareness of and skill at participating within particular professional speech events through interactive role play exercises based on interviews and meetings.
• Describe and critically evaluate the linguistic and pragmatic features of distinctive texts from a range of professional fields (for example advertising, media, law, education, politics) and understand how professional speech situations (for example meetings and interviews) operate
• Construct and evaluate complex ideas about the relationship between language and power in professional contexts
You may critically analyze any 2 of the following readings. However, kindly check what was taught in each week (1-10) & select the readings accordingly.
Main Text:
Simpson, P. and Mayr, A. (2010) Language and Power: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
Further Reading
Baxter, J.A. (ed) (2006) The Female Voice in Public Contexts. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cameron, D. (2001) Working with Spoken Discourse. London: Sage.
Cameron, D. (2000) Good to Talk. London: Sage
Cleary, S. (ed) (2008) Communication: A Hands-on Approach. Lansdowne: Junta & Co.
Coates, P. and P. Pichler (2011, 2nd edition) Gender and Language: A Reader. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Drew, P. and Heritage, J. (eds) (1992) Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Durant, A. and M. Lambrou (2009) Language and Media. A Resource Book for Students. Routledge, London.
Fairclough, N. (2001) Language and Power. Harlow: Pearson Educational Ltd.
Fairclough, N. (2010) (2nd Edition) Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
Harrington, K. L.Litosseliti, L, H. Sauntson and Jane Sunderland (eds) (2008) Gender and Language Research Methodologies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Holmes, J. (2006) Gendered Talk at Work. Oxford: Blackwell.
Holmes, J. and Stubbe, M (2003) Power and Politeness in the Workplace. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
Mooney, A., J. Stilwell Peccei, S. Labelle, B. Engoy Harrison,
E.Eppler, A.Irwin, P.Pichler, S. Preece and Satori Soden (2011, 3rd edition) Language, Society and Power: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
Mullany, L (2007) Gendered Discourse in the Professional Workplace. Basingstoke: Macmillan Palgrave.
Van Dijk, T.A. (2008) Discourse and Power. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Wodak, R. and Meyer, M (2009) (2nd edition) Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Sage.
Wodak, R. and Krzyzanowski (2008) Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
You may critically on any three 3 seminars based on the readings.
The seminar schedule was thus:
Block One: Theories and Methods for Analysis (6 weeks). In this introductory block of the course we consider theoretical ideas about the relationships between language, power and authority of different kinds in the workplace. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Conversation Analysis (CA) are introduced as the main analytical and theoretical frameworks for the module and we consider some of the problems inherent in relating a micro-analysis of linguistic features to different ideological positions.
Week 1: 13th October: Introduction to the Course – Studying language and power
Week 2: 20th October: Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
Week 3: 27th October: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse workplace interaction
Week 4: 3rd November: Introduction to Conversation Analysis (CA)
Week 5: 10th November: Using Conversation Analysis to analyse workplace interaction
Week 6: 17th November: Tutorial Week/Reading Week
Block Two: ‘Language and Gender at Work’ (6 weeks) In the second part of the course we focus on gender as a significant social category in relation to language and power in professional contexts. Using the Critical Discourse Analysis presented in block one, we examine a range of professional contexts and attempt to account for the role of language and gender within them. In doing so, we discuss different theoretical ideas about gender and identity, and relate these to the types of analysis that are carried out.
Week 7: 24th November: Introduction to Gender and Language in the Workplace
Week 8: 1st December: Women, men and institutional behaviour: What does the data show?
Week 9: 8th December: Gendered discourses and gender differentiation
Week 10: 15th December: Methods for analysing gender and language in workplace settings
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