Language and Social Interaction is important for anyone who wants to understand how social interaction is organised. Students are given every opportunity to hear and analyse social interaction, such as ordinary everyday conversations, and to collect their own conversations for analysis. Students whose first language is not English will be able to collect and analyse social interaction data from their own language. There is a strong language and social interaction research culture at ANU. Students will be given every opportunity to learn from these more experienced researchers through seminars, data analysis sessions, and the fortnightly Discourse Analysis Group.
This course is compulsory for graduate students who wish to undertake further research (thesis or sub-thesis) in the area of language and social interaction, discourse analysis, conversation analysis or applied conversation analysis. It is also recommended for graduate students who wish to undertake further research in critical discourse analysis. Students should consult with the Convenor of Applied Linguistics or their potential supervisor as to whether or not they should take the course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon Successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Collect examples of naturally-occurring everyday spoken
interaction, such as ordinary conversations or institutional talk.
- Transcribe examples of naturally-occurring everyday
spoken interaction, using a standardised transcription method.
- Explain, and critically argue for, the structural ‘rules'
of everyday interaction.
- Demonstrate your ability to critically analyse spoken
interaction; and to write and present an argument using evidence from the
literature and your data.
- Critique other discourse analytic methodologies.
Indicative Assessment
A transcription assignment 10% [LO 2]
A terminology assignment 1000 words 15% [LO 3, 4]
45 minute seminar presentation 15% [LO 3, 4, 5] (Seminar will be recorded for verification purposes.)
Data Analysis of material students present in the seminar 1000 words 15% [LO 3, 4, 5]
A final project 2500 - 3000 words 45% [LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
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Workload
Three hours of contact time, including 2 hour lectures and 1 hour seminar (usually held fortnightly) over a 13 week period. Students are expected to undertake a further 7 hours of independent study each week over the semester (total workload 130 hours).
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Sidnell, J. (2010) Conversation analysis: an introduction. Chichester, U.K.; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2841 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |