COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENRE ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6037 GENRE ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to have students raise awareness on concept of genre which is used as the rationale underlying academic and professional settings in order to interpret, describe and explain them and have students analyse the genre from the perspective of linguistics so that they comprehend generic conventions of specific settings and have them produce text considering the generic conventions of the given setting.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the concept of genre
2   Explain the difference between genre and text type
3   Explain the preliminaries of genre studies and related approaches
4   Study texts of different settings and present their generic features
5   Study academic and professional texts and present their generic and linguistic patterns
6   Use the method of discourse analysis and write an academic paper paying attention to its genre

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Genre and text type
2 Introduction to genre analysis
3 Register analysis
4 Grammatical-rhetorical analysis
5 Interactional analysis
6 Genre analysis approach
7 Different approaches to genre analyis in different disciplines
8 Midterm
9 Cultural differences in genre analysis
10 Genre studies in linguistics
11 Recent developments in genre analysis
12 Critical genre analysis
13 Academic genre analysis in English for a Specific Purpose
14 Rhetorical genre studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Bhatia, V. K. (2013). Analysing Genre: Language Use in Professional Settings. NY: Routledge.
Bhatia, V. K. (2002). Applied genre analysis: a multi-perspective model. Iberica (4), ss. 3-19.
Bhatia, V. K. (1996). Methodological Issues in Genre Analysis. Hermes, Journal of Linguistics no. 16 . ss. 39-59.
Henry, A. ve Roseberry H. L. (2001). A narrow-angled corpus analysis of moves and strategies of the genre: `Letter of Application'. English for Specific Purposes (20) ss.153-167.
Singha, M.K.S, Shamsudinb, S. ve Zaid, Y:H: (2012). Revisiting Genre Analysis:Applying Vijay Bhatia's Approach. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences ( 66 ) 370-379.
Holmes, R. (1997).Genre Analysis, and the Social Sciences: An Investigation of the Structure of Research Article Discussion Sections in Three Disciplines. English for Specific Purposes, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 321-337, 1997
Bonyadi, A. (2012). Genre analysis of media texts. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 66 ( 2012 ) 86-96.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams,the assignments/projects, presentations and active participation in classes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects and not participating in class discussions.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a '0' (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. G. Songül Ercan
DEÜ Edebiyat Fak. C Blok Ofis No: 153

Office Hours

Wed. 10-12

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Student Presentations 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2332253
LO.3332254
LO.433445555555
LO.544555555555
LO.655555555555

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