Language and Society in German-Speaking World

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• plan and prepare individual and joint seminar presentations;
• produce writing in appropriate genres and to required conventions, including referencing and identification;
• work effectively alone and in collaboration with others to solve problems and/or carry out a task

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• multilingualism in German-speaking countries;
• language and national identities in German-speaking countries;
• linguistic and sociolinguistic consequences of contact between German and other languages;
• the status of German as an international language;
• public debates on language issues in Germany.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate arguments in the relevant German secondary literature;
• analyse primary data (e.g. written texts, interview transcripts);
• make connections between what you read about German contexts and your own experience as a learner of German;
• identify and describe examples of key sociolinguistic concepts in relation to contemporary German;

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.