Course detail

Discourse Analysis

FEKT-HDANAcad. year: 2017/2018

The objective of the course is to explain and practise the methods of discourse analysis in English and use the results of the analytical processes in translations, production and comprehension of different types of texts, primarily texts on electrical engineering.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will learn how to analyze a specific variety of a language, how to determine its rules and qualities and how to explore them in translating.

Prerequisites

Intermediate / Upper-intermediate English and general linguistic background required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of a course unit as specified in Article 7of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation will be based on a short essay concerning the characteristic features of a chosen text using a selected and specified analytical frame. Spoken part of the exam will have the form of a colloquy. Discussion will concern the theoretical issues dealt with in the lectures.

Course curriculum

Discourse, context, and text. Analytical framework. Formal and functional analysis.
Written and spoken language.
Text types, text structure; intertextuality.
Genre and style; style markers.
Register and context of situation.
Functions of language.
Cohesion and coherence.
Meaning, communicative convergence.
Co-operative principle, inference, relevance.
Academic discourse and research genres.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The students will learn the methods of analysis of specific English texts. To determine the qualities of the analyzed discourse and use them in translating, production and comprehension.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Widdowson, Henry: Discourse Analysis (EN)

Recommended reading

Widdowson, Henry: Linguistics, 2000, OUP (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch EE-FLE , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.