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

    LST6282
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Margaret Louise MCALINDEN

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.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LST5182

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

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

Unit Content

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

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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 Assignment (2500 words)40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment (2500 words)40%
ExaminationExam40%
ExerciseTutorial Preps20%

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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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

    LST6282
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Margaret Louise MCALINDEN

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.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LST5182

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

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

Unit Content

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

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered14 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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 Assignment (2500 words)50%
ExaminationExam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMajor Assignment (2500 words)50%
ExaminationExam50%

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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