MA Applied Linguistics

Title:

Academic Practices in Applied Linguistics

Code:

LSMAPAL

Convenor:

PROF Parvaneh Tavakoli

Summary:

Academic Practices in Applied Linguistics is a non-credit bearing, but compulsory, module that is developed in order to provide academic help and support to post-graduate students in DELAL. The module is offered online.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Dissertation

Code:

LSMDIS

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

Drawing on the content of other relevant modules on the programme and the work done for the Research Design module, this module enables students to design, conduct and write up an original research study.

Assessment Method:

Dissertation 100%

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Title:

Foundations of Language Study

Code:

LSMFLS

Convenor:

PROF Jane Setter

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise MA students with the phonetic and phonological systems of the English language (General British accent) and to increase the sophistication of participants' understanding of the ways in which the English language can be described grammatically at phrase and sentence level. Participants will be introduced to the major formal and functional units involved in the articulation/production of sounds, syllables, stress, intonation, words and the construction of sentences. Special areas of study in Grammar will be the Verb Phrase (including tense, aspect, modality and valency of the English verb) and the Noun Phrase (including determiners and modification).

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Practical 50%

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Title:

Research Design Methods

Code:

LSMRDM

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

This module aims to introduce and discuss in broad terms the more frequently used research designs and research techniques in English language teaching and Applied Linguistics. It describes and exemplifies the nature of academic research in general, and the features that are seen as desirable in such research. It outlines different types of, and approaches to, research in the field and describes the main elements of a research study in terms of questions, hypotheses (where relevant),and variables (where relevant).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Second Language Learning Principles

Code:

LSMSL

Convenor:

PROF Parvaneh Tavakoli

Summary:

This module aims to review and evaluate general theories of learning; to consider the implications of learning theories for second language (L2) learning and teaching; to outline the development and relationship of different theoretical accounts of the first and second language learning process; to review and evaluate research into important factors in second language learning connected with the learner and the circumstances of learning; and to consider the practical implications of this research into factors in second language learning.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Sociolinguistics

Code:

LSMSOC

Convenor:

DR Christiana Themistocleous

Summary:

The module aims to introduce students to the relationship between language and society and the study of language as a social phenomenon. Students will become familiar with diverse areas of sociolinguistic enquiry.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Code:

LSMADA

Convenor:

DR Sylvia Jaworska

Summary:

This module aims to introduce and apply the key methodological frameworks for the description and analysis of discourse, including spoken and written language in use. We will consider a range of analytical approaches in the description of authentic language, relating features of text to the context in which the language is produced and understood. We will also consider the applicability of these approaches to study discourse in a variety of social and educational contexts.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Practical 20%, Set exercise 10%

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Title:

Corpus-based approaches to language description

Code:

LSMCBL

Convenor:

DR Sylvia Jaworska

Summary:

Corpus-based approaches have had an enormous impact on the descrption of language in use. The analysis of language patterning and frequencies across large quantities of text can reveal features of language use that may not be easily accessible otherwise. The module aims to introduce students to the tools and methods of Corpus Linguistics (CL) and the application of CL as a tool for the analysis of language use in a variety of registers and discourse contexts. Students will be offered a comprehensive training in the use of specialist software for the analysis of language in corpora (large electronic text compilations), and will gain a hands-on experience in creating, annotating, analysing and summarising corpus-data for their own research purposes

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Portfolio 40%

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Title:

Child Language Development

Code:

LSMCL

Convenor:

DR Fraibet Aveledo

Summary:

This module aims to provide students with an understanding of language development in normal children, together with the experience of encoding child language data and using a computer program to analyse it. It thus affords a benchmark and a system of analysis for interpreting abnormal language development.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Report 30%

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Title:

Intercultural Communication

Code:

LSMIC

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

In this module, students will explore how people of different discourse systems or groups communicate with one another in various face-to-face and digitally-mediated contexts. Specifically, students will gain an understanding of how assumptions and values that have been constructed or adopted within a specific culture group influence the ways in which people successfully communicate with each other as well as experience miscommunication. Students will become familiar with a variety of topics in intercultural communication as they engage in hands-on analyses of intercultural encounters.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Project 30%

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Title:

Language Curriculum Design

Code:

LSMLCL

Convenor:

PROF Clare Furneaux

Summary:

This module aims to: review the principal approaches to the design of language curricula; examine relevant factors in specifying a syllabus; analyse teaching materials in the light of syllabus requirements; consider the processes involved in implementing curriculum innovation; and contextualise language curriculum design within the educational system and philosophy of which it is a part.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 20%, Class test 80%

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Title:

Language and Migration

Code:

LSMLMG

Convenor:

DR Tony Capstick

Summary:

In this module students will explore the role of language in migration by focusing on the multiple and complex ways that migration has been sustained and constrained through language use for centuries.

Students will be introduced to a range of theories from sociolinguistics, sociology and education studies and learn to apply these theories to different contexts of migration across the world.

Among the topics covered in the module are multilingualism and mobility, globalization and language policy etc.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Class test 50%

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Title:

Language in Professional Communication

Code:

LSMLPC

Convenor:

DR Sylvia Jaworska

Summary:

This module introduces students to the key aspects of professional communication and the role of language within. Drawing on a range of theoretical and analytical approaches such as conversation analysis, pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, critical metaphor analysis, genre analysis, communities of practices and multimodality, students will investigate language use across a variety of professional contexts including online and offline environments. These will include service encounters and various aspects of health and business communication. Students will evaluate professional communication in different genres and workplace contexts, and analyse critically the role of language in negotiating and maintaining identity, agency, and power in professions.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Language Testing Principles

Code:

LSMTP

Convenor:

PROF Parvaneh Tavakoli

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise participants with the basic concepts, issues and methods of language testing.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology

Code:

PLMISLR

Convenor:

DR Arpita Bose

Summary:

In this module students are introduced to a range of speech and language deficits found in adults and children; to relate these findings to their knowledge of linguistics and normal speech and language processing. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

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Title:

Language Processing

Code:

PLMLPR

Convenor:

DR George Pontikas

Summary:

This module addresses the nature of language processing in children and adults and considers evidence from both typical and atypical populations.

Assessment Method:

Exam 75%, Assignment 25%

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Title:

Multilingualism and Impairment Across the Lifespan

Code:

PLMML

Convenor:

PROF Ludovica Serratrice

Summary:

This module addresses child language development and outcomes in a bilingual setting as well as language impairment in bilingual or multilingual individuals, children and adults.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Project 50%

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Title:

NEUROSCIENCE OF LANGUAGE

Code:

PLMNL

Convenor:

MR Daniel Fryer

Summary:

This module introduces students to current research in the cognitive neuroscience of language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 75%, Oral 25%

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