Postgraduate Course: Language, Education and Society (EDUA11046)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This module explores social diversity within languages, and linguistic diversity within societies, and what such diversity entails for language education. Topics covered:
1. Social diversity within a language
2. Multilingualism
3. Choice of a language as medium of instruction and as subject for study
4. Choice of a particular (standard) form of the language for educational purposes
5. The connection to national identity and other forms of identity
6. Language shift and maintenance
7. Language planning for education: the role of government
8. Curriculum design in a multilingual context
9. The spread of English - views pro and con
10. The effect of English on other languages
11. 'Resistance' as a positive force in the EFL classroom
12. The politics of genre and text 13. Linguistic diversity and language testing
14. Multiliteracies
15. Educational bilingualism and its sociolinguistic consequences
16. Code-switching and its educational and sociolinguistic implications. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 18,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 18,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The module will be assessed by two short projects and an examination. For the projects, a selection of possible topics will be issued. Each topic will require students to undertake further research on a specific issue. |
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Language, Education and Society | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- social diversity within English and within a range of other languages, including their own mother tongue (if other than English)
- multilingualism in their home environment and its educational consequences
- the connections among language choice, standard language and national identity
- the principal issues that arise in language planning, curriculum design for EFL, and language testing, globally and in their home context
- the current situation regarding the global spread of English and how it impacts on education and on the study of other modern languages
- the notion of 'resistance' and what it entails in both educational and textual terms
- the growing importance of 'multiliteracies', in technological, economic and socio-educational terms
- the educational and social implications of code-switching.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
This course comprises:
lecture Tuesdays 9.00 - 10.50
lecture Thursdays 14.00 - 15.50
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Aileen Irvine
Tel: (0131 6)51 6145
Email: aileen.irvine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Moira Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6206
Email: Moira.G.Ross@ed.ac.uk |
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