This course aims to (i) enable students to explore the connection between both discourse and society on the one hand, and the development and reproduction of ideologies in society and related issues of power and solidarity on the other; (ii) increase awareness of the influence of ideology on our daily texts, and on our lives, (iii) enhance students’ skills in carrying out a systematic ideological analysis of discourse in order to recognize implied meanings and competing social values present in discourse; (iv) stimulate students to reflect critically on the socio-ideological issues related to language.

Written assignment: 50%
In-class test: 50%