LALS-544 – Discourse Analysis
| Points: | 15 | Prerequisites: | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty: | Humanities & Soc Sc | Corequisites: | None |
| School: | Linguistics & Applied Language | Restrictions: | None |
Discourse in language in use. This course explores the analysis of discourse structure in spoken and/or written text, and considers applications in language teaching. This course is taught by distance over summer: November 2012 to Feburary 2013.
Tuition Fees
2013: domestic $819.75 
international $2,149.95
Set Texts
There is no set textbook for this course. The required readings are all journal articles or book chapters. They will be available for students to download from Blackboard, the online teaching and learning system, to either read online or print out.
Recommended Reading
It would be helpful to have access to at least one of these books throughout the course:
Accessible introductions:
Cook, G. 1989. Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nunan, D. 1993. Introducing Discourse Analysis. London: Penguin English.
Paltridge, B. 2000. Making Sense of Discourse Analysis. Gold Coast, Queensland: Antipodean Educational Enterprises.
More detailed introductions:
Coulthard, M. 1985. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis (2nd ed.). London: Longman.
Hatch, E. 1992. Discourse and Language Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
McCarthy, M. 1991. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Paltridge, B. 2006. Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. London: Continuum.
Trimester 3 2013
* indicates instructor is the course coordinator.
| CRN | From/To | Days | Time | Building [Campus] | Room | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10599 (L1) | 18 Nov - 23 Feb 2014 | [Kelburn] | 10654 (L1) | 18 Nov – 23 Feb 2014 | tba | [Distance (NZ)] |
Course Outline Information
For FHSS and NZSM course outlines (current and previous years), please refer to the Course Outlines page on the FHSS website.