Universität Wien

120054 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA applied linguistics (2011S)

Pragmatics and language teaching

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Early topics:
1. Selected definitions of pragmatics
2. The relation of pragmatics to related disciplines
3. Teaching the transience of participant roles in discourse (person deixis)
4. Contrasting place deixis in English and German
5. Teaching time deixis (absolute and relative systems)

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 08.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 15.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 22.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 29.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 05.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 12.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 03.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 10.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 17.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 24.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 31.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 07.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 21.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Dienstag 28.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The seminar covers a spectrum of pragmatic issues relevant to language teaching, e.g.
a) Definitions of pragmatics geared at language teacher/learner;
b) Language teaching and primary pragmatic concepts: deixis (grammaticalized spatio-temporal relations in lg), presupposition (part of an utterance which is always true), implicature (part of discourse which is meant but not said), and speech act (performing an action by saying something);
c) Major secondary pragmatic concepts: participant roles (speaker, addressee, third party), context, shared knowledge/common ground, power/solidarity distinction;
d) Pragmatics and language teaching –selected issues:
- teaching pragmatic competence?
- teaching the implementation of pragmatic concepts in everyday language use
- data collection techniques

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Class participation; oral paper presentation; final written essay (seminar paper: 7,000 words, BA thesis: 10,000 words).

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The aim of the course is to demonstrate the relevance of pragmatics (“the study of language in use”) to language teaching. The analytical tools discussed in class will include notions like pragmatic competence, face-to-face communication or power/solidarity relationship and their significance for the language learner. The theoretical apparatus will then be applied to more concrete topics, like the role of certain pragmatic concepts in language teaching, e.g. presupposition and implicature in everyday communication, deixis in various language systems, direct and indirect speech acts, forms of address, politeness, etc.

Prüfungsstoff

Oral presentations of assigned topics followed by a discussion and a written version of the paper.

Literatur

Recommended reading (A more detailed course reader will be provided in class):

Levinson, S. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge.
Mey, J. 1993. Pragmatics. An Introduction. Oxford.
Verschueren, J. 1999. Understanding pragmatics. London.
Yule, G. 1996. Pragmatics. Oxford.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, BA8, ME5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0210

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33