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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Using Language

  • Unit Code

    LST5182

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides a study of language use and variation including: dialect, style and register; speech communities and language ecology; discourse and conversation; cross-cultural communication and pragmatics. English provides a significant focus of study but other languages will also be used to highlight issues and to meet students professional needs.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and make use of analyses of spoken and written discourse using approaches relevant to teaching and other applications.
  2. Analyse and understand the structure of conversational discourse from a range of settings.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of factors involved in cross-cultural communication, including linguistic and pragmatic factors.
  4. Identify the main strands of sociolinguistic theory and their application to issues of language, society and education in various parts of the world.
  5. Understand language variation, including dialect and register, spoken and written language.

Unit Content

  1. Conversation and discourse.
  2. Cross-cultural communication.
  3. Language variation, dialect and register.
  4. Pragmatics.
  5. Speech communities, bilingualism and code-switching.
  6. Spoken and written language.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures Workshops

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%

Text References

  • ^ Holmes, J. (2008). An introduction to sociolinguistics. (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Longman.
  • Connor, U. (1996). Contrastive rhetoric: Cross-cultural aspects of second-language writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Coulmas, F. (Ed.). (1997). The handbook of sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Coulthard, M. (1985). An introduction to discourse analysis. (2nd ed.). London: Longman.
  • Halliday, M.A.K. (1985). Spoken and written language. Deakin University.
  • Wardhaugh, R. (2002). An introduction to sociolinguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
  • Holmes, J. (2001). An introduction to sociolinguistics. (2nd ed.). Harlow: Longman.
  • McCarthy, M. (1991). Discourse analysis for language teachers. New York: Cambridge Unversity Press.
  • Saville-Troike, M. (1989). The ethnography of communication: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Schiffrin, D. (1994). Approaches to discourse. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Scollon, R., & Scollon, S. (1995). Intercultural communication: A discourse approach. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Blair, D., & Collins, P. (2001). English in Australia. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Halliday, M.A.K., & Ruqaiya Hasan. (1985). Language, context and text: Aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective. Deakin University.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Using Language

  • Unit Code

    LST5182

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides a study of language use and variation including: dialect, style and register; speech communities and language ecology; discourse and conversation; cross-cultural communication and pragmatics. English provides a significant focus of study but other languages will also be used to highlight issues and to meet students professional needs.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and make use of analyses of spoken and written discourse using approaches relevant to teaching and other applications.
  2. Analyse and understand the structure of conversational discourse from a range of settings.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of factors involved in cross-cultural communication, including linguistic and pragmatic factors.
  4. Identify the main strands of sociolinguistic theory and their application to issues of language, society and education in various parts of the world.
  5. Understand language variation, including dialect and register, spoken and written language.

Unit Content

  1. Conversation and discourse.
  2. Cross-cultural communication.
  3. Language variation, dialect and register.
  4. Pragmatics.
  5. Speech communities, bilingualism and code-switching.
  6. Spoken and written language.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures Workshops

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%

Text References

  • ^ Holmes, J. (2008). An introduction to sociolinguistics. (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Longman.
  • Connor, U. (1996). Contrastive rhetoric: Cross-cultural aspects of second-language writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Coulmas, F. (Ed.). (1997). The handbook of sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Coulthard, M. (1985). An introduction to discourse analysis. (2nd ed.). London: Longman.
  • Halliday, M.A.K. (1985). Spoken and written language. Deakin University.
  • Wardhaugh, R. (2002). An introduction to sociolinguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
  • Holmes, J. (2001). An introduction to sociolinguistics. (2nd ed.). Harlow: Longman.
  • McCarthy, M. (1991). Discourse analysis for language teachers. New York: Cambridge Unversity Press.
  • Saville-Troike, M. (1989). The ethnography of communication: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Schiffrin, D. (1994). Approaches to discourse. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Scollon, R., & Scollon, S. (1995). Intercultural communication: A discourse approach. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Blair, D., & Collins, P. (2001). English in Australia. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Halliday, M.A.K., & Ruqaiya Hasan. (1985). Language, context and text: Aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective. Deakin University.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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