AJ_CLAS Classroom Discourse

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
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
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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 types of institutional dialogic discourses and recognise problematic strategic choices made by speakers.
Syllabus
  • different types of spoken institutional dialogic discourses: classroom discourse, media discourse, medical discourse, legal discourse
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 discussion, group projects and presentations, reading
Assessment methods
Students are expected to write an essay on a chosen genre of institutional discourse.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011.
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