Case studies archive

Stylistics case studies

Research-Led Language Teaching: Designing a new ‘Language and Style of Crime Narratives’ module: This case study describes an undergraduate English Language option module, ‘Language and Style of Crime Narratives’, derived from the stylistic research of the lecturer. The module is contextualised then details are proivided of its content in the form of activities (seminar, workshops, group presentations), assessment, and student performance/feedback.

Teaching transitivity: One of the difficulties involved in stylistics and Critical Discourse Analysis is the time it takes for students to become fluent and confident in handling a new vocabulary when discussing and describing texts. This case-study describes a way of introducing students to a new technical vocabulary by way of an approach drawn from creative writing and textual intervention.