Information Package & Course Catalogue
| 1 | Course Title: | DISCOURSE KNOWLEDGE AND GENRE THEORY |
| 2 | Course Code: | TUR5129 |
| 3 | Type of Course: | Optional |
| 4 | Level of Course: | Second Cycle |
| 5 | Year of Study: | 1 |
| 6 | Semester: | 1 |
| 7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 6 |
| 8 | Theoretical (hour/week): | 2 |
| 9 | Practice (hour/week) : | 0 |
| 10 | Laboratory (hour/week) : | 0 |
| 11 | Prerequisites: | |
| 12 | Recommended optional programme components: | None |
| 13 | Language: | Turkish |
| 14 | Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| 15 | Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. FERHAT ENSAR |
| 16 | Course Lecturers: | |
| 17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
doç. dr. ferhat ensar ferhatensar@uludag.edu.tr |
| 18 | Website: | |
| 19 | Objective of the Course: | It is aimed that students will understand the basic elements and theories of discourse analysis. It is aimed to discuss new developments, problems and expectations in the field. |
| 20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development | Linguistics and discourse, discourse and society, philosophy and discourse, psychology and discourse, etc. Examination of small-scale approaches such as grammar and discourse, meaning and discourse, dictionary and discourse with large-scale approaches. |
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| 22 | Course Content: |
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| 23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
Schiffrin, Deborah, Deborah Tannen and Heidi Hamilton (Eds.) 2001. The Handbook of Discourse Analysis. Blackwell Publishers. Van Dijk, Teun. 1997. Discourse As Structure and Process London: Sage Publications. Schiffrin, Deborah. 1994. Approaches to Discourse. Cambridge: Blackwell Coulthard, M. (1977). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. Londra: Longman Gee, P. J. (1999). Introduction to discourse analysis. NY : Routledge Widdowson, H.G. Widdowson (2007). Discourse Analysis. Oxford University Press. Brown, Gillian, and George Yule. Discourse analysis. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012. Halliday, M. A. K. An introduction to functional grammar. Edward Arnold, 1994. Johnstone, Barbara.Discourse Analysis. USA: Blackwell Publishing. 2008 Renkema, J. Discourse studies: an introductory textbook. Benjamins, 1993. Paltridge, B. (1995). Working with genre: A pragmatic perspective. Journal of Pragmatics, 24, 393-406. Britton, B.K. and Black, J.B. (1985). Understanding expository text: From structure to process and world knowledge. In B.K. Britton and J.B. Black (Eds.). Understanding expository text: A theoretical and practical handbook for analyzing explanatory text. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Fludernik, M. (2000). Genres, text types, or discourse modes? Narrative modalities and generic categorization. Sytle, 34. Gates, V. P., Duke N. K. and Martineau, J A. (2007). Learning to read and write genre-specific text: Roles of authentic experience and explicit teaching. Reading Research Quarterly, 42 (1), 8-45. Berman, Ruth A., Nir-sagiv, B. (2007). Comparing Narrative and Expository Text Construction Across Adolescence: A Developmental Paradox. Discourse Processes, 43 (2), 79-120 Bachman, L.F. (1987). The development and use of criterion-referenced tests of language ability in program evaluation. The Second Language Curriculum. (Ed. Robert Keith Johnson). New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, (pp. 243-258) Alderson, C., Clapham, C. and Wall, D. (1995). Language Test Construction And Evaluation (cambridge Language Teaching Library). Cambridge University Kintsch, E. (1990). Macroprocesses and microprocesses in the development of summarization skill. Cognition and Instruction, 7 (3), 161-195. Kintsch, W. (1974). The Represantation of Meaning in Memory. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA. Mannes, S.M. and Kintsch, W. (1987). Knowledge organization and text organization. Cognition and Instruction, 4(2), 91-115. Horowitz, R. (1987). Rhetorical structure in discourse processing. In R. Horowitz and S.J. Samuels (Eds.), Comprehending oral and written language (pp. 117–160). NY: Academic Press. |
| 24 | Assesment |
| TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 40 | |
| Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course | Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the priciples of Bursa Uludag University Graduate Education Regulation. | |
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| 25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
| Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
| Theoretical | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Practicals/Labs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self Study and Preparation | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midtermexams | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exams | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total WorkLoad | 176 | ||
| Total workload/ 30 hr | 5,87 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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| LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
| Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |