Università Roma Tre

This course is designed as an introduction to the study of pragmatics and discourse analysis in English language as they apply to different genres and in particular to journalistic texts. Topics include: cohesion and coherence, discourse analysis, deixis, speech acts, principle of cooperation, presupposition, pragmatic inference, politeness, and intercultural pragmatics, newspaper language.
The course has both a theoretical and practical approach: the theory will serve as a tool to work hands-on on authentic texts.
This course consists of in-class, interactive lesson and of individual and group activities. Lessons are characterized by an eclectic approach involving both professor and students. Lessons will be characterized by the use of multimedia materials along with the textbook. The function of these tools is that of interacting with the students involving them in activities that stimulate them cognitively and that make it possible for their different intelligences, personalities, and motivation to find the most suitable learning way(s).
Learning a language is, for a huge part, practicing it, so the students are expected to engage in discussions, to ask and answer questions, to actively participate in group and individual activities, and to communicate in English.

More info and materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6tg3omfBXrbdWlrZDZ0amRFVWs

- Cutting, Joan (2008). Pragmatics & Discourse (2nd Edition). Routledge Press.

- Reah, Danuta (2002). The Language of Newspapers (2nd Edition). Routledge Press.