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EL4252/EL4252HM Interactional Discourse: Weekly Schedule

 

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Session No.

Date

Topics

1

14th Aug

Introduction: central concerns; spoken v. written texts 

2

21st Aug

Conversational data and transcription methods

3

28th Aug

Genre and discourse 1 

4

4th Sep

Genre and discourse 2

5

11th Sep

Genre and discourse 3

6

18th Sep

Gricean pragmatics: politeness and face (Part 1)

Mid-term vacation (23rd Sep to 1st Oct)

7

2nd Oct

Gricean pragmatics: politeness and face (Part 2)

8

9th Oct

Gricean pragmatics: politeness and face (Part 3)

9

16th Oct

(Class test) Exchange structure 1

10

23rd Oct

Exchange structure 2

11

30th Oct

Exchange structure 3 

12

6th Nov

Presentations Overview; miscellaneous; revision

13

13th Nov

(Group reports due) No class (substitute holiday for Deepavali)

14

 

Revision week

15

 29th Nov

Exam week 1: Final Exam, 1.00-3.00pm

16

 

Exam week 2

 

Assessment for EL4252

Exam format for EL4252

Weekly readings

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