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| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Miriam Locher (miriam.locher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this course we will focus on language practices in the area of counselling, advising and information-giving. We will look at different methodological approaches to the study of face-to-face and written data (for example, doctor-patient interaction, advice columns, online fora, youtube tutorials, 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 their own small research projects. |
| Learning objectives | At the end of this course, students should (1) know and can apply the key terminology of the field of discourse analysis, (2) have acquired knowledge about the speech activities of advising, counselling and information-giving, (3) have read the assigned texts critically, and judged the introduced studies with respect to the methods employed, (4) have gained research experience by conducting small studies of their own. |
| Bibliography | Texts will be made available in the ADAM course folder. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to students of English who have passed all three BA introductory modules and to MA students of English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation. |
| Course application | Please register for this course on services unibas. In order to ensure a good learning environment, we aim at no more than 20 students per linguistics seminar. We ask you to sign up for classes via the ADAM registration surveys, which will open on 2 August 2024, 10am (CEST), and close on 20 September 2024, 2pm (CEST): https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_1623802.html. **Please only register for a maximum of TWO seminars and only for more than one if you really intend to take both courses.** Should you have not made it into one of the courses and you are only able to register on the list in a position higher than 20, we guarantee that we will take you in the course with the least student numbers. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 16.09.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 23.09.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 30.09.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 07.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 14.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 21.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 28.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 04.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 11.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 18.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 25.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 02.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 09.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Monday 16.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Modules |
Modul: Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Sprache und Gesellschaft (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | t.b.a. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |