Overview

1. Introduction: Communication and miscommunication in everyday life – and linguistic reasons for them
2. Theories and models of communication
3. Linguistic principles
4. Methods of discourse analysis
5. Modes of communication
6. Contexts and areas of communication
7. Public contexts (e.g., media, journalism, political, or scientific discourse)
8. Communication in the internet
9. Classroom discourse
10. Casual contexts
11. Intercultural communication

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -D: Student has achieved the minimum acceptable standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all the learning outcomes. Student can demonstrate a minimum level of understanding of the basic concepts and be able to apply them to data with some degree of accuracy. -good -B: Student has achieved a better-than-average standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all learning outcomes, and has a clear and accurate understanding of concepts; ability to apply concepts to data critically and thoughtfully; evidence of wide reading and clear and accurate reference to source materials; free from misunderstanding and errors of content; free from irrelevant material. -excellent -A: Student has achieved a thorough standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all learning outcomes; or student has demonstrated an exceptional level of achievement in one or more learning outcomes together with a good overall standard: student has achieved a thorough understanding of the subject, both in terms of content and theory; student is able to apply concepts clearly and accurately; substantial evidence of critical and original thought and analysis; clear, logical argument; high level of communicative competence; free from irrelevant material and errors of spelling and punctuation; evidence of extensive reading beyond basic texts and clear and accurate references to source material.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to conduct a small-scale study analysing language samples.

• Students will be able to confidently discuss analysis results.

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of language used in different communication contexts.

• Students will be able to follow discourse analytic methodology procedures.

• Students will be able to identify systematic features of everyday language.