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•Who are these people?

•What is going on here? What are these people doing?

•What kinds of tools/language are they using to do it?

•Are they being successful/doing it well?

•Who has more power in the conversation? How can you tell?

•What do the two people want? What strategies are they using to get what they want?

•Who wins?

	Discourse and Pragmatics Week One
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Activities 1) Discuss in groups the possible meaning of the words 'Discourse' and 'Pragmatics'. 2) Read this transcript of a workplace interaction and discuss the following questions in groups: •Who are these people? •What is going on here? What are these people doing? •What kinds of tools/language are they using to do it? •Are they being successful/doing it well? •Who has more power in the conversation? How can you tell? •What do the two people want? What strategies are they using to get what they want? •Who wins?