TÄ°D605 - DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN SIGN LANGUAGES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN SIGN LANGUAGES | TÄ°D605 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Other: hands-on workshops | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Members of the department | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of the course is to evalauate the definition, scope and historical development of discourse analysis with reference to its fundamental terminology and concepts. Moreover, this course aims to introduce various discursive features of sign languages. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The course covers lectures and discussions on the definiton, scope and historical development of the field of discourse analysis with reference to fundamental concepts and topics such as form-function, sentence-utterance, product-procedure, context-cotext, coherence, cohesion, intertextuality, speech acts, conversation analysis, discourse and society, discourse and language teaching, discourse and ideology, etc. Mporeover, the above mentioned concepts and topics are also considered in the context of sign languages. | |||||
| References | Johnstone, B. (2018). Discourse Analysis: Third Edition. Wiley-Blackwell Roy, Cynthia B. (2011) Discourse in Signed Languages. Gallaudet Univ. Press | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | The historical development of discourse analysis |
| Week 3 | The scope and fundamental concepts of discourse analysis |
| Week 4 | Discourse and worldview |
| Week 5 | Actors in discourse: relationships, roles, identities |
| Week 6 | Actors in discourse: relationships, roles, identities |
| Week 7 | Mid-term |
| Week 8 | Theories of discourse analysis |
| Week 9 | Theories of discourse analysis |
| Week 10 | Data in discourse analysis |
| Week 11 | Genre and narrative analysis |
| Week 12 | Sign languages and discourse |
| Week 13 | Discursive features and strategies in sign languages (turn-taking, finger spelling, sign space, eye contact, etc.) |
| Week 14 | Discursive features and strategies in sign languages (turn-taking, finger spelling, sign space, eye contact, etc.) |
| Week 15 | Overview |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 38 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 45 | 45 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 131 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Will gain knowledge about the basic concepts of linguistics and linguistic features of sign languages. | X | ||||
| 2. Will survey the literature on interdisciplinary areas pertaining to sign linguistics and understand the interaction of sign linguistics with fields such as sociology, translation sciences and communication sciences. | X | ||||
| 3. Have knowledge about the historical development of sign languages and Turkish Sign Language. | |||||
| 4. Will evaluate phenomena such as language contact, language genesis, creole, bilingualism within the context of sign languages. | |||||
| 5. Develop research design on sign linguistics and make data analyses through efficient use of academic resources. | |||||
| 6. Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the process, decide on and apply ways of accessing information. | |||||
| 7. Will carry out scientific research independently by using knowledge in linguistics, translation studies, communication sciences and related fields and present it. | |||||
| 8. Use their knowledge within the perspective of social responsibility and scientific ethic values. | |||||
| 9. Have general knowledge of the cultures of the languages they work on. | |||||
| 10. Master the languages they work with sufficiently in different communication situations. | |||||
| 11. Have fundamental knowledge of terminology and special field knowledge in order to make TID-Turkish/Turkish-TID translations. | |||||
| 12. Have professional knowledge of translation and translation studies. | |||||
| 13. Define stages of translation processes, translation strategies and problems encountered and develop methods for solving these problems. | |||||
| 14. Communicate effectively at basic level in TID. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest