Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Stephen Moore
Contact via 9850-8742
C5A 508
Arranged by email
Margaret Wood
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAppLing or PGDipAppLing or MTransInterMAppLing or MAppLingTESOL or MTransInterMAppLingTESOL
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on the analysis of spoken, written and multimodal discourses in a range of real-life settings and domains. It locates such discourses in their historical, institutional, and local contexts and presents a range of methodologies associated with key questions raised by scholars and researchers in discourse analysis research and practice, focusing on descriptive, interpretive and explanatory analysis.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Discourse Analysis Task | 45% | 22 April 2016 |
Critical Review Essay | 50% | 13 June 2016 |
Class/Group Participation | 5% | Ongoing |
Due: 22 April 2016
Weighting: 45%
This assignment is a task which is related directly to the course notes and requires data analysis drawing on appropriate methodologies. You will be given some fresh data plus some specific analytical questions to answer. You are expected to give precise answers to the questions, in the form of a report.
Due: 13 June 2016
Weighting: 50%
You will write an extended critical review essay integrating three (3) academic articles or book chapters related to a particular Theme of your choice drawn from the Unit. All three readings must be from the Unit Readings for APPL910.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 5%
Your participation in classroom-based discussions (internal students) or online group discussions (external students) will be noted, but the content of your contributions will not be evaluated.
The learning and teaching strategies used in this Unit involve listening to recordings of on-campus lecture sessions; interaction with materials on iLearn; group discussion in iLearn discussion forum; and self-study of course readings.
The course notes (posted on iLearn) form the backbone of this Unit, and should be read in advance of each lecture session.
It is also expected that students in this Unit will read most of the set readings, participate in group discussions, and go beyond the recommended readings to follow areas of specific interest to them in the academic literature.
The course lecturer will be contactable through email to answer any queries that might arise.
The Unit Schedule is available through iLearn.
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New Assessment Policy in effect from Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. For more information visit http://students.mq.edu.au/events/2016/07/19/new_assessment_policy_in_place_from_session_2/
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Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
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Learning outcomes have been modified for clarity, and a new LO (concerning "understanding discourse") has been added.
Delivery and Resources have also been updated and modified for clarity.
Policies and Procedures have been updated since the Unit was last taught (in 2013).
The assessment tasks have been reduced in number from three to two, and class participation is now noted, but not evaluated.