Universität Wien

124090 VK BEd 09.2: VK Linguistics and Language Education (2025W)

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

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 08.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 15.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 22.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 29.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 05.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 12.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 19.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 26.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 03.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 10.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 17.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 07.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 14.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 21.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 28.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is concerned with the discourse-analytic study of social media (including social-network sites, blogs, microblogs and forums). We will examine language (and its interplay with other media, including pictures, music, emojis, etc.) used in various social media genres and on different social media platforms to explain how ‘produsers’ represent themselves, the communities they affiliate with and the ideas they stand for. Embedding situated online interaction in the broader sociopolitical context, we will critically reflect upon the relationships created, and the worldviews negotiated, in contemporary digital discourses – and the question how these insights can be made useful for language teaching. The course combines mini-lectures, assignments, reading-based group work and discussion, and individual research work leading to a presentation and final written paper (either project paper or bachelor thesis).

Assessment and permitted materials

Part A: Class- and homework (20 pts)
- Class participation – 3 pts
- Homework – 10 pts
- “Peer teaching” assignment – 7 pts
Part B: Project-related work (20 pts)
- Project proposal – 10 pts
- Presentations – 10 pts (Project presentation – 7 pts & Peer review – 3 pts)
Part C: Project report / BEd thesis
- BEd paper – 60 pts
or
- VK project report – 20 pts

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements
(a) Regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) Submitting all exercises and assignments on time
(c) Active engagement in project work and presentation
(d) Submitting the VK report or Bachelor paper on time
(e) Attaining at least 50% in each of the three parts (see I, II, III above)
(f) Refraining from plagiarism in all tasks
(g) Refraining from use of AI in all tasks

Final grades & points achieved

- VK only (total = 60 points):
Grade 1: 54–60
Grade 2: 48–53
Grade 3: 42–47
Grade 4: 36–41
Grade 5: 0–35

- VK + BEd paper (total = 100 points):
Grade 1: 90–100
Grade 2: 80–89
Grade 3: 70–79
Grade 4: 60–69
Grade 5: 0–59

Examination topics

Continuous assessment
Engagement in discussion and group work, fulfillment of tasks & assignments, giving a presentation, writing a course paper (either project report or bachelor paper)

Reading list

Bou-Franch, Patricia & Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, Pilar (Eds.) (2018). Analyzing Digital Discourse. New Insights and Future Directions. Palgrave Macmillan: Springer.
Christian Hoffmann & Wolfram Bublitz (Eds.) (2017). The Pragmatics of Social Media. Handbooks of Pragmatics Series 11. De Gruyter.
Hart, Christopher (Ed.) (2020). Researching Discourse. A Student Guide. Routledge.
Page, Ruth, David Barton, Carmen Lee, Johann Wolfgang Unger, and Michele Zappavigna (2022). Researching Language and Social Media. A Student Guide. 2nd Edn. Routledge.
Vásquez, Camilla (Ed.). (2022). Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis. Bloomsbury.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 09.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-4692

Last modified: Tu 30.09.2025 11:46