• Semester 1 (Day)
• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

This  unit  looks  at  the  nature  of  discourse  from  a  Pragmatics
perspective  taking  account of social, psychological  and  linguistic
aspects  of  discourse.  Conversations and  oral  interaction  between
native  and non-native speakers of English in classroom and  community
contexts   will  be  analysed  as  part  of  looking   at   goals   of
communication.  The role of schema theory in the effective  processing
of  text  and  writing  coherent  text  will  be  examined  to  better
understand  the nature of written and spoken discourse. Students  will
have  the  opportunity  to study orality and literacy  in  a  specific
cultural setting or language community.