CRITICAL LITERACY - ENHANCEMENT

Course Information
TitleΚΡΙΤΙΚΟΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ - ΕΜΒΑΘΥΝΣΗ / CRITICAL LITERACY - ENHANCEMENT
Title in GermanΚritische Literalität
CodeΑΚ0227-ΕΜ
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolGerman Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600014633

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)

Registered students: 38
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSEPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪSWinter/Spring-3

Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600207827
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The course introduces students to critical literacy issues. It is distinguished from functional literacy. It is linked to the development of those skills that will enable students / prospective citizens to function effectively in different communicative contexts but also to critically produce and receive a wide range of genres. It is examined at both a macro and a micro level. The macro-level concerns the dominant literacy practices of a linguistic community. The micro-level refers to the "critical language awareness", i.e. the sensitization of students to implicit ideological meanings produced in specific texts (e.g. racist use of language in the media). We will focus on the study of representations about Germans / Germany in Greece in a wide range of texts from public discourse (newspapers, advertising, television). The critical awareness of the ethno-cultural stereotypes accompanying German and ‘Germanness’ in Greece is particularly important for the teacher who is required to teach German as an optional course in the Greek school.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: • understand the basic concepts related to critical literacy • has knowledge of some tools of critical discourse analysis • critically distinguish the linguistic mechanisms of text production and the ideological meanings inherent in them • use the methodologies of critical discourse analysis and critical literacy to identify the social and ideological parameters of language use in a variety of social practices
General Competences
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
• Clarification of the concept of literacy • Types of literacy (autonomous and ideological model, multiliteracies, functional literacy • Critical literacy and different traditions (pedagogical, socio-cultural, linguistic, ethnographic) • Literacy practices – the school-home mismatch hypothesis • Critical discourse analysis as a tool for the critical approach to texts • Applications of critical discourse analysis to a wide range of texts of public discourse for Germany / German representations in Greece
Keywords
literacy, critical discourse analysis, ethno-cultural stereotypes
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of Information and Communication Technologies in teaching the course: Projector Using ICT in communicating with students: Using email and elearning
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures753
Reading Assigment100.4
Tutorial150.6
Written assigments251
Exams251
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Written assignments
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Μπουκάλα, Σ. & Στάμου Α.Γ. (επιμ.) (2020). Κριτική Ανάλυση Λόγου: (Απο)δομώντας την ελληνική πραγματικότητα. Αθήνα: Νήσος.
Additional bibliography for study
Baynham, M. (2002). Πρακτικές Γραμματισμού (Μτφ. Μ. Αραποπούλου, επιμ. Ε. Καραντζόλα). Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο. Cook-Gumperz, J. (2008) (επιμ.). Η Κοινωνική Δόμηση του Γραμματισμού (Μτφ. Ε. Κοτσυφού, επιμ. Τ. Κωστούλη). Θεσσαλονίκη: Επίκεντρο. Gee, J., Hasan, R., Luke, C., Wells, G. (2006). Γραμματισμός, Κοινωνία και Εκπαίδευση (Μτφ: Μαρία Αραποπούλου, επιμ. Α. Χαραλαμπόπουλος). Θεσσαλονίκη: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών-Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη. Στάμου Α.Γ., Πολίτης Π., Αρχάκης Α. (2016) (επιμ.). Γλωσσική Ποικιλότητα και Κριτικοί Γραμματισμοί στον Λόγο της Μαζικής Κουλτούρας: Εκπαιδευτικές Προτάσεις για το Γλωσσικό Μάθημα. Καβάλα: Εκδόσεις Σαϊτα.
Last Update
29-08-2020