Verbal Communication: Games Rituals Pastimes 3301-JF2643
The course topics:
1. Transactional analysis - transactions
2. Transactional analysis - games
3. Transactional analysis - rituals and pastimes
4. Transactional analysis - procedures, operations, activities
5. Games, rituals, pastimes - analyzing examples
6. Conversation analysis
7. P. Grice`s theory of conversation
8. Pragmatic analysis of verbal exponents of games, rituals and pastimes.
9. Students` presentations.
Requirements:
1. Midterm test
2. Presentation.
Type of course
Mode
Blended learning
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Acquiring knowledge
-The student learns linguistic methodology practiced in the U.S. and the U.K. and acquires the knowledge of theory construction.
-The student acquires/extends knowledge about different levels of communication in both spoken and written English
Acquiring expertise
- The student acquires the expertise to use linguistic terminology in a skillful way.
- The student learns how to interpret, analyze and systematize phenomena in their linguistic, cultural and social aspects
- The student learns how to evaluate linguistic theories and their relevance for philological studies and their practical application
-The students appreciate the diversity of opinions presented in reading and discussions. They treat it as inspiration, not threat
-The students can find information in different sources, evaluate and interpret it from the perspective of theoretical and practical English studies.
Assessment criteria
Own analysis of a chosen example of verbal communication presented orally and in the form of term paper. Mid-term test.
Bibliography
Berne, E. 1968. Games People Play (Polish translation 1987)
Berne, E. 1976. Beyond games and scripts
Berne, E. 1979. What do you say after you say hello
Grice, P. 1989. Studies in the Way of Words. Cambridge: MIT ("Logic and conversation")
Levinson, S. 1983. Pragmatics. CUP (chapters: Conversation Analysis; Implicature)
Additional information
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