Syllabus Redo! An attempt to refocus our traumatize semester

First of all, seriously, who's idea was it to focus on the election!? Man, that was a mistake! :)
In any event, there are some important topics that can be built on this unfortunate chaos of the term:

Tuesday, November 22: Language and power-a look at the subfield of PRAGMATICS and the ability to "do things with words", in particular propaganda, normalization and pejoration. We will look at how advertisers, the news media, governmental institutions and politicians use the power of words.

Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving: don't eat too much turkey or tofu. NO CLASS

Tuesday, November 29: Language and Immigration: Asians, Latinos and the rest of them

•       Reading: Lippi-Green, Chapter 15

Thursday, December 1: Language and The World of Work: Medical & Legal

• Reading: Lippi-Green, Chapter 13
• ZOOTOPIA SCREENING (must go)

Tuesday, December 6: Clean-up (Debate preparation)
Thursday, December 8: English Only Debate (teams)