(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of Level 3, you will be able to:
1. demonstrate a coherent and detailed understanding of key terms and concepts associated with multiple areas of
linguistics
2. critically evaluate specific approaches to the study of language, demonstrating an understanding of the role of
empirical evidence in theoretical debates
3. Understand and communicate complex events and ideas drawn from everyday and specialised domains in the
target language (in written and oral forms), and fully participate in everyday conversations and technical
discussions
4. Recognise, analyse, and evaluate basic and advanced communicative resources of the target language:
vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)
5. Appraise and question the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target language
is spoken
6. Develop an in-depth knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is
spoken
7. Apply creatively and independently the strategies to analyse and contextualise from the target culture conveyed
in written and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. plan and carry out a thorough linguistic analysis of selected written and/or spoken data
2. demonstrate a thorough command of selected formal, qualitative and/or quantitative methods of linguistic
analysis, and apply selected methods to unfamiliar data or theoretical issues
3. show an advanced command of specific techniques for analysing language data, at least including either phonetic
transcription or syntactic annotation
4. address ethical and methodological issues involved in collecting and analysing data
5. independently summarize and synthesize complex ideas
6. present an extended coherent argument in an appropriate written or oral style, based on a substantial amount of
independent research, with limited guidance
7. independently apply conventions of acknowledging and referencing source material
8. Actively seek, critically evaluate, and use creatively a range of sources of information and knowledge
9. Critically assess and construct sustained arguments supported by evidence and reasoning to challenge received
knowledge and propose new ideas
10. Communicate effectively new information and knowledge in written and oral forms or through digital media
11. Critically reflect on, evaluate, and use creatively digital resources and tools to collect and communicate new
information and knowledge
12. Work independently on a large individual project to a deadline
13. Make connections across perspectives and disciplines to propose new ideas and strategies
Competence Standards
1. effectively exercise self-learning, with appropriate support where required
2. communicate information in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences
3. evaluate and apply key concepts in linguistics
4. Understand and communicate events and ideas in the target language from everyday and specialised domains
5. Assess and evaluate the history, society, culture and societies of the countries where the target languages is used
6. Select, discuss, and appraise texts from the target culture
7. Seek, evaluate, and use a range of sources of information and knowledge
8. Work on a large individual project to a deadline
You will be working towards the subject specific and skills learning outcomes by engaging with a variety of approaches to assessment, which will depend on the programme, language pathway, and modules that you take. At Level 3, assessment methods will typically include coursework in English (essays, commentaries) and the target language (short assignments collected in portfolios), oral presentations in English or the target language, exams in the target language that might include elements of English (for example, translation tasks), group projects, the production of podcasts and other digital artefacts. At Level 3, all students will work on one major independent research project. In Linguistics, assessment may include essays, exams, analysis tasks, group presentations, research proposals, and research projects giving students opportunities to develop key skills such as critical thinking, advanced problem solving, the ability to analyse authentic language data, synthesise information from multiple sources and critically evaluate current theoretical debates.
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