The Introduction to

Discourse Analysis
Lesson 1
 Objectives!

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

⊡ define what is discourse analysis

⊡ compare the organization of ideas and words between speeches
⊡ explain the differences and similarities between spoken and
written discourses
⊡ explain McCarthy's view on the continuum

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“There is only one rule
for being a good talker –
learn to listen.”
-Christopher Morley

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 Let’s activate your prior learning

⊡ What is language?
⊡ What is discourse?
⊡ What is ethnography?
⊡ What is pragmatics?
⊡ What is culture?

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DEFINING DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

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What is discourse
analysis?

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 How is language and context
related to each other?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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 What is pragmatics? How is it
related to discourse analysis?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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 What is meant by discourse structure of text?
How is English sentence different with
Tagalog sentence in terms of structure?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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 How is cultural ways of speaking and writing
part of discourse analysis? What is
ethnography of communication?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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 What is the difference between
communicative competence and
communicative behavior?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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 What is discourse competence? How about
textual competence, generic competence, and
social competence?

6 Focus of Discourse Analysis

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What are the different methods of qualitative
research? How is it different or similar with
discourse analysis?

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How is discourse analysis conducted?

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What is tagging in discourse analysis?

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPOKEN AND

WRITTEN DISCOURSE

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What is spoken discourse?

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What is written discourse?

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Which is more prone to redundancy? Written
discourse or spoken discourse? Why?

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 Explain the
continuum of
McCarthy (2001)

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 Explain the
continuum of
McCarthy (2001)

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A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS

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