Universität Wien

122228 SE Linguistics Seminar / MA applied linguistics & TEFL (2014W)

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

Title of the seminar:
Perspectives on English: description, prescription, proscription

Please note: this seminar is basically a 'second edition' of the seminar with the same title that was offered last term (summer term 2014), as there was a waiting list for this seminar then. This means that if you have already got credits for this seminar from last term and need credits for another one, you need to choose another seminar.
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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. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 10.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 17.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 24.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 31.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 07.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 14.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 21.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 28.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 05.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 12.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 09.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 16.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 23.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 30.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this seminar we shall work towards an understanding of how English is described in linguistics research and reference works (dictionaries, grammars) and how the language gets prescribed for learning and teaching (in syllabi, coursebooks, etc.). Sometimes prescription also includes proscription, in the sense that learners are told to avoid certain forms/expressions.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be assessed on the basis of participation in discussions throughout the course, a short project outline, a bibliography, the oral presentation of their research project, and a written seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective of this course is to foster awareness of the relationship between linguistic description and pedagogic prescription, and to encourage future teachers to ask critical questions about this relationship in order to arrive at informed decisions about their own priorities for the learners in their specific teaching contexts.

Examination topics

In the first phase of the seminar, we shall engage in a shared reading and discussion of several papers or book chapters, focussing in particular on how practitioners derive guidelines for teaching from linguistic descriptions. We shall then consult the sources (corpora) that are usually drawn on for such descriptions, and those that might be drawn on but usually are not. We shall home in on certain functions and forms and undertake our own investigations, which will serve as preparation for participants designing their own projects. The ideas and findings arising from these small-scale research projects will then be presented and discussed in the last phase of the seminar.

Reading list

Some readings and electronic resources (corpora) will be named and discussed in the first phase of the seminar.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 812;
Code/Modul: UF4.2.4-322, BA6.2, MA5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-8125

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