Language in multilingual contexts

3 ECTS credits
75 u studietijd

Aanbieding 2 met studiegidsnummer 1023795ANR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend bachelor niveau.

Semester

1e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Niet mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Faculteit

Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Onderwijsteam

Wim Vandenbussche (titularis)

Onderdelen en contacturen

26 contacturen Hoorcollege
25 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen

Inhoud

Presentation and discussion of variation and diversity in language use, i.e. both regional dialects and varieties stemming from the social and geographic position and background of the language users (sociolinguistics). Important topics include language and communication, geographic and stylistic variation, awareness of standards, language contact, bi and multilingualism. Besides the theoretical introduction a number of representative case studies will be discussed in great depth.

Studiemateriaal

Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Inleiding tot de variatielinguïstiek, R. Willemyns, Canvas

Bijkomende info

Information for 2020/2021: the relevant chapters from the recommended course text and the digital course materials will be made available for free via Canvas. Students are, accordingly, *not* expected to buy the course text.

This subject is taught in Dutch.

The required digital material will be supplied via Canvas.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

Students

-acquire insight in a number of crucial basic concepts of sociolinguistics
-familiarise themselves with the basic principles of social, geographical and situation-dependent language variation
-familiarise themselves with the major currents of the discipline which will be addressed in the remainder of their study trajectory (multilingualism, language contact, language planning, language variation, historical sociolinguistics)
-are able to apply general sociolinguistic principles on everyday situations in their lives, especially in the Belgian/Brussels contexts
-are able to make logical cross-references between the various sociolinguistic dimensions of a communicative situation
-are able to perform (under guidance) (aspects of) sociolinguistic research and can report on this research in a short paper of acceptable quality
-master Dutch on the academic level that can be expected from Ba1-students

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Written exam met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Toelichting: Discussion of the subject matter and discussion of case studies.
Er *kan* een taak opgegeven worden tijdens het academiejaar.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Written examination: combination of multiple choice questions and open questions, focussed on the subject matter and the case studies.
An assignment *may* be given during the academic year that counts for a quarter of the final mark.

The partial result of the paper will be transferred to the second exam session, if this result was 10/20 or higher. Students wishing to submit a new version of the paper send an email to the course titular (with the new paper) at the very latest before the start of the second exam session.

The partial result of the paper will be transferred to the next academic year, if this result was 10/20 or higher. Students wishing to submit a new version of the paper send an email to the course titular (with the new paper) at the very latest before the start of the first exam session of the next academic year.

Absence for a required part of the evaluation (either the examination or the paper) will result in an 'absent' grade code for the course.

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context