Postgraduate Course: Language and Identity in Bilingual Settings (LASC11008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
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 course is an advanced study of bilingualism as a sociolinguistic phenomenon. It focuses on macro-societal patterns of language use in bilingual communities as well as on micro-interactional language choices. It examines aspects of language shift and maintenance. And it foregrounds the importance of the notion of 'linguistic human rights' in relation to language policy and planning.
Feedback:
-Take-home tasks
-In-class exercises
-Course work and project meetings |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 26,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Project of 4000 words (100%)
Assessment Deadline: Thursday 2nd April 2015, 12 noon OR Thursday 23rd April 2015, 12 noon
Return Date: 16th April 2015 OR 7th May 2015 |
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- describe patterns of bilingual language acquisition
- describe patterns of language use in bilingual communities both synchroncally and diachronically
- describe and analyse bilingual interactional data
- demonstrate understanding of language choice acts as acts of identity
- discuss the practical implications of the above for significant areas of social life such as social policy
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel: (0131 6)50 3496
Email: josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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