User:Bonisqui/Discourse analysis

Methods in Discourse Analysis
Discourse analysis can be useful for educators to analyze the language use of learners. A practical way of doing discourse analysis is through the analysis of language transcripts, often referred to as language sample analysis. Different types of discourse genres, such as conversational, narrative, persuasive, and expository genres, should be analyzed separately from each other.

Analyzing discourse using language samples can involve microstructural or macrostructural analysis. Microstructural analysis is the examination of the words and grammatical structures produced by the language user. Macrostructural analysis is the examination of the overarching composition and cohesiveness of the language produced.

Tools for doing discourse analysis
Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT)

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