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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2021-22

ENG 240 Literary Translation
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course studies the rhetorical features that characterize literary writing and their
representations in translation. Major types of literary writing (i.e. prose, poetry, novels and
plays) will be discussed in class with demonstration of representative literary works and their
translations. Both theoretical issues and practical techniques in literary translation will be
introduced to students of this course. By studying the techniques and topics covered by the
course, students are expected to be able to translate different literary genres with basic
competence and strengthen their sense of language and literary genres.

ENG 250 Sociolinguistics
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces the major issues in sociolinguistics and examines the relationship
between human, language and society. Issues like regional, social and situational language
variation, language change, language and culture, language attitudes and identity, language
and gender, the social functions of language and language in contact will be discussed.

ENG 260 Academic Writing
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to help students develop their confidence and ability to communicate
effectively in written English for academic purposes through practice in reading, evaluating and
producing academic texts. The course will focus on developing students’ competence in the
following skills:
1) critically reading and analysing academic English texts;
2) producing written texts from purpose to goal through a process approach of planning,
drafting, eliciting feedback and revising;
3) polishing and editing written texts through attention to: communicative purpose, form and
format, the accurate and appropriate use of grammar and vocabulary, and adherence to
academic writing conventions;
4) summarising, paraphrasing, quoting, citing sources and referencing.
The importance of maintaining academic honesty and of avoiding plagiarism is
emphasised throughout the process of producing written work.

ENG 270 Discourse Analysis
1 Term; 3 Credits
Discourse analysis (DA) is concerned with the examination of language in use. It
encompasses a diversity of approaches with which to describe and explain the structure and
function of texts, and how they communicate meaning in different social and situational
contexts. This course aims to introduce students to some of the fundamental concepts and
methods for describing and analysing written, spoken and visual discourse. Authentic
examples of texts will be drawn from a variety of genres for illustration (e.g. conversations,
speeches, academic writing, newspaper articles, internet communication, advertisements).

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