Introduction to Language

• • What is language?
  • Language development and change
  • Morphology
  • Phonology (consonants)
  • Phonology (vowels)
  • Semantics
  • Syntax
  • Tense and aspect
  • Unit review
  • Words and word class
  • Writing system and non-linguistic forms of communication
  • Suprasegmentals

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-TESOL503C-Introduction to Language (No longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject introduces the various component systems of language as a basis for conceptualising and describing language variation in education. These concepts are also applied to students’ individual needs and experience as they relate to current theories of first and second language acquisition and instruction.

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• Language investigation (50%)
• Language exercise (50%)

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