Universität Wien

120054 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA applied linguistics (2011S)

Pragmatics and language teaching

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Early topics:
1. Selected definitions of pragmatics
2. The relation of pragmatics to related disciplines
3. Teaching the transience of participant roles in discourse (person deixis)
4. Contrasting place deixis in English and German
5. Teaching time deixis (absolute and relative systems)

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 15.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 22.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 29.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 05.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 12.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 03.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 10.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 17.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 24.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 31.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 07.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 21.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 28.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar covers a spectrum of pragmatic issues relevant to language teaching, e.g.
a) Definitions of pragmatics geared at language teacher/learner;
b) Language teaching and primary pragmatic concepts: deixis (grammaticalized spatio-temporal relations in lg), presupposition (part of an utterance which is always true), implicature (part of discourse which is meant but not said), and speech act (performing an action by saying something);
c) Major secondary pragmatic concepts: participant roles (speaker, addressee, third party), context, shared knowledge/common ground, power/solidarity distinction;
d) Pragmatics and language teaching –selected issues:
- teaching pragmatic competence?
- teaching the implementation of pragmatic concepts in everyday language use
- data collection techniques

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation; oral paper presentation; final written essay (seminar paper: 7,000 words, BA thesis: 10,000 words).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the course is to demonstrate the relevance of pragmatics (“the study of language in use”) to language teaching. The analytical tools discussed in class will include notions like pragmatic competence, face-to-face communication or power/solidarity relationship and their significance for the language learner. The theoretical apparatus will then be applied to more concrete topics, like the role of certain pragmatic concepts in language teaching, e.g. presupposition and implicature in everyday communication, deixis in various language systems, direct and indirect speech acts, forms of address, politeness, etc.

Examination topics

Oral presentations of assigned topics followed by a discussion and a written version of the paper.

Reading list

Recommended reading (A more detailed course reader will be provided in class):

Levinson, S. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge.
Mey, J. 1993. Pragmatics. An Introduction. Oxford.
Verschueren, J. 1999. Understanding pragmatics. London.
Yule, G. 1996. Pragmatics. Oxford.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, BA8, ME5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0210

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