AJ_CLAS Classroom Discourse

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tatiana Tkačuková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Aaron Marc Collier, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ_CLAS/V: Mon 7:55–9:35 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), T. Tkačuková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to analyse different aspects of classroom discourse (including turn-taking, questioning, addressing students, giving instructions, using discourse markers) and recognise problematic strategic choices made by speakers.
Syllabus
  • 1 Main features of discourse analysis, conversation analysis and critical discourse analysis 2 Power in language 2 Different aspects of spoken classroom discourse: turn-taking management, questions used by teachers in different types of activities, forms of address, instructions, discourse markers
Literature
    required literature
  • Thornborrow, Joanna. Power Talk. London: Pearson, 2002.146 s. ISBN 958236879
    not specified
  • COULTHARD, Malcolm. An introduction to discourse analysis. 6th impression. London: Longman, 1983, xv, 195. ISBN 0582550874. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy and Richard Malcolm COULTHARD. Towards an analysis of discourse : the English used by teachers and pupils. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975, iv, 163 p. ISBN 0-19-436011-325. info
Teaching methods
class discussions, group projects and presentations
Assessment methods
Students are expected to prepare a presentation about a scholarly paper and write an essay, in which they would analyse a passage extracted from a transcribed script of classroom discourse. The attendance is compulsory, students can only miss 2 classes.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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