Postgraduate Course: Issues in Applied Linguistics (LASC11028)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course explores the key ongoing debates in current applied linguistics. |
| Course description |
This course examines some of the key ongoing debates in current applied linguistics, focussing on what languages are, what it is to know and learn a language, the 'native speaker', globalisation and the spread of English, the politics of language and identity, what 'cultures' are in relation to language, superdiversity and translanguaging.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, 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:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 11,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
2500-word research paper (100%) |
| Feedback |
One entire course session is devoted to methodology and feed-forward for the assessment. Following this, students submit an outline of their assessment project, on which they receive feedback from the instructor, and an additional session is arranged for students to give peer feedback. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- know the key literature relating to language within the broad context of applied linguistics, education and society
- explain key concepts, methods and theories in contemporary work in these areas
- apply these concepts, methods and theories in original research on apposite issues, in a way that sheds critical light back upon the concepts, methods and theories themselves
- understand the connections among language choice, standard language and national identity
- analyse the current situation regarding the global spread of English and new media, and their impact on education and the study of other modern languages
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students are also expected to acquire or sharpen the following transferable skills:
- Engage in autonomous thinking and analysis.
- Critically appraise material they have studied.
- Develop their research skills, in terms both of access to existing information and conducting original observation.
- Improve their expository writing skills.
- Become familiar with modes of analysis from other areas of the humanities and social sciences that are widely used in present-day applied linguistics |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | language,identity,politics of language,linguistic imperialism,language teaching and learning |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3497
Email: John.Joseph@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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