Level 6: Spoken Discourse (Sp D)
English Language studies

This module offers you an opportunity to look at the organization of spoken discourse in terms of grammatical structure, lexical choice, cohesion, coherence, turn-taking and so on. The aims of the module is to make you familiar with various approaches to discourse analysis, to apply descriptive frameworks to both monologue and dialogues; to deepen your awareness of the importance of cohesive devices in discourse; and to analyze and explain different contextual issues related to spoken texts. In this module, you will learn more about what discourse analysis is, the difference between spoken and written discourse, conversational analysis and various approaches to discourse analysis including a practical approach that you will have as your assignment.