Subject description
Are humans the only species that has language? Can computers 'understand' language? How do we use language to help construct our identity? In ELL 110 we discuss these and other broad linguistic questions, using examples from real life. We reflect critically on what we think language is and how it … For more content click the Read More button below.
Equivalence
LING110 - Language in Social Life
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
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Teaching staff
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Engagement hours
Contact hours:2 hr lecture, 1 hr tutorial
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Identify different views on the relation between language, communication and society;
2.
Use technical vocabulary from linguistics and sociolinguistics appropriately in discipline-specific learning (e.g. Mandarin, ELL, media, creative writing, informatics);
3.
Compile and/or interrogate an appropriate set of data and use it to support the discussion of a question about language, communication and society that interests them.
Assessment details
Quizzes
Written Assignment/Research Task 1
Written Assignment/Research Task 2
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Textbook information
No prescribed textbooks for this subject.
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