MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


EIU2130

Making sense of the environment: English as the language of action and reflection

Lorraine Bullock

8 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: EIU2110 or permission of the course convener

Synopsis In this subject second language speakers of English have the opportunity to study English beyond the functional, communicative level and examine it as a language that includes an individual, personal, social and cultural perspective. It is a study of the way in which English evokes, by implication and suggestion, a level of meaning which is not always easily accessible to the second language speaker. Students will have the opportunity to examine a variety of texts, both creative and functional, in which the connotative aspects of the message are governed by the world view of the writer and the cultural values of the context. For the second language speaker, these are messages that are often concealed by the socio-cultural context of the intention and by the historical-cultural determination of the language choices within the text.

Assessment Written (2000 words): 25% + Examination (3 hours): 30% + Seminar participation: 5% + Seminar paper: 15% + Research project: 20% + First exercise: 5%

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