| CODE | LLT1910 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Language Skills for Linguistics | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit aims to help students to develop the receptive and productive language skills germane to the study of linguistics and to enable them to systematically acquire the meta language of linguistic research. To these ends the study-unit draws specifically on a range of linguistic materials from the core areas of linguistics, namely meaning, grammar and sound. Attention is focused on effective reading through macro- and micro-analyses of text structures; the planning, drafting, editing and proofing of academic writing; the preparation, delivery and evaluation of oral presentations; and the professional and ethical documentation of texts (including referencing and the avoidance of plagiarism). Study-Unit Aims: - to help students develop the receptive and productive language skills germane to the study of linguistics; - to guide students in the systematic acquisition of the metalanguage and metalinguistics skills of research in linguistics. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify a range of distinct academic texts reporting empirical and theoretical research; - acquire the metalanguage of research in linguistics; - document their written texts and oral presentations in accordance with the current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (or equivalent). 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - read academic texts with the aims of (i) rapidly identifying their general themes and the organising principles; and (ii) carefully analysing their academic content; - plan, organise, deliver and evaluate academic presentations; - plan, structure, draft and document academic texts. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). Supplementary Readings: - Bauer, L. (2021). The linguistics student’s handbook (2nd ed.). Edinburgh University Press. - Field, A., & Hole, G. (2003). How to design and report experiments. Sage. - Greetham, B. (2018). How to write better essays (4th edition). Palgrave. - van Emden, J., & Becker, L. (2016). Presentation skills for students (3rd edition). Palgrave. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | In TAKING THIS UNIT YOU CANNOT TAKE LIN1063 OR TAKE LIN1065 | ||||||||||||
| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-units: LLT1011, LLT1012 Students are encouraged to use texts from other Linguistics study-units when working on tasks set. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul A. Falzon Sarah Grech |
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