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| Semester | spring semester 2010 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Miriam Locher (miriam.locher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this course we will focus on language usage in professional practices in the area of counselling, advising and information-giving. We will look at different methodological approaches to the study of such Communities of Practice and will study both face-to-face and written material (for example, doctor-patient interaction, advice columns, etc.). We will also investigate how the ideologies underlying the counselling and advising practices influence language usage and cross-fertilize the different practices and text types. Students are expected to participate actively in workshops and to give presentations on assigned readings and projects. |
| Learning objectives | At the end of this course, students should be able to (1) know and apply the key terminology of the field of discourse analysis, (2) acquire knowledge about the speech activities of advising, counselling and information-giving, (3) read the assigned texts critically, and judge the introduced studies with respect to the methods employed. |
| Bibliography | A selection of texts and handouts will be made available online in OLAT. |
| Weblink | OLAT |
| Admission requirements | MA level |
| Course application | Please register for this course online in MOnA as well as in OLAT: https://www.olat.uzh.ch:443/olat/auth/repo/go?rid=1262780427 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul English Sociolinguistics & Cognitive Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Soziolinguistik (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Written assignment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |