{"id":1927,"date":"2022-06-27T14:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/?page_id=1927"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:38:55","slug":"maal7002","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/courses\/maal7002\/","title":{"rendered":"MAAL7002 Applied Linguistics in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COURSE TEACHER<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr.\u00a0Sherman Lee<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sleehku@hku.hk\">sleehku@hku.hk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OVERVIEW<br \/>\n<\/strong>In the contemporary workplace, communication is not only concerned with language-in-use but embraces a range of social issues. This course introduces key aspects of workplace communication research that are relevant to applied linguists, such as rapport management, identities, roles, and interactional strategies, across a range of workplace and professional contexts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AIMS<\/strong><br \/>\nThe course aims to develop participants\u2019 critical understanding of discourse and communication in a range of workplace and professional contexts. In addition to covering theoretical concepts, it will introduce a variety of analytical approaches for examining authentic workplace discourse and interactions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the end of this course, participants should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain and illustrate the relevance of studying language use in the workplace<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical and methodological issues related to studying workplace communication<\/li>\n<li>Apply that knowledge to describe and critically analyse authentic discourse from a workplace or professional setting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEY REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schnurr, S. (2013). <em>Exploring professional communication: Language in action.\u00a0<\/em>Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Vine, B. (Ed.) (2018).\u202f<em>The Routledge handbook of language in the workplace<\/em>. Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Vine, B. (Ed.) (2020).\u00a0<em>Introducing language in the workplace.\u00a0<\/em>Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 42.7789%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\"><strong>Session\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\"><strong>Topic\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Key concepts in the study of workplace communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Methodological approaches to exploring workplace discourse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Identities, roles and gender in the workplace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Rapport management and workplace culture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Managing problematic communication in the workplace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 13.4892%\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.018%\">Transactional communication at work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write a paper of 2,500 words (+\/- 10%) that critically examines authentic discourse from a workplace setting. Collect written and\/or spoken data from any workplace or professional setting. Provide a detailed description of the data and conduct a thorough analysis of the communication or interactional episode, with reference to the concepts and approaches covered in the course. If you would like to discuss alternative concepts\/approaches, please seek prior approval from the teacher. Further details of the assignment will be provided when the course begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1927","courses","type-courses","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/1927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/courses"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6922,"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/1927\/revisions\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}