Discourse Mapping Archives

Learning about Discourse Mapping in “5 Myths about Mental Illnesses”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed: Discourse Mapping

Time Required for Activity: 20 mins

Objective:

To learn about Discourse Mapping from an English text.

In this video, a narrator attempts to debunk five common myths about mental illnesses.

Prediction

You will watch a video in which a narrator challenges five common myths about mental illnesses. In the video, the narrator provides an argument for why each myth is inaccurate. Before watching […]

Jenny Smith-Hastings2022-02-09T10:14:08-06:00February 9th, 2022|

Working with Immigrants: Practicing Use of Space in Simultaneous Interpreting

Developed by ASL Flurry

Competencies Addressed

spatial structuring/discourse mapping
depiction in ASL
semantic equivalence
Taylor – Major Features

CATIE Center2022-01-23T18:23:50-06:00February 12th, 2019|

Moving to America: Use of Space in Simultaneous Interpreting

Developed by ASL Flurry

spatial structuring/discourse mapping

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CATIE Center2022-01-23T18:27:03-06:00February 12th, 2019|

Simultaneous Interpreting: Congress Avenue Bridge (English to ASL)

Developed by ASL Flurry

Competencies Addressed:

message coherence
spatial structuring/discourse mapping
depiction in ASL
Use of Classifiers
- semantic classifiers (Taylor, 2017: 4.2)
- descriptive […]

CATIE Center2022-01-23T19:49:46-06:00December 4th, 2018|

Discourse Mapping an Explanatory text – “Experiences with Interpreters”

Developed by Doug Bowen-Bailey

Competencies Addressed: Discourse mapping; Comprehension: ASL discourse

Time Required for Activity: 40 mins

Objective:

To create a discourse map of a video text explaining about one person’s experiences working with interpreters.

In this video, Nyla explains her various experiences working with interpreters.

CATIE Center2022-01-25T11:00:36-06:00July 30th, 2018|

Discourse Mapping a Procedural text – “How to Cook with Cast Iron”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed: Discourse mapping; Comprehension: English discourse

Time Required for Activity: 60 mins

Objective:

To create a discourse map of a video text explaining how to clean and cook with cast iron skillets.

In this video, a narrator from YouTube cooking channel Tasty explains how to clean and cook with cast iron skillets.

The activity in this post is based on:

Winston, E.A. & Monikowski, C.M. “Discourse Mapping: Developing Textual Coherence […]

Jenny Smith-Hastings2022-01-25T11:03:37-06:00July 19th, 2018|

Identifying discourse markers and examples of spatial structuring in Creative Advocacy Through Visual Narrative by Melissa Malzkuhn

Example from 2:46-2:54: Melissa uses her non-dominant hand to mark herself as a child on her left side and then talks about herself as a PhD student and contrasts her experiences with protest… marking those two different spaces with both her body shifting and use of dominant & non-dominant hands.