TBI 715: Discourse Analysis

SEKOLAH TINGGI AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI (STAIN) KEDIRI

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

COURSE OUTLINE
TBI 715 : DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
General Information

1. Personal Information:
a. Name : Nur Afifi, M.App.Ling.
b. Office Address : Jl. Sunan Ampel no.7 Ngronggo Kediri
c. Office Phone : +62 354 689282
d. Email : majreehaa@yahoo.com; ummi.zautha@gmail.com
e. Website : http://study-club.org

2. Course Information:
a. Name : Discourse Analysis
b. Code : TBI 715
c. Credit :2
d. Date : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
e. Venue : F 201 & F202

OVERVIEW

The overall goal of the unit is to familiarize the students with principles in Discourse
Studies, by which they will be introduced to another side of language. As their study
gives them the knowledge of English, this unit gives them opportunity to put the
knowledge into practice and to use them to achieve success communication.

By the end of the unit, the students should be able to:

 Define discourse
 Show familiarity with the concepts of discourse
 Demonstrate the familiarity by giving examples
 Illustrate the concepts of discourse in daily life
 Apply the discourse concepts to analyze examples given
 Interpret discourses to gain the possible meanings of the discourse
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SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

Week Date Topic

1 28 February INTRO – Pre-test
2 7 March Introduction to DA
3 14 March DA and Grammar
4 21 March DA and Grammar
5 28 March DA and Vocabulary
6 4 April DA and Vocabulary

(Mid-semester)

7 25 April DA and Phonology

8 9 May DA and Phonology
9 16 May Spoken Language
10 23 May Spoken Language
11 30 May Written Language
12 6 May Written Language

Textbook: McCarthy, M (1991) Discourse Analysis for Language

Teachers. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge
Renkema, J. (1993) Discourse Studies: an Introductory
Textbook John Benjamin. Amsterdam/Philadelphia
Assessment:

a. Mid-term test : 30%

b. Final test : 40%
c. Assignment : 20%
d. Alternative mark : 10%

When you get the final results for the semester you will see a number following your
grade. The number gives you an indication of how you have performed within the band
for your descriptive grade.

Grade number

A 85-100

B 75-84

C 65-74

D 50-64

E 45-49

F 0-44
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