General Course Description from the college catalog:
This course focuses on understanding communication in relationships (interpersonal) and within the mind (intrapsychic: thinking, alone time, analyzing, understanding the external world and how one communicates internally). Topics include communication styles and communication in the intimate relationship, within the family, and at the workplace.
My introduction:
In understanding the mental process that goes into communication, we will analyze conversation from various discourse perspectives. We will learn how talk in not only a window to the mind, but also how talk is the mind. The focus will be on communication as a form of “talk-in-interaction” that is, how it unfolds in naturally occurring conversations, moment-by-moment, both intra- and interculturally between individuals in familiar and formal contexts. We will also learn how to transcribe conversations and ferret out patterns of communication that will give insight into what speaker are “doing” in interaction – which does not always match what they are actually thinking. Finally, we will consider the perspective of the recipient, as well as that of the speaker in a conversation. We will look at how recipients frame one another’s talk and how they orient to particular response in order show they understood a particular utterance.
Liberal Studies Student Learning Outcomes
All liberal studies graduates will demonstrate:
1. the ability to articulate and communicate clearly in written and spoken forms.
2. research skills, including the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
3. responsibility to others and our community.
4. respect, tolerance, and openness to new ideas and ways of thinking.
5. the ability to think critically, independently, and creatively.
Learning Outcomes for Course:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1. apply different approaches of discourse to the analysis of intra- and interpersonal communication.
2. analyze talk to get insight into the “sense making practices” conversationalists use to accomplish actions and display identities and roles.
3. understand how (if at all) cognition figures into the analysis of naturally occurring conversations.
This course focuses on understanding communication in relationships (interpersonal) and within the mind (intrapsychic: thinking, alone time, analyzing, understanding the external world and how one communicates internally). Topics include communication styles and communication in the intimate relationship, within the family, and at the workplace.
My introduction:
In understanding the mental process that goes into communication, we will analyze conversation from various discourse perspectives. We will learn how talk in not only a window to the mind, but also how talk is the mind. The focus will be on communication as a form of “talk-in-interaction” that is, how it unfolds in naturally occurring conversations, moment-by-moment, both intra- and interculturally between individuals in familiar and formal contexts. We will also learn how to transcribe conversations and ferret out patterns of communication that will give insight into what speaker are “doing” in interaction – which does not always match what they are actually thinking. Finally, we will consider the perspective of the recipient, as well as that of the speaker in a conversation. We will look at how recipients frame one another’s talk and how they orient to particular response in order show they understood a particular utterance.
Liberal Studies Student Learning Outcomes
All liberal studies graduates will demonstrate:
1. the ability to articulate and communicate clearly in written and spoken forms.
2. research skills, including the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
3. responsibility to others and our community.
4. respect, tolerance, and openness to new ideas and ways of thinking.
5. the ability to think critically, independently, and creatively.
Learning Outcomes for Course:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1. apply different approaches of discourse to the analysis of intra- and interpersonal communication.
2. analyze talk to get insight into the “sense making practices” conversationalists use to accomplish actions and display identities and roles.
3. understand how (if at all) cognition figures into the analysis of naturally occurring conversations.
- Teacher: Domenica DelPrete