LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr M Garner and Dr B Fennell

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Theories of communication, including the deconstruction of widespread misconceptions

Broad principles of language patterning and their embeddedness in cultural perspectives

The relationships between communicative interaction and construction of the self and society

The contribution that an understanding of language and communication can make to a range of disciplines

Selected contemporary social issues that are principally or partly communicative/linguistic in nature

Structure

2 one-hour lectures
1 one-hour tutorial

Assessment

1st Attempt: One 2,000-2,500 word project or essay (50%);
1 two-hour written examination (40%); Tutorial Assessment (10%).

Resit: Examination (100%).

Formative Assessment

Students will receive formative commentary from tutors in tutorials

Feedback

Students will be encouraged to discuss this performance with their tutors. All students will receive written feedback on essay performance, again, they will be encouraged to discuss their performance with their tutors.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr N Kiwan

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

This course will not be available in 2011/12 academic year.

Overview

This course is tailored to the needs of language learners, in preparation for residence, either abroad or in a different cultural environment. The course will concentrate on an introduction to some of the concepts of social anthropology (eg. shared cultural knowledge; language and culture; families and households; gender relations and gender identities; national and ethnic identities). It will also focus on ethnographic methods to be applied by students in a 'home ethnography' project, ie. participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, data analysis, writing up an ethnographic project.

Structure

1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 essay (30%), 1 home ethnography project (60%); oral presentation on home ethnography project findings (10%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).

Formative Assessment

Student practical tasks (participant observation; ethnographic interviewing/conversations; data analysis) will be carried out on a weekly basis; student-led seminar discussions on weekly readings and practical assignments.

Feedback

The summative assessments are given CAS marks, and written and verbal feedback is also given.
Formative assessment receives informal (verbal) feedback on seminar participation, performance in practical tasks and seminar presentations.