Approaches to Languages and Cultures

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• interpret and reflect critically, at an advanced level, on a range of approaches to cultural analysis
• communicate a high-level academic argument in written form
• structure your ideas in a clear, coherent manner consistent with an advanced academic level.
• demonstrate confidence and skill when engaging in high-level academic discussion and debate

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
• express reflection on complex ideas in a succinct and concise manner.
• engage in advanced analysis of high-level arguments and approaches
• communicate complex, advanced ideas and arguments in a written reflective report

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• how to engage with, and reflect upon, advanced academic and theoretical texts relevant to high-level understanding of world cultures
• the key analytical frameworks necessary for the MA Languages and Cultures programme
• the principles of advanced research in the Humanities.
• advanced academic approaches to theoretical reading and analysis
• advanced academic approaches to a range of texts and media

The syllabus will change year-to-year, but might include segments on:

– approaches to written texts

– approaches to images and film

– approaches to ideology

– approaches to media

– approaches to representation

The module will consist of guided independent readings, discussion-based seminars aimed at facilitating understanding and building critical skills, and short assessments with an emphasis on reflection.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Reflective account

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Written and oral feedback
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

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.