Postgraduate Course: Text, Discourse and Language Teaching (EDUA11233)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Corpus Linguistics techniques for analysing electronic databases of authentic language (concordances, key words, frequency lists, annotation) and how they can be used to analyse data taking into account contextual features such as domain, social dimensions of speakers and writers, and overall purpose. Corpus Linguistics will be combined with Speech Act Theory, Cooperative Principle, Politeness Principle, Conversation Analysis and Exchange Structure, recent research developments in intercultural studies, which is why the theme of Corpus Linguistics will run throughout the course Intercultural dimensions and globalisation - The theme of intercultural dimensions and globalisation will also run throughout the course, in order to encourage students to analyse the approaches critically and consider applications to contexts worldwide. Speech Act Theory - the origins of the theory (direct and indirect Speech Acts, felicity conditions), limitations of the theory (practicability of applying the theory, mono-cultural implications) applying such approaches practicability of applying such approaches, recent research developments in intercultural studies, and the overlap between Speech Act Theory and Cooperative Principle. Cooperative Principle the theoretical background of interpersonal communication (cooperative maxims, conversational implicature, violating maxims), limitations of the theory, recent research developments in intercultural studies, and the overlap between Speech Act Theory and Cooperative Principle Politeness Principle, politeness theories (saving face, positive and negative politeness, impoliteness, politeness maxims), limitations of the theory, recent research developments in intercultural studies, and the contradiction between the Politeness Principle and Cooperative Principle in interpersonal interaction. Conversation Analysis the features of Conversation Analysis theory (turn-taking, adjacency pairs, pre-sequences, insertion sequences). |
Entry Requirements
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Summary of intended learning outcomes. By the end of the module, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
apply a variety of approaches and techniques of language analysis to samples of written and spoken language;
2. critically compare the merits of different approaches and techniques, with particular focus on culture and intercultural communication;
3. identify the usefulness and practicability of applying such approaches and techniques to gather and analyse data;
4. evaluate the role of language analysis in producing or evaluating materials for language teaching;
5. evaluate current research issues in language analysis and language teaching methodology. |
Assessment Information
Folio of coursework
Assessment of this course:
This is worth 30% of the course mark, and the total number of words is 1,500. Participants will put together a folio of texts, analysis and discussion developed in the workshops.
Assignment
This is worth 70% of the course mark, and the total number of words is 2500. The assignment addresses the issues in greater depth, supporting the discussion by reference to the reading, taking a critical position vis-`-vis approaches, theories, methodological debates, as well as evaluating relevant current research issues. |
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Joan Cutting
Tel: (0131 6)51 6324
Email: joan.cutting@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
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