Calls, Speech, Writing, and Sign Language
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4319 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4319
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod explores the nature of diverse language and communication systems. Students will see some of the many ways insects, birds, apes, and other animals communicate, and compare these to human language. In doing so, they will examine what makes human language so unique and when humans first evolved the ability to use language. Students will explore how language exists in the mind – models of how we recognise it, and how we process it. The pod also provides an in-depth look at how we produce language in its different modes, with particular attention to speech, writing, and sign language.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Applied Linguistics, Discourse and Communication, Language and Linguistics, and Psycholinguistics. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Show clear knowledge of the concepts of ‘communication’ and ‘language’, with particular attention to features that are significant in defining human language.
Demonstrate detailed understanding of different modes of human language production, with explicit reference to at least two of: speech, writing, and sign language.
Critically engage with theories and models of language production.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).