Teacher
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ROMAGNUOLO Anna
(syllabus)
Text genre, types and Discourse Analysis. The text as a cultural, polysemic and multimodal communication tool. The course will offer an overview of current and controversial issues debated in the field of international politics and their macro-economic elements, examined from a social, philosophic and linguistic perspective. Students will be required to practice writing video reviews, analytical summaries, critiques and a short essay.
(reference books)
Handouts from EAP handbooks such as Writing Academic English (Pearson/Longman) and texts abridged from specialized journals and coursebooks on political economy, international politics, and cross-cultural communication such as: Blau, J. R. (1992). The shape of culture. A study of contemporary cultural patters in the USA. CUP. Borrelli, N. (2010). Advertising across cultures. Aracne. Cockroft, R., & Cockcroft, S. (1992) Persuading people. An introduction to rhetoric. Macmillan. Cook, G. (1992). The discourse of advertising. Routledge. Frieden, J. A., Lake, D. A. (2018). World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions. Norton & Co. Gannon, M. G. (Ed.). (2002). Cultural metaphors. California State University. Hall, E. T. (2000). Understanding cultural differences. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. Harrison, L. E., & Huntington, S. P. (Eds.). (2000). Culture matters. Basic Books. Hofstede, G. (2003). Culture’s consequences. Tilburg University. Koszembar-Wilklik, M. (2016). “Controversial themes in advertisements: on manipulating the emotions of audiences and extending the boundaries of social taboos”. Communication Today, 7, 18-31. Lewis, R. D. (2018). When cultures collide. Leading across cultures. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. McLoughlin, L. (2000). The language of magazines. Routledge. Trompenaars, F., & Hampden-Turner, C. (1998). Riding the waves of culture: understanding diversity in the global business, 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY. Trompenaars, F., Woolliams, P. (2003). Business across cultures. UNDP.
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