CRITICAL LITERACY
| Title | ΚΡΙΤΙΚΟΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ / CRITICAL LITERACY |
| Title in German | Κritische Literalität |
| Code | ΑΚ0227 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | German Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014632 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 54
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | EPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪS | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600229573
|
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600229573
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. As part of the course, students will be asked to collect with their camera and study - as a situated literacy practice- the linguistic landscape of the University, i.e. the written production of speech on various surfaces of the public space (e.g. walls, doors), in order to understand how the public academic space acquires meaning. As the linguistic landscape is an integral part of the urban landscape and interacts with it, the ultimate aim of the seminar is to study the topics of the linguistic landscape as a textual genre and the way social reality is constructed through the linguistic choices employed.
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 the linguistic landscape of the university
Keywords
literacy, critical discourse analysis, linguistic landscape
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
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 75 | 3 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tutorial | 15 | 0.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 25 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 25 | 1 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written assignments
Oral presentation
Written exams
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.
Blommaert, J. (2013). Ethnography, Superdiversity, and Linguistic Landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
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.
Jaworski, A. & Thurlow, C. (eds) (2010). Semiotic Landscapes. Language, Image, Space. New York: Routledge.
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.
Scollon, R. & Scollon, S.W. (2003). Discourses in Place. Language in the Material World. London/New York: Routledge.
Last Update
12-01-2023
