(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
By the end of Level 1, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate understanding of core linguistic terms and concepts
2. outline common approaches to the study of language
Skills Learning Outcomes
By the end of Level 1, students will be able to:
1. carry out a basic linguistic analysis of given written and/or spoken data
2. show an awareness of formal, qualitative and quantitative methods of linguistic analysis
3. demonstrate familiarity with relevant analytic techniques, such as phonetic transcription, structural annotation and glosses
4. use electronic and library-based resources to investigate familiar and unfamiliar language data
5. demonstrate an awareness of ethical and methodological issues involved in collecting and analysing linguistic data
6. read for academic purposes and summarize complex ideas in relation to the study of language
7. present a short coherent argument in an appropriate written or oral style, based on some amount of independent research, with close guidance
8. demonstrate familiarity with conventions of acknowledging and referencing source material
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme. These may include essays, open book exams, analysis tasks, group presentations, and research projects giving students opportunities to develop key skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, the ability to analyse authentic language data, synthesise information from multiple sources and evaluate theoretical debates.
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