Skip navigation to main content

You are here: UNE Home / Course and Unit Catalogue / 2012 / A-Z / LING102

Sub sections:

Quick Search

Quick Links

Year:

LING102 Foundations of Linguistics

Updated: 14 December 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites LING101
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LING100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Nicholas J Reid (nreid@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit builds on the structural topics of the prerequisite unit. Using examples from English and other languages, it continues exploration of the basic structural features of language, focusing on phonetics and on techniques of phonemic analysis. It also looks at first and second language acquisition, and at how multilingual speakers switch between languages. The unit also examines how language is comprehended and processed in the human brain, and explores how and why languages change over time. Finally it considers the history of writing and how diverse types of writing system are organised. There is an emphasis on problem-solving and data analysis.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate knowledge of linguistic structures of non-English languages;
  2. demonstrate insights into the role played by variation in linguistic codes of English, and of other languages;
  3. demonstrate insights into the role that language plays in Australian society and in other societies and cultures;
  4. recognise and describe the most common sounds found in human languages and the international symbols used to represent them;
  5. analyse and describe the sound systems of particular languages;
  6. demonstrate an understanding of the nature of variation and similarity between languages.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students are given a broad coverage of the discipline; they have the opportunity to practise their acquired knowledge through in-class participation and/or through online discussion. Their knowledge is examined with tests, a worksheet and an exam. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students' involvement in this unit, whether through class discussion or online discussion, will foster the ability to communicate effectively; encourage students to find, organise, and present information effectively; and to construct coherent and well reasoned arguments. 		True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit requires understanding of data from many different languages. The focus on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural themes and a look at 'universal grammar' will enhance students' global perspective and will be assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Online components of this unit provide opportunities for students to practise their information literacy skills particularly when completing the online quizzes and worksheet. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit provides the opportunity for students to identify, evaluate, and implement personal learning strategies and study skills that will be valuable throughout their life. 		True
6 Problem Solving
In this unit students will be required to apply critical thinking to linguistic issues, and to solve data-based problems critically and intelligently in each of their assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
This unit will develop students intercultural awareness and give a sense of the relationships that hold between language structures and social organisation. We also consider how language variation may provide grounds for discriminatory or unjust outcomes. The ability to make connections between language use and wider socio-political issues encourages students to be more socially responsible. 		True True
8 Team Work
Teamwork is involved in in-class group activities for on-campus students and for off-campus students the online discussions encourage a high level of group awareness and support. 		True True
   

Email to a friend