SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentMA Program of English, First Year Ph.D. Program in TESOL, First Year MA Program of English, Second Year Ph.D. Program in TESOL, Second Year
Course NameTopics on Applied Linguistics : Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Its Research Methods
InstructorYU MING-CHUNG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Tentative schedule



Week 1: course introduction



Week 2: requests/responses to humor



Week 3: apologies/Grice's cooperative principles 



Week 4: compliments/B & L politeness theory



Week 5: compliment responses/research methods



Week 6: Independent study



Week 7: no class



Week 8: class presentation



Week 9: complaints/responses to complaints



Week 10: suggestions/constructive feedback



Week 11: Independent study



Week 12: invitations and responses; refusals and responses



Week 13: disagreements and responses 



Week 14: no class



Week 15: class presentation



Week 16: finals

 



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

n/a


Requirement/Grading

class participation, presentation, paper


Textbook & Reference

journal papers; various materials from different books


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