Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- 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 politics and language policy;
- Language in an educational context
- Corpus Linguistics and data analysis
- Forensic Linguistics: use of language analysis in relation to the law
- Language variation and language varieties;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Link empirical evidence to the formulation of linguistic theories;
- Language in its geographical, social, historical and political context;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Synthesise evidence from a range of sources in order to present a coherent argument;
- Apply sophisticated analytical tools to the investigation of a problem,
- Understand the relationship between theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence;
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- 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 acquisition data
- Understand and analyse language variation;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Aitchison, J. (1998). The articulate mammal.. Routledge..
Holmes, J. (2001). An introduction to Sociolinguistics. Longman.
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.
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