GROUP 6
DISCOURSE-BASED APPROACHES

DISCOURSE-BASED APPROACHES

It is framework that built to help language learner became competence of the language based on requirement that needed the language to be obtain. 

The main function is to give an efficient way to learn the language which contribute in understand the meaning of language and giving a real life communication situation.

IDENTIFYING GENRE

Communicative purpose

Essential part of identifying genre which falls into certain categories which fulfil the purpose of learning the language.

Communicative purpose became more complex when the fields came with multiple situation.

ANALYSING REGISTER

Register also known “form of language customarily used in particular circumstances” (oxford dictionary) 

Analysis that required you to giving crucial on details on tone, level of language and any specialized language which is important that contribute information about register.

TYPES OF LEXIS 

Semantics- meanings	Metaphor-   comparison (is)	Personification-         giving an object human qualities/attributes
Pragmatics-   implied meaning	Simile-        comparison (as, like)	Context-      time and place surrounding a text
Denotation-literal meaning	Mentonym-             where the attribute of a subject stands for something else	Irony-          saying or writing the opposite of what is actually meant
Connotation-   words/meanings	Pathetic Fallacy-        where the weather reflects the mood	Bathos- comedy derived from the serious then turned into the ridiculous i.e Scary Movie
Figurative Language-       language that uses a metaphor	Imagery-            creating pictures in the reader's mind	Archaic-           language features that are no longer in use
Synonym-          words that mean the same thing (Start-Go)	Determiner-      indicate quality or identify the noun      (one, two, three etc)	Text-   anything you can read
Antonym-           opposite words (Start-Finish)	Metalinguistics-  words we use to describe words  i.e nouns	Synchronic Variation-        change in language at one time-different         uses by different people
Intensifier-     particular type of adverb	Creole-     a new hybrid language	Diachronic Variation-     change in language over time     (Gay Gay Gay)
Exothoric Reference-  these are references to the wider situation or context to things outside the text.	Diadactic-form in which you speak	Genre- type/category of a text Travelogue for set texts
Satire- a text, which illustrates something ludicrous by use of exaggeration. This is normally over something political.  i.e A Modest Proposal expressing the unfairness of the English ruling the Irish, disease spread and a increased amount of people died resulting in rumours of cannibalism.	Conventions- features in the text i.e film noir = femme fatale	Parenthesis- a pair of signs to mark off a bit of a sentence, separating it from the syntactic structure but not affecting the sentence as a whole.  Ex. William Smith-        you must know him- is coming tonight.
Parody- a usually humorous imitation of a text or a situation for comic effect or to ridicule it	Intertexual Reference- when a text makes an implied explicit reference to another text	Pentameters- a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
Ideology- a set of beliefs, ideas etc	Juxtaposition- an act or instance of placing close together or side by side esp. for comparison or contrast	Enjambement- the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no        pause
Cataphoric Reference- when the text refers to something forward	Emotive language- language that is        intended to produce an emotional response i.e heartwarming	Oxymoron- contradicting words or phrases brought together
Anaphoric Reference- when a word or phrase refers to something earlier in the text-often uses pronouns	Pun-  humorous play on words that depends on a word or phrase having a double meaning	Dramatic Irony- when something is        said and has a deeper meaning or significance
Taboo language-  words that are avoided because they are considered offensive, embarrassing, obscene or unpleasant	Repetition-occurs when a word or phrase is repeated	Form-way in which the text is structured
Typology- classification according to a general type	Paradox- an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion	Hyperbole- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

References

Webites: 

http://applij.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/2/195.short

http://www.slideshare.net/husainabdulhay/discourse-based-approaches-to-langauge-learning-and-teaching

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/bpl_images/content_store/sample_chapter/9780631224181/scollon.pdf

https://books.google.com.my/books?id=uB-QtADevzMC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=analysing+register&source=bl&ots=NrXaVqbgtO&sig=Ja0mT0IAZWxC5S4kwTl0XM3qRMM&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=analysing%20register&f=false

Members:  

 SHAFIAH SULAIMAN SHA

(171816)

                   

 SITI NORSYAHIRAH BT MUHAMAD ZAINULDIN

(176048)

CATHERINE DAVANAIAKAN

(174070)

NUR ADILAH BT TAJUDIN

(170185)

NUR ASMAA BINTI AHMAD

(176217)

SITI SARAH BINTI ROSLAN

(175970)

Group 6 Members:

Thank you for your invite. Keep up with your good work.

BH

Task 1 ( 10 September 2015)

Group 6

       

ESP vs. EGP

ESP	EGP
Focus on training	Focus on education.
Learners are usually adults.	Age of learners varies from children to adults.
Learners are familiar with English Language and they are learning the language in order to communicate and perform particular job related functions.	Learning English language is the subject of classes.
Need analysis determines which language are most needed by learner and the syllabus is designed accordingly.	Use four skills are that are stressed equally (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
The focus is on context – it does not taught as a subject separated from the learners/student’s real world/wishes.	There is concentration on teaching grammar and language structure.
Develop learners communicative needs mainly for improvement	Develop to form a strong language foundation of the learners in terms of basic grammar and communication.
Fundamentals of language are taught to them in order to prepare them for their career path.	Approach predominantly used in used in primary schools intending to help primary students build self-assurance in using the language.
Intended to be used in specific vocational contexts, selection of appropriate content is easier.	Course content is more difficult to select since the future English needs of the learners are hard to predict.
Syllabus may only be building a restricted English competence.	It is important for the content in syllabus to have high surrender value.