Module overview
This unit will introduce you to the main areas relevant to applied language studies.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Forensic Linguistics: use of language analysis in relation to the law
- Corpus Linguistics and data analysis
- Language politics and language policy;
- Draw on your understanding of language acquisition and language processing in order to explore the relationship between language and the human mind and brain
- Language in an educational context
- Language variation and language varieties;
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand and analyse language acquisition data
- Apply analytical linguistic tools and concepts to the analysis of the topics studied;
- Analyse language data from a range of perspectives;
- Understand and analyse language variation;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Apply sophisticated analytical tools to the investigation of a problem,
- Understand the relationship between theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence;
- Synthesise evidence from a range of sources in order to present a coherent argument;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Language in its geographical, social, historical and political context;
- Link empirical evidence to the formulation of linguistic theories;
Syllabus
Applied Linguistics?
- The role of linguistics in education
- Language Policy and Planning
- Corpus Linguistics
Sociolinguistics: language variation; dialectology; register; language change;linguistic landscapes
Psycholinguistics
- Language and the brain
- Language acquisition
- Language processing
Forensic Linguistics
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include
- Interactive Lectures;
- Seminar group presentations;
- Group discussion in seminars.
Learning activities include
- Organisation of material and own ideas for oral presentation;
- Developing own interpretation of theoretical texts and concepts;
- Debating ideas in class
- Independent study.
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Cook, G. (2003). Applied Linguistics. Oxford University Press..
Fromkin, V. Rodman, R. & Hyams, N. (2003). An Introduction to language.. Thomson & Heinle..
Brumfit, C., (1995). Language education in the National Curriculum. Blackwell.
Aitchison, J. (1998). The articulate mammal.. Routledge..
Holmes, J. (2001). An introduction to Sociolinguistics. Longman.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Assignment | 80% |
Blackboard quizzes | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Assignment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Blackboard quizzes | 20% |
Assignment | 80% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External