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Linguistics and Language Analysis
Postgraduate | TAS-ESG715 | 2023
Course information for 2023 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Linguistics and Language Analysis
About this subject
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- Analyse and describe spoken and written language to assist you in your teaching of the English language
- Recognise and explain a range of grammatical forms and sentence structures
- Reflect on your knowledge of the structure of the English language in relation to your language teaching practice
- Produce written assignments according to academic writing conventions and utilising APA referencing style
- Introduction to the unit
- What is language?
- Exploring our own opinions and beliefs about language teaching.
- Second language acquisition (SLA)
- How does understanding SLA help us as teachers?
- What do we need to know about how language learners acquire language?
- What role does aptitude play in language learning?
- Grammar teaching: A brief overview of tradition and challenges.
- What are some of the key issues for teaching grammar?
- Phonology *Note, two weeks are devoted to phonology
- Phonology
- Lexis, vocabulary
- Syntax
- The verb phrase; Time and tense; Progressive aspect; Perfect aspect; Modality; Futurity
- Hypothetical meaning and conditionals.
- The noun phrase; Determiners, adjectives and adverbs
- Cohesion, texts
- Conversation
- A sociolinguistic perspective
- Language change
This unit explores linguistics as an academic discipline and in particular its relevance to language learning and teaching. A central idea underpinning the unit is the role that language awareness plays in preparing language teachers to teach English to speakers of other languages. The unit includes an exploration of the following aspects of linguistics - sociolinguistics, psycho and neuro-linguistics; language descriptions and grammars; phonetics; phonology; morphology; syntax; semantics; pragmatics; discourse analysis; semiotics.
- Teaching Resource and Rationale OR essay (60%)
- Personal reflection on your language awareness (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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