Postgraduate Course: Issues in Applied Linguistics (LASC11028)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course explores the key ongoing debates in current applied linguistics. |
| Course description |
This course examines some of the key ongoing debates in current applied linguistics, focussing on what languages are, what it is to know and learn a language, the 'native speaker', globalisation and the spread of English, the politics of language and identity, what 'cultures' are in relation to language, superdiversity and translanguaging.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
76 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Essay proposal (feedback assignment) (10%)
Essay (40%)
Final examination (50%) |
| Feedback |
The essay proposal provides detailed feedback for the essay. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Issues in Applied Linguistics Exam | 120 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- know the key literature relating to language within the broad context of applied linguistics, education and society
- explain key concepts, methods and theories in contemporary work in these areas
- apply these concepts, methods and theories in original research on apposite issues, in a way that sheds critical light back upon the concepts, methods and theories themselves
- understand the connections among language choice, standard language and national identity
- analyse the current situation regarding the global spread of English and new media, and their impact on education and the study of other modern languages
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students are also expected to acquire or sharpen the following transferable skills:
- Engage in autonomous thinking and analysis.
- Critically appraise material they have studied.
- Develop their research skills, in terms both of access to existing information and conducting original observation.
- Improve their expository writing skills.
- Become familiar with modes of analysis from other areas of the humanities and social sciences that are widely used in present-day applied linguistics |
| Keywords | language,identity,politics of language,linguistic imperialism,language teaching and learning |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3497
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Course secretary | Ms Sasha Wood
Tel:
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