ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Academic Year 2019/2020 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Douglas Ponton
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: L-LIN/12 - Language and translation - English
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: L-LIN/12 - Language and translation - English
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Course Structure
LF
Frontal lesson, pair and small groupwork, reading, translation and summary, video and listening exercises
Detailed Course Content
Some speeches by prominent 20th/21st century politicians: Tony Benn, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Theresa May and Winston Churchill. Studies of the social context of the various speeches and application of the critical methodology to their elucidation.
Textbook Information
The texts are all available on Studium