Análisis del discurso en español

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1021002BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om Análisis del discurso en español te kunnen opnemen, moet je geslaagd zijn voor Morfosintaxis del español, of dit vak tenminste opnieuw registreren. Geef steeds voorrang aan vakken uit de laagste fase van je opleiding. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen.

Taught in

Spanish

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Kim Collewaert
Brenthe Tilburghs
An Vande Casteele (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Content: Text Pragmatics

- Discourse Analysis

- Mechanisms of textual coherence and cohesion

- Argumentative discourse

- Discourse markers

- Politeness strategies

- The performance of speech acts

written and oral tasks; paper with corpus study; participation in Internationalisation@home project

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : corpus
Digital course material (Required) : documenten ter beschikking in de lessen of via het leerplatform + eigen notities

Additional info

Because the course is taught and evaluated in Spanish, advanced command of this language is required.

Study material will be provided over the course of the semester in the lessons or by the means of the learning platform. Additionally, students are required to take notes during the course.

Corpus with data in Spanish

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Acquire adequate linguistic insight in relation to Spanish
Be able to comment on a discourse analysis
Be able to identify several textual elements
Learn to consult corpora and analyse empiric data
Write a short scientific text on a linguistic subject in Spanish
Acquire analytical skills

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
PRAC Paper determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Paper with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

oral presentation with a relative weight of 25 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

written task with a relative weight of 25 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Students can only pass the course as a whole, if they achieved a minimal score of 8/20 for each of the separate evaluation criteria. If a student scored less than 8/20 for one or more of the separate evaluation criteria, he or she cannot receive a final score higher than 9/20. If a student does not participate in all of the separate evaluation criteria of the course, he or she will be marked absent for the course as a whole.

Partial grades can be transferred to a later exam session within the same academic year, at the written request of the student.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context