Teaching textual analysis in modern languages
Date: 13 November, 2009
Location: University of Bath, Building 8 West, Room 2.8
Event type: Seminar
This event is organised by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath.
The conference will bring together colleagues interested in sharing their experience in teaching and assessing Reading, Textual Analysis and Textual Commentary as part of modern language degree programmes.
The day will address issues relevant to both 'language' and 'content' courses.
Fees
There is no charge to attend this event for employees and postgraduate students of publicly funded UK higher educational institutions and other institutions with a subscription to the Higher Education Academy. The fee for employees and postgraduate students of private institutions/organisations and non-UK institutions is £40.
Lunch will be provided. We reserve the right to charge a £50.00 non-attendance fee.
Travel bursary
A travel bursary is available for this event. Deadline for applications is the 2 November, 2009.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10.15-10.45 | Arrival and coffee (Building 8 West, Room 2.8) |
| 10.45-11.00 | Welcome |
| To: Room 2.30 | |
| 11.15-11.45 | Framing and Re-framing: contrastive text analysis Dr Karen Seago, City University, London, Centre for Translation Studies |
| 11.45-12.15 | Diagnosing Problems with Students' Grammar: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Analysis Approach Diana Hopkins, University of Bath, English Language Centre  Integrating grammar into our IELTS syllabuses (Word File, 40Kb) |
| 12.15-12.45 | Berlusconi's "abbronzato" gaffe: Using Frame Analysis to Teach the Political Implications of Vocabulary in Italian Newspapers Isabella Stefanutti and Elena Minelli, University of Bath, Dept of European Studies and Modern Languages  Slides (PowerPoint, 1.8Mb) |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-14.30 | Manuscripts and Multimedia: Analysing 19th-century Spanish Texts Dr Rhian Davies, University of Sheffield, Dept of Hispanic Studies Slides (PowerPoint, 32Kb) The First Paragraph of Torquemada en la hoguera (Word File, 32Kb) Worksheet for the session on ‘Text’ (Word File, 72Kb) |
| 14.30-15.00 | Text - Context - Discourse. Text and Discourse Analysis as Cultural Studies from a Linguistic Point of View Dr Melani Schroeter, University of Reading, Dept of German Studies |
| 15.00-15.30 | The Sounds of Women's Silence: A Short Comparative Textual Analysis of extracts from Vera Panova's "The Factory" and Merce Rodoreda's "Diamond Square" Dr Margaret Tejerizo, University of Glasgow, Dept of Slavonic Studies |
| 15.30-16.00 | Tea and concluding panel discussion |
| Using textual analysis to teach written French Dr Isabelle Baron, University of Bath, Dept of European Studies and Modern Languages Working notes (Word File, 64.0Kb) |
