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Objective of the Course:
The aim of the course is to introduce you to the main concepts of the field known as Discourse Analysis and to raise awareness on the relationship between the field of Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
In this course methods like lecturing, question-answer, discussion, analysis on different discourse types and activities of practicing and how to use them in language teaching are used to make student teachers be able to analyse coherence and cohesion in texts by investigating natural language use in their language skills and teaching practices; scrutinize the role of coherence and cohesion of texts in language teaching and its contribution; explain the relationship between discourse analysis and language teaching.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Comprehend basic principles of Discourse Analysis.;
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Observe the influence of various discourse features on spoken and written texts.;
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Make practices on analyses on various discourse features in written and spoken texts.;
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Notice and become aware of the relationship between discourse features and second/foreign language learning.;
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Make lesson plans for different levels by taking discourse features into consideration.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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1. What is Discourse Analysis?
2. Main Concepts
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The Relationship between Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
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Discourse Analysis and Grammar (1)
Grammatical Cohesion and Textuality
-Reference
4
Discourse Analysis and Grammar (2)
Grammatical Cohesion and Textuality
-Ellipsis and Substitution
Analysing references in written and spoken texts
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Discourse Analysis and Grammar (2)
Grammatical Cohesion and Textuality
-Ellipsis and Substitution
Analysing ellipsis and substitutions in written and spoken texts
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Discourse Analysis and Grammar (3)
Grammatical Cohesion and Textuality
-Conjunctions
Analysing conjunctions in written and spoken texts
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Discourse Analysis and Grammar (4)
-Theme and Rheme
Analysing Theme and Rheme in written texts.
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Class Discussions on the Lesson Plan Samples and Suggestions Regarding Grammar Teaching at Discourse Level
Lesson plan applications
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Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary (1)
Lexical Cohesion
-Reiteration
Analysing reiterations in written texts
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Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary (2)
Lexical Cohesion
-Lexis in Talk
-Instantial Relations
Analysing instantial relations in spoken and written texts
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Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary (3)
-Signalling Vocabulary and Text Patterns
Analysing signalling vocabulary in written texts and exploring text patterns
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Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary (4)
-Modality
Analysing words conveying modality in written and spoken texts
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Class Discussions on the Lesson Plan Samples and Suggestions Regarding Vocabulary Teaching at Discourse Level
Lesson plan applications
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Revision and General Evaluation of the Course
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
McCarthy, M. (1991). Discourse analysis for language teachers. Cambridge: CUP. Cook (1991). What is discourse? (Ch.1)
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
0
0
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
3
40
Final Exam
1
60
Total
4
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
Process oriented practices, oral presentations, homeworks, exams
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
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2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
56
0,75
42
Homeworks, Performances
3
13,3
39,9
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
0
0
0
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
12
12
Total WorkLoad
121,9
Total workload/ 30 hr
4,06
ECTS Credit of the Course
4
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
