Weekly outline
- General
- 1. 22 February - 28 February
- 2. 1 March - 7 March
- 3. 8 March - 14 March
- 4. 15 March - 21 March
4. 15 March - 21 March
Violating cooperative principles to create humour in conversations (extracts from the Friends 六人行)
- 5. 22 March - 28 March
5. 22 March - 28 March
application of cooperative principles: generating conversations violating cooperative principles and explaining the social functions of the violations
- 6. 29 March - 4 April
- 7. 5 April - 11 April
- 8. 12 April - 18 April
- 9. 19 April - 25 April
- 10. 26 April - 2 May
- 11. 3 May - 9 May
11. 3 May - 9 May
week 11 face and politeness theories (negative and postiive face; positive and negative politeness)
- 12. 10 May - 16 May
- 13. 17 May - 23 May
- 14. 24 May - 30 May
14. 24 May - 30 May
week 14 movie: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (for some questions asked in the final oral exam)
- 15. 31 May - 6 June
- 16. 7 June - 13 June
- 17. 14 June - 20 June
- 18. 21 June - 27 June
18. 21 June - 27 June
week 18 : a written exam (online) to check the overall understanding of the communication concepts as taught in this semester
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