Available in 2024
Course code

EPHUMA249

Units

10 units

Level

level

Course handbook

Description

Humankind would not be possible without language. This course provides an introduction to the scientific study of language, known as linguistics.Most of us are not aware of the enormous number of language choices we make every day and this course will give students insight into some of these choices. It investigates language as a human communication system, specifically: the technical features that all languages have in common; how we construct the components of language into meaningful words and utterances; how children acquire language; and how our brains organise and interpret language. Although English is the main focus, examples from other languages may be used with the intention of providing an understanding of the fundamental features that all languages share.The course aims to engage students in a learning experience of language through various approaches catering for different learning styles. Students are encouraged to engage in objective analysis of various aspects of language, and they will be given the opportunity to develop skills necessary for undergraduate study through the embedded explicit teaching of academic literacies.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Online

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Accurately use linguistic terminology.

2. Apply formal analysis to a variety of spoken and written language data.

3. Critically analyse theories of language acquisition.

4. Employ an appropriate level of academic literacies for tertiary study.


Content

  • The classification, structure, and creation of words and sentences
  • The sounds of language
  • How children acquire language
  • The brain's capacity for language
  • Meaning in language

Requisite

If you have successfully completed EPHUMA311 you cannot enrol in this course.


Assessment items

Quiz: Quiz 1

In Term Test: Mid-semester Exam

Quiz: Quiz 2

In Term Test: Final Exam


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 11 week(s) starting in week 2

Semester 2 - 2024 - Online

Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline