Course Schedule
| 1 Jan. 18-21 | Course Orientation | Read chapters 1 and 2 |
| 2 Jan. 24-28 | Read Fairclough Chapters 1 and 2 | Understand important concepts as indicated by the headings |
| 3 Jan.31- Feb.4 | Read Fairclough Chapters 3 and 4 | Write a short analytical paper on intertextuality or orientation to difference. Discuss in class assumptions, genres, etc. Due Feb. 28. |
| 4 Feb. 7- 11 | Read Fairclough Chapters 5 and 6 | Discuss semantic and grammatical relations and textual analysis issues. |
| 5. Feb. 14-18 | Read Fairclough Chapters 7 and 8 | Write a short analytical paper on the semantic relations between sentences, grammatical relations and how hegemony, equivalence and differences, appearance and reality are addressed in the text (You choose). |
| 6. Feb. 21-25 | Read Fairclough Chapters 9 and 10 | Discuss style and modality |
| 7. Feb. 28 - Mar.4 |
Read Fairclough Conclusion. Prepare for the mid-exam
Mid-term exam March 3 in Round Rock |
Write a long discourse analysis paper covering as many aspects as possible which are discussed in the book. |
| 8. Mar.7 - 11 | Do research for your paper 2 | Prepare to read Have Chapters and do exercises Due. March 3rd. |
| 9. Mar. 14-18 | Spring break | No assignments |
| 10.Mar. 21-25 | Read Have Chapters 1 and 2 | Do exercises of
the chapters and prepare for discussion Due March 21st. |
| 11.Mar. 28- Apr.1 | Read Have Chapters 3 and 4 | Do exercises of the chapters and prepare for discussion |
| 12. April 4- April 8 | Read Have Chapters 5 and 6 | กก |
| 13. Apr. 11-15 | Read Have Chapters 7 and 8 | Do exercises of the chapters and prepare for discussion |
| 14. Apr. 18-22 | Read Have Chapters 9 and 10 | Do exercises of the chapters and prepare for discussion |
| 15. Apr. 25-29 | Presentation | Write a paper that analyzes a conversation. Due May 8th. |
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