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LING30200

Academic Year 2024/2025

Research Creole Languages (LING30200)

Subject:
Linguistics
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Bettina Migge
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The module will have a number of different activities: face to face lectures, group activities, individual and group presentations, individual reading (with guiding questions), individual and group project work.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

- understand, critically assess & apply major theories relating to Creole languages
- analyze secondary literature
- critically assess information in academic articles
- learn presentation skills
- learn how to recognize, analyze and describe patterns in data sets
- learn how to do independent research including writing academic-type papers

Indicative Module Content:

This module will discuss:
* critical assessment of definitions the concept of Creole
* theories and research on the emergence of Creole languages
* current patterns of language use, both from a sociolinguistic and structural linguistic perspective, including critical assessment of existing theories
* socio-political and applied linguistic issues relating to Creole languages
* the relationship of Creoles to other categories of languages

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

16
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module will have a number of different activities: face to face lectures, group activities, individual and group presentations, individual reading (with guiding questions), individual and group project work

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Individual Project: You will do an independent research project on one Creole language based on the available literature. Week 12 Graded No

60

 No
Group Work Assignment: Students will do several group work assignments in class and write up the results in small groups. Week 3, Week 6, Week 10 Graded No

40

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Christoph Neuenschwander Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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