P.63 No.32 Extracts from NSCE SB2 Unit 6 Text 2

Blowing the whistle on soccerClass 16

Discourse Analysis of

Cohesion Grammatical Cohesion Lexical Cohesion Coherence Culture Context Critique Class Activity

Blowing the whistle on soccer A French of mine got a big laugh at a dinner party recently with his

account of the game of baseball: “Seven guys stand around in a field doing nothing while two of their teammates throw the ball back and forth.”

I understand--- it’s hard to get excited about a foreign sport if you didn’t grow up with it. Now I’m colliding with this same cultural barrier. The World Cup soccer tournament begins on June 9 and I will have no clue what’s going on out there on the “pitch”. It seems a good time to blow the whistle on the so-called beautiful game.

I have been watching soccer for years and all I can see on the field is 22 grown men in shorts running around madly trying to kick the ball and tripping over each other. I guess the object is to get the ball into the net (also known as the goal), but if it ever gets close it looks like an accident.

What we have here, it would seem, is a game of chance.

Grammtical cohension

Lexical cohesive chains Synonyms: 1. guys, teammates 2.game, sport, tournament, game Opposites: back, forth Collocation: throw the ball back and forth, blow

the whistle, kick the ball, get the ball into the net Hyponyms: game,

ball, soccer, teammates, field, pitch, net, goal,

Lexical cohesion

Coherence: Macrostructure

G: Cultural barrier in understanding sports

M1: The French friend’s understanding of the baseball game

M2: My understanding of sports of the World Cup soccer tournament

Clause Relation

Now I’m colliding with this same cultural barrier.

Mico-1 Micro-2

Microstructures of Micro theme IRules of order:Effect-cause Effect: A French of mine got a big laugh at

a dinner party recently with his account of the game of baseball:

Cause: “Seven guys stand around in a field

doing nothing while two of their teammates throw the ball back and forth.”

Microstructures of Micro theme II General statement I understand--- it’s hard to get excited about a foreign

sport (consequence) if you didn’t grow up with it (cause). Particular Now I’m colliding with this same cultural barrier. Example 1 The World Cup …. I will have no clue what’s going on

out there on the “pitch”. ... Example 2 I have been ....22 grown men in shorts running around

madly trying ….. Result -conclusion it would seem, is a game of chance. Rules of order General -Specific

Culture

Context

Blowing the whistle on soccer A French of mine got a big laugh at a dinner party recently with his

account of the game of baseball: “Seven guys stand around in a field doing nothing while two of their teammates throw the ball back and forth.”

I understand--- it’s hard to get excited about a foreign sport if you didn’t grow up with it. Now I’m colliding with this same cultural barrier. The World Cup soccer tournament begins on June 9 and I will have no clue what’s going on out there on the “pitch”. It seems a good time to blow the whistle on the so-called beautiful game.

I have been watching soccer for years and all I can see on the field is 22 grown men in shorts running around madly trying to kick the ball and tripping over each other. I guess the object is to get the ball into the net (also known as the goal), but if it ever gets close it looks like an accident.

What we have here, it would seem, is a game of chance.

Critique

Class Activity—Group WorkDiscuss the difference between Ping-Pong and soccer and write a paragraph about. (in group of 4-5)

Questions Ping-Pong Soccer

Do you like it?

Do you watch it?

How often do you play it?

How often do you watch it?