HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Course Outline
Part I
Programme Title : Bachelor of Education (Honours) (English Language) (Five-year
Full-time) Primary
Bachelor of Education (Honours) (English Language) (Five-year
Full-time) Secondary
Course Title
: Written and Spoken Discourse for ELT
Course code
: ENG 3213
Department
: Linguistics and Modern Language Studies
Credit Points
:3
Contact Hours
: 39
Pre-requisite(s) : Nil
Medium of Instruction: English
Level
:3
For Second Major (English Language): Core Course
For Minor (English Language): Available
Part II
1. Synopsis:
Written and Spoken Discourse for ELT helps students understand basic concepts/issues of
discourse analysis in theory and practice. It is a preliminary course for further studies in
discourse.
2. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
CILO1
demonstrate a clear understanding of the key issues in
discourse analysis (e.g., function and form, text and
context in communication) and different discourse analysis approaches (e.g.,
conversational analysis, genre analysis); [PILO1 (SK1)]
CILO2
demonstrate an awareness of different types of genre types in
both spoken and written discourse PILO1 (SK1)]
CILO3
demonstrate understanding of discoursal and linguistic features of classroom
instruction [PILO1 (SK1) & PILO4 (SPK1)]
3. Course Intended Language Learning Outcomes (CILLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
CILLO1
construct a range of texts in an organized and coherent way; and be able to use
the course’s metalanguage appropriately in context [PILO3 (SK3)]
4. Content, CILOs and Teaching & Learning Activities
Course Content
CILOs/CILLOs
Introduction to discourse and discourse
studies

The scope of discourse studies

Function and form of language

Social-cultural
context
of
communication
Spoken discourse

Linguistic features of spoken
language

Discourse structures of spoken
language

Cooperation and implicature ,
presupposition, speech acts and
events, politeness

Social conventions of turn-taking
Written discourse

Difference
between
written
discourse and spoken discourse

Genres, narrative, description etc,

Coherence and cohesion in written
work

IT
mediated
texts
and
student-produced texts
Classroom discourse

Socio-cultural conventions of
classroom
instruction,
the
hierarchy of classroom instruction

Classroom interaction

Development
of
discourse
competence in classroom
CILO1,2
CILLO1
Suggested Teaching &
Learning Activities
CILO1,2
CILLO1
CILO1,2
CILLO1
Lecture,
Seminar,
Group work,
Students’ PPT
presentations
Online learning activities
CILO1,2,3
CILLO1
5. Assessment
Assessment Tasks
A portfolio of tasks demonstrating mastery
of the discourse concepts introduced in the
course and application of the concepts in
classroom/education settings. The word
limit is 3000.
6. Required Text(s)
Nil
Weighting (%)
100
CILOs/CILLOs
CILO1, 2,3
CILLO1
7.
Recommended Readings
Celce-Murcia, M. & Olshtain, E. (2000). Discourse and Context in Language
Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cook, G. (1999). Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Coulthard, M. (1997). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. London: Longman.
Cullen, R. (2002). Supportive teacher talk: the importance of the F-move. ELT Journal, Vol. 56,
2. 117-129.
Cutting, J. (2008). Pragmatics and Discourse. London: Routledge.
Hatch, E. (1996). Discourse and Language Education. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
He, A.E. (2006). Subject matter in Hong Kong primary classrooms. Critical inquiry in
Language Studies, 2/3, 169-188.
Ho, D. (2005). Why do teachers ask the questions they ask? RELC Journal, 36, 297-310.
McCarthy, M. (2002). Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
McCarthy, M., Matthiessen, C. & Slade, D. (2002). Discourse Analysis. In Schmit N. (ed.). An
Introduction to Applied Linguistics. (pp. 55-73). London: Arnold.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1995). Introducing Classroom Interaction. London: Longman.
Walsh, S. (2006). Investigating Classroom Discourse. London: Routledge.
8. Related Web Resources
NIL
9. Related Journals
Nil