BBI 3303 Overview

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BBI 3303 Overview

• Department of English
• Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication
• UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
• Bachelor of Arts (English Language)

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Course Overview

• BBI 3303
• (LANGUAGE AND POWER) (30)
• Lecturer
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Faiz Abdullah

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Contact Information

• Room No. 212, 2nd Floor, Admininistration Block
  FMLC UPM
• Tel [phone]
• H/P 6012-9789764
• E-mail faiz_at_upm.edu.my
• Or drfaiz_at_streamyx.com

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Course Objectives

• By the end of the course, students will be able
  to
• understand power dimensions underlying language
  use within specific socio-cultural contexts,
• critically evaluate a variety of texts,
  particularly in the mass media, and
• communicate effectively for their own needs and
  purposes.

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Course Synopsis

• Perspectives of language, power, and
  ideology based on an understanding of discourse
  as socio-cultural practice
• a critical approach to language study
• Areas of focus are belief systems, points of
  view, the cultural baggage that speakers bring to
  their dealings with language, cultural ideas
  about the value of literacy and valued texts,
  intertextuality, discourses of power, and
  speaker/reader positioning.
• Sample texts will be investigated to discern
  ideological dimensions, power relations, and
  related points of view
• To help students develop a critical awareness for
  language and hence empowerment through discourse.

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Evaluation Scheme

• Tasks 20
• Mini-project 20
• Mid-semester test 20
• Final examination 40
• Total 100

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• Textbook
• Fairclough, N. (2001). Language and Power. 2nd
  ed. London Longman

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• Recommended Reading
• Kress, G. 1985. Linguistic Processes in
  Sociocultural Practice. Oxford Oxford University
  Press.
• Van Dijk, T. A. (1998). Ideology A
  Multidisciplinary Approach. London Sage,
• Van Dijk, T. A. (1997). Discourse as Structure
  and Process. London Sage.
• More later...