COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENRE ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4055 GENRE ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to have students raise awareness on concept of genre and have students analyse the genre from the perspective of linguistics

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   Determine features in Turkish texts

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 Midterm
8 Different approaches to genre analyis in different disciplines
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 Turkish for a Specific Purpose
14 Rhetorical genre studies
15 General Assessment
16 Final Exam

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), s. 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

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams

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)

kamil.iseri@deu.edu.tr

B Blok 461.1.

Office Hours

Thursdays 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555