EML507 Discourse, Grammar & Analysis (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Curriculum Studies (CURIC)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
In this subject understandings of text and discourse are developed in relation to second language teachers' development and needs from a functional perspective. The subject addresses the relationship between text and context through the study of the structure of discourse and the social purposes it serves. It examines the systems of English grammar at the level of the clause, and considers traditional grammar in light of language teaching trends. The subject builds teachers' meta-language through text analysis as a fundamental aspect of second language teaching pedagogy.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EML507
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- demonstrate an understanding of a functional view of language
- demonstrate an understanding of the systems of English grammar
- deconstruct discourse and text in order to understand and anticipate second language learners' needs
- use a metalanguage, that is, a language with which to talk about language
- be able to identify the textual and grammatical realisations of meanings and texts
- be able to link such knowledge in the service of English language teaching.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The meanings of discourse, text and genre - The functions of language: a cultural explanation of language as an expression of register variables of field, tenor and mode - Learning English as a second language; grammar as cultural signs - The theoretical foundations of functional grammar - Grammatical clarifications, syntactic functions and semantic roles - Functional grammar and cultural literacy in classroom practice
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.