552.300 (21W) Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics

Wintersemester 2021/22

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First course session
11.10.2021 12:00 - 14:00 N.0.42 On Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

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Lecturer
Course title german Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Blended learning course
Online proportion 50%
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 7 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction Englisch
Course begins on 11.10.2021
eLearning Go to Moodle course

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of this seminar, students will be familiar with ecology as an important social and cultural space in which language and discourse play a major role. Students will deepen their knowledge of linguistic and discursive practices and their constitutive functions in the field of ecology and its related discourses. In addition, students will familiarize themselves with adquate linguistic methods to analyze ecological discourses and ideologies behind them.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

- theoretical input and discussion of major sociolinguistic and applied linguistic research on the language and discourses of ecology

- critical reading and discussion of relevant literature

- practical work with authentic data from documentaries, social media, broad sheet press etc. 

- student presentations

Course content

The seminar on ecolinguistics will cover the following thematic domains

- the language of nature, environment and ecology

- discourses on climate and climate change

- greenwashing

- discourses on food & health 

- discourses of animals 

.... 

In addition, methods of (critical) discourse analysis and other linguistics methods to unravel eco-discourses will be covered

Prior knowledge expected

Students should be familiar with linguistic concepts such as discourse etc. and should be interested and willing to participate in critical discussions and critical thinking. 

Literature

Stibbe, Arren (2021). Ecolinguistics. Language, ecology and the stories we live by. London/ New York: Routledge.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Students are required to hold an oral presentation, to write a seminar paper (details to be explained on the seminar accompanying syllabus) and actively participate (i.e. read all the required literature, participate in discussions) in the seminar. 

Examination topic(s)

Thematic scope of both, oral presentation and seminar paper, are available on the syllabus. 

Based on the seminar program, students register for broad topics, whose specification will be discussed with me.  Students are invited to make suggestions and come up with relevant literature

Additional literature for both, presentation and seminar paper, are available on moodle

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

oral presentation: 

- adequate academic presentation and discussion of the topic

written term paper:

 - seminar paper meets formal requirement (layout, ToC, language, structure, references & referencing, length) and is submitted on time

- adequate academic presentation (both formally and language-wise) and discussion of the topic

- sufficient use of appropriate and up-to-date literature

active participation in class

- students must read all the required prep.reading

- participate in class

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium (Compulsory subject)
      • 7.1 (a) Focus on Linguistics ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 552.300 Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Kombination (Compulsory elective)
      • 10.1 Freie Kombination ( 0.0h SE / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 552.300 Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Vertiefung (Compulsory elective)
      • 10.1 Vertiefung ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 552.300 Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 552.300 SE Focus on Linguistics: Ecolinguistics – Language, Discourse and the Environment (2.0h / 6.0ECTS)