Admission requirements
None.
Description
This course builds on the topics discussed in the first semester course Language in Use and deepens the understanding of the core concepts introduced in that course. The focus of this course is on diversity in the way people think about language use across the globe. What are the (social) norms of language use, what is and is not appropriate behavior, pertaining both to verbal and non-verbal communication? In this course we will concentrate on the similarities and differences found in cross-cultural communication and the linguistic or cultural motives associated with them and we will investigate how patterns of language use are connected to the social-cultural context in which they are observed.
The course covers the following topics (amongst others): languages and status; language and knowledge; language and politics; language folklore; orality.
Course objectives
Knowledge and understanding of concepts and phenomena related to ethnography of communication
Knowledge of cross-cultural differences and similarities in language use and understanding of the consequences for intercultural communication.
Analytic skills to interpret and understand interpersonal communicative interaction.
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Course Load
Total course load (number of EC x 28 hours 5 × 28 = 140 hours
Attending lectures: 2 hours/week x 13 weeks = 26 hours
Attending seminars: 1 hour/week x 13 weeks = 13 hours
Academic Skills lectures: 12 hours
Exam: 2 hours
Studying compulsory literature: based on 7pages/hour, 480 pp. = ca. 67 hours
Completing midterm assignment: 20 hours
Assessment method
Midterm assignment (40%)
Final exam (60%)
To successfully complete the course, please take note of the following:
The end grade of the course is established by determining the weighted average of the midterm assignment and the final exam.
The grade for the final exam needs to be 5.5 or higher.
Resit
If the end grade is lower than 5.5, there is a possibility of retaking the exam. No resit for the midterm assignment is possible.
Exam review
How and when an exam review takes place will be determined by the examiner. This review will be within 30 days after official publication of exam results.
Blackboard
Blackboard is used to provide course information and material and papers are handed in and assessed via Blackboard.
Reading list
- Language Use in the World Syllabus
Additional readings are announced on Blackboard.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on this website
Contact
Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats
E-mail address Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
This course is open to students from the BA Linguistics only.
First year’s students BA Linguistics will be enrolled in the seminars of this course by the Education Administration Office.