This module examines the theory and practice of language teaching and explores 'reflective practice' as a set of skills that can be applied to your future working life.
This module develops awareness of how language testing and assessment have developed in educational and wider social contexts. It focusses on both purposes and processes of language testing and assessment, and critically examines applications in policy areas such as education, employability, migration, and citizenship. It examines the issues involved in making judgements about language proficiency for these purposes. It also explores the theoretical foundations for making judgements in different settings, and the skills required by both testers and test-takers. In this module, you will have opportunities to consider aspects of the role of English as a global language, issues of social justice and equality of opportunity, and the development of digital technologies in language testing and assessment.
This module explores language in its social context. The main aim of this module is to introduce you to key research approaches to the study of language attitudes and ideologies and to encourage you to reflect on how attitudes and beliefs about language emerge and develop. It will allow you to gain a critical understanding of exisiting attitudes towards different varieties of English in Britain and around the world. It will also explore the connection between accents, language use and identity using English as a case study.
In this module we will explore the critical role played by language in children's learning and how this is developed through the teaching of literacy. Within this we will explore the part played by a range of texts, including high quality children's literature. We will consider how policy and practice is developing in the light of research and explore the ways in which people undertake such research.
This module will introduce you to the making of institutions through language. We will investigate the links between language, institutions, and power to understand, how institutions are not only shaping the language used by members and users of institutions, but also how language shapes the institutions, their members and their social practices.
This module will take a practical approach to developing the listening, reading, writing and other academic skills necessary for successful study in the relevant target language country. It will make a point of taking a comparative approach to academic study so that you are helped to assess the skills you already have and use, and can identify the additional skills you will need to develop. You will also be assisted in developing independent learning and other skills needed for online study and for carrying out local research whilst abroad. During the module, you will be made aware of intercultural differences and will be encouraged to develop strategies to enhance your personal development. This module will share lectures with LANG2010 (the BA module preparing students for the year abroad) when the content relates to general preparation for the period abroad. This module will draw on examples from the different countries that students will be visiting to look at a variety of educational practices. You will be helped to put together a personal programme to develop the language and study skills needed for your study context whilst abroad. Practical aspects concerning residence abroad will also be covered. This will include advice on living and intercultural engagement. Finally, the module will provide guidance to ensure that you comply with University regulations on ethics and health and safety.
This unit will allow students to undertake independent research to produce an in-depth study of a specific topic located in one of the fields within Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. You will also have the option of producing a professional project. In that case, your dissertation will describe the project design based on subject specific literature and evaluate its success drawing on the relevant subject specific methodologies.
This module uses contemporary observational datasets and model output to explore large-scale ocean dynamics, variability and its influence on the climate
Lasers and photonic techniques are used in all branches of science and technology. The principles of laser operation will be discussed, with reference to commonly used laser systems. The course provides knowledge of the laser as a fundamental tool of contemporary science and technology. The course will give a detailed and mathematical introduction to gain media, laser cavities, Gaussian beams, and their combination into many forms of laser.
After studying this course students should be able to: - Describe the interaction of light with atoms - Describe the interaction of light with solids (refractive index, non-linear optics) - Give basic descriptions of the operation and uses of lasers and optical fibres
The course will guide the students through a series of practicals that will demonstrate key experimental techniques and illustrate basic principles of experimental laser and quantum science. The students will undertake experimental work during the 12-week course, including two mini-projects. In parallel with these activities, students will undertake the writing of an annotated bibliography and short summary on two topics related to the mini-projects carried out in the lab, and discuss the findings during labs.
This module examines the major social, economic and cultural developments that took place in England during the period between c. 800 and c. 1100 AD. It makes use of evidence from diverse disciplines, including the study of documentary, archaeological, architectural and numismatic sources. The module examines the unification of England and the creation of a sophisticated governmental structure based upon a social hierarchy that was increasingly formalised. It considers the developments that took place in towns, the Church and rural settlement in response to the new conditions. External factors such as viking raids and migration will also be taken into account.
The ability to understand Latin enables direct access to a wealth of primary source material across a vast chronological span, from the ancient world to the early modern period, on subjects ranging from history and literature to philosophy and science. ‘Latin I’ will equip you with the ability to comprehend basic Latin, while acquiring a useful range of common vocabulary and practising the rudiments of Latin syntax and grammar. By the end of the module, you will be able to translate simple passages from Latin to English, and to apply your knowledge of the language to draw conclusions about the structure and purpose of a text. All linguistic content is introduced with accompanying discussion of the literary and/or societal contexts in which it was used.
‘Latin 2’ is designed to build on the knowledge acquired by students who have taken ‘Latin 1’, but may also be appropriate for those with some previous alternative experience (e.g. a GCSE). The module will equip you with the ability to read, comprehend, and translate basic Latin with increased speed and fluency. You will also expand your knowledge of Latin vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, thereby developing the skills necessary to tackle more complex texts. As well as thinking about best practice when translating (from Latin to English and vice versa), you will start to express your own ideas by producing creative compositions in (classical) Latin. By the end of the module, you will have been introduced to the works of multiple important Roman authors, such as Caesar, Nepos, and Vergil. We shall read and discuss suitable extracts of original texts, in the process of which you will learn critical linguistic and analytic skills that can be applied to the sources you are studying in other modules. If you are unsure whether you meet the prerequisites for this module, please contact the module lead.
The aim of every language course at the University is to enable you to communicate in your target language (TL) at that particular level and in your particular area of interest. We use the word ‘communicate’ in its widest sense, meaning that you will not only be able to talk to people in the language but also to develop your proficiency in listening, reading, and writing. This means that the module aims for you to understand all the things which affect communication in that language, including knowledge of how the language is used, how it works and how to analyse it, and the cultural contexts in which it is spoken.
