The Practical Demonstration. An Analysis of the Effect on Discourse Structure of a Visual Display. Practical Papers in English Language Education, Vol. 1.

Autor/in	Hutchinson, Tom
Institution	Lancaster Univ. (England). Inst. for English Language Education.
Titel	The Practical Demonstration. An Analysis of the Effect on Discourse Structure of a Visual Display. Practical Papers in English Language Education, Vol. 1.
Quelle	(1978), (45 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Audiovisual Aids; Discourse Analysis; Educational Media; English for Special Purposes; English (Second Language); Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Technical Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Audiovisuelles Medium; Diskursanalyse; Bildungsmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technikunterricht
Abstract	This paper investigates the discourse structure of the practical demonstration, particularly the effect produced by the presence of a visual display. The Practical Demonstration (PD), as used in technical education, differs from the lecture in having a visual display; the speaker carries out an operation as he explains it. This affects the structure of the discourse in the following respects: (1) there is a feedback mechanism whereby students can ask and be asked questions; (2) the visual display gives coherence to the verbal text at all levels of discourse; (3) paralanguage (indicating, gaze direction etc.) links the verbal text and the visual display and is therefore a major cohesive device; and (4) the visual display provides an ongoing source of reference for the text. The pedagogical implications of this are that students of Technical English must be sensitized to the way the speaker uses the visual display if they are to cope adequately with technical instruction in English speaking institutions. Samples of illustrative materials are included. (Author/AMH)
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Update	2004/1/01