(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
1. Analyse social and cultural contexts of the production and use of English, including issues of race, gender, class, power, and solidarity.
2. Summarize the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;
3. Apply and evaluate key concepts, critical theories and methodologies of language and literary analysis;
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate developing research skills, including the ability to identify and locate appropriate scholarship, resources and evidence.
2. Communicate with increasing precision and skill in both writing and speech.
3. Exhibit developing research skills, including evaluating the importance appropriateness of sources, resources and methodologies for the analysis of language and literature.
4. Demonstrate developing critical thinking skills through constructing structured and coherent arguments and referencing appropriately selected evidence.
The Subject Specific and Skills Learning outcomes can be met through the four core modules, regardless of optionality. Forms of assessment differ across modules, but typically include formative and assessed presentations, assessed coursework essays and online assessment.
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