Title 0924 2321ENGL1415 Contrastive Linguistics (Eng-Vie) Module Guide.docx ✅

2411ENGL1415 CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS (ENG-VIE) MODULE OUTLINE AND READING LIST First Semester 2024-2025 Instructor: Ninh Gia Hòa (MA) Table of Contents 1. Schedule and location 2. Online learning platform and contact information 3. Aims 4. Study skills 5. Module planner and preparatory readings 6. Assessment 7. Critical commentary assessment criteria 8. Essay assessment criteria

5. Module planner and preparatory readings For each of the chapters in the COURSEBOOK by Ke (2019), the suggested planner below aims to help students explore the theories (in sessions (1)), and then practise critically reading research papers (in sessions (2)), which means the module will be necessarily reading-intensive. Students are required to complete the ‘Preparatory Readings’ before each class. Week No. Topics Preparatory Readings 1 A. INDUCTION B. DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW OF CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 1 Ke (2019) 2 THE PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 2 Ke (2019) 3 PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSES (1) Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 3 Ke (2019) 4 PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSES (2) Focus: Students’ critical reading skills Students complete the Preparatory Readings at home, then answer the following questions in writing: 1. What are the authors trying to achieve in writing this? 2. What are the authors claiming that is relevant to my studies? 3. How convincing are these claims, and why? 4. What do I find most interesting about this reading? 5. In conclusion, what use can I make of this reading? (adapted from Wallace and Wray (2021, p. 44)) 1. pp. 6-11 Tang (2007) 2. (Optional) pp. 9-10 Shport (2009) 3. (Optional) pp. 7-10; 12-17 Ngo (2001) 5 LEXICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (1) Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 4 Ke (2019) 6 LEXICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (2) Focus: Students’ critical reading skills and analytical skills Students complete the Preparatory Readings at home, then answer the following questions in writing: 1. What are the authors trying to achieve in writing this? 2. What are the authors claiming that is relevant to my studies? 3. How convincing are these claims, and why? 4. What do I find most interesting about this reading? 5. In conclusion, what use can I make of this reading? 1. pp. 11-16 Tang (2007) 2. (Optional) pp. 10-12; 19-20 Ngo (2001)
(adapted from Wallace and Wray (2021, p. 44)) 7 GRAMMATICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (1) Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 5 Ke (2019) 8 GRAMMATICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (2) Focus: Students’ critical reading skills and analytical skills Students complete the Preparatory Readings at home, then answer the following questions in writing: 1. What are the authors trying to achieve in writing this? 2. What are the authors claiming that is relevant to my studies? 3. How convincing are these claims, and why? 4. What do I find most interesting about this reading? 5. In conclusion, what use can I make of this reading? (adapted from Wallace and Wray (2021, p. 44)) 1. pp. 16-19 Tang (2007) 2. (Optional) pp. 17-19 Ngo (2001) 9 TEXTUAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (1) Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 6 Ke (2019) 10 TEXTUAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (2) Focus: Students’ critical readings and analytical skills Students complete the Preparatory Readings at home, then answer the following questions in writing: 1. What are the authors trying to achieve in writing this? 2. What are the authors claiming that is relevant to my studies? 3. How convincing are these claims, and why? 4. What do I find most interesting about this reading? 5. In conclusion, what use can I make of this reading? (adapted from Wallace and Wray (2021, p. 44)) ‘Coherence Relations and Information Structure in English and French Political Speeches’ by Lewis (2017) in ‘CA of Discourse-pragmatic Aspects of Linguistic Genres’ (pp. 141-161) 11 PRAGMATIC CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (1) Focus: Lecture and discussions Chapter 7 Ke (2019) 12 PRAGMATIC CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (2) Focus: Students’ critical reading skills and analytical skills Students complete the Preparatory Readings at home, then answer the following questions in writing: 1. What are the authors trying to achieve in writing this? 2. What are the authors claiming that is relevant to my studies? 3. How convincing are these claims, and why? 4. What do I find most interesting about this reading? 5. In conclusion, what use can I make of this reading? 1. Curry and Chambers (2017) 2. (Optional) Curry (2022) 3. (Optional) Curry and Pérez-Paredes (2021) 4. (Optional) Nguyen Thi Thuy (2018) 5. (Optional) Sections 1.2-1.5 Tran (2001)