Sprachpraxis III: Rhetorical Strategies in Spoken English

This course provides a practical approach to rhetorical criticism. It will give you the opportunity to examine rhetorical strategies in a variety of spoken discourses, including advertising, politics, law, education and everyday conversation. Particular attention will be paid to cognitive and linguistic figures that can be applied across a range of discourses. The course will also give you the chance to try out these strategies in a variety of genres, improving not only your rhetorical skills but also your speaking and composition skills.