Language and Context
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| EDEN1000 | School of Education and English | 1 | 20 | Spring China |
- Code
- EDEN1000
- School
- School of Education and English
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring China
Summary
This module is concerned with language use in real social and cultural contexts with a particular focus on introducing the various approaches to discourse analysis. The module explores how language varies according to different social and communicative purposes and how people use language to reveal and conceal social realities. Additional general topics involve consideration of the relationship between language and broader issues such as language and ideology, language and the media, language and advertising, language and education. These provide an introduction to core disciplinary topics in linguistics covered in subsequent years of the degree (e.g. discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and literary linguistics).
Please note this module is assessed at the end of in Spring semester. First sit/ Resit exams are scheduled normally in the summer and can take the same form as the missing/ failed component of the assessment (exam, essay etc.) or other form, as decided by the School.
Target Students
BA Hons Level 1 English students at UNNC, and not open to mobility students.
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 10 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Assessment
- 80% Coursework: 2500-word essay at end of Spring Semester
- 20% Project: Digital storytelling
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students with:• an introduction to and exploration of the theory and applications of language study within a broad sociolinguistic and applied linguistic framework• an opportunity to analyse linguistic patterns and functions in a wide variety of different texts, both literary and non-literary, spoken and written.Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module the students will be able to demonstrate:
Knowledge and understanding of
- the study of grammar and discourse as language structure and as patterning in texts
- the social, cultural and ideological functions of language
Intellectual skills
- the ability to analyse language in use in real social and cultural contexts
Professional competencies
- the ability to construct and communicate a sustained written analysis of texts
- the ability to carry out research and evaluate and make use of the material so acquired
This module will also offer students the opportunity to practise other transferable skills.
Conveners
- Dr Dan Shi