Please choose a maximum of three from the following courses and indicate your priority.
Group 1 Spray / Grammar in Context
This course uses modern literature to develop participants’ understanding of English grammar. We will examine short texts with an eye to ‘parsing’ – or deconstructing and analysing the grammar of texts to understand how they work. Assessment will be through a written close reading of a text and an in-class presentation.
Group 2 Spray / Grammar in Context
This course uses modern literature to develop participants’ understanding of English grammar. We will examine short texts with an eye to ‘parsing’ – or deconstructing and analysing the grammar of texts to understand how they work. Assessment will be through a written close reading of a text and an in-class presentation.
Group 3 Ball / Humour in British Culture
Using examples taken from television, literature, everyday discourse, stand-up comedy, and visual art, this course explores the use of humour in British culture. A defining characteristic of Britishness, instances of humour will be examined in a range of contexts, exploring theoretical models for its analysis, its social function and its potential for offensiveness. The course develops students’ ability to understand, describe, and analyse particular examples of humour, along with opportunities to practise their critical writing skills.
Group 4 Ball / Humour in British Culture
Using examples taken from television, literature, everyday discourse, stand-up comedy, and visual art, this course explores the use of humour in British culture. A defining characteristic of Britishness, instances of humour will be examined in a range of contexts, exploring theoretical models for its analysis, its social function and its potential for offensiveness. The course develops students’ ability to understand, describe, and analyse particular examples of humour, along with opportunities to practise their critical writing skills.
Group 5 Kelly / Learning Language with Literature
Short stories by American, British, and Irish authors form the basis of this course. Each short story has its own particular linguistic features and can be deconstructed quite easily and effectively for the purpose of practical grammatical analysis and language acquisition. By examining authentic literary texts, students have the opportunity to see how different writers have their own unique way of using language, structure and form to create a particular style and can apply this to their class assignments and essays.
Group 6 Arnold / Written vs. Spoken Language
Group 7 Arnold / Written vs. Spoken Language
Group 8 Gibbels / Literature and Linguistics
The course looks at how linguistic tools can support meaningful academic analyses of literary works. You will have ample opportunity to try things out and become more familiar with linguistic concepts and terminology on the way.
Group 9 Gibbels / Basics of Academic Writing
The course investigates differences between academic texts and other forms of writing. It practices fundamentals of academic writing and provides ample opportunity for practice.
Group 10 Gibbels / Language and Literary Studies
The course introduces to basic literary analysis approaches and fundamentals of academic writing.
Group 11 Bowskill / The UK Today
Based on the analysis of contemporary oral and written material from a variety of sources (e.g. academic, journalistic and social media) aspects of contemporary British and Northern Irish institutions will be discussed. Based on an analysis of the language and style used in these texts, participants will practise mediation and writing essays, based on the content of the materials discussed.
Group 12 NN / Steps to Academic Writing
This course focuses on the participants' first approach to writing in an academic context comprising the key skills needed to describe, analyze, and criticize. Participants will be acquainted with the basics of critical thinking and media literacy, developing an argument, applying academic style, and evaluation plus use of sources. A substantial part of the course will be dedicated to the development and practice of the participants' writing competence.
Group 13 NN / Steps to Academic Writing
This course focuses on the participants' first approach to writing in an academic context comprising the key skills needed to describe, analyze, and criticize. Participants will be acquainted with the basics of critical thinking and media literacy, developing an argument, applying academic style, and evaluation plus use of sources. A substantial part of the course will be dedicated to the development and practice of the participants' writing competence. |
