ELT551 THE PRAGMATICS OF SPOKEN INTERACTION
| Course Code: | 8200551 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr MÜGE GÜNDÜZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This M.A course is designed as a seminar to provide an introductory overview of topics in pragmatics and socio-pragmatic constraints on spoken interaction. One by one, in light of recent approaches to the analysis of everyday communciation, classroom discourse and institutional spoken interaction, we will be engaged in speech act and event analysis, in conversation analytic approaches to interaction analysis, and in cross-cultural and corpus-based approaches to discourse and conversation.
Course Content
Introduction to discourse analysis; structure of spoken interaction; socio-pragmatic constraints on interaction; speech act analysis; cross-cultural speech act analysis; interlanguage pragmatic development; coherence in spoken discourse; prosody and non-verbal communication; backchanneling; introduction to the conversation analytic approach; speech events and classroom discourse; corpus-based approaches to cross-cultural speech act and speech event analysis.
Course Learning Outcomes
Through the course, the students will develop
(a) an understanding of the system of spoken communication, and
(b) an understanding of the socio-pragmatic and linguistic aspects of spoken interaction through speech act analyses, studying cross-cultural differences in spoken discourse, and linguistic analyses of the lexico-grammatical aspects of spoken discourse (e.g. discourse markers). Students will also
(c) undertake tasks that range from transcribing extended discourse to analysing conversational management, as well as constructing data sets of spoken interaction for cross-cultural analysis, and conducting cross-linguistic, corpus-based analyses of spoken interaction.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution