BA English and Thai Studies

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- Read and write all Thai consonants, vowels and diphthongs;
- Understand the system for identifying intonation;
- Pronounce Thai clearly and accurately;
- Communicate effectively, orally and in written form, using at least 1,000 Thai words;
- Read and write short sentences in Thai;
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of Thai grammar and syntax;
- Demonstrate basic receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts.

Additionally:
- Demonstrate a sound basic familiarity with Thai history, culture, society, geography and development;
- Demonstrate a sound familiarity with the basic concepts and information, and the practical, technical and intellectual approaches in at least two academic disciplines;
- Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with these disciplines;
- Be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the discipline;
- Be able to present structured and coherent arguments;
- Be able to communicate the results of their work;
- Be able to engage in meaningful discussion with peers and tutors within a virtual learning environment;
- Appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners.

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
-demonstrate awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the two disciplines;
- use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.
present a structured and coherent simple argument
have some knowledge of critical terminology;
have some knowledge of linguistic terminology (if language modules are selected);
- have experience of English literature from a range of periods and places;
- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;
- have a basic knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to analysis of texts (if language modules are selected);
- develop critical skills;
- develop analytical skills.
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
-demonstrate awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the two disciplines;
- use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.
present a structured and coherent simple argument
have some knowledge of critical terminology;
have some knowledge of linguistic terminology (if language modules are selected);
- have experience of English literature from a range of periods and places;
- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;
- have a basic knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to analysis of texts (if language modules are selected);
- develop critical skills;
- develop analytical skills.
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- Basic linguistic qualities and transferable skills relevant to employment and life more generally;
- A basic ability to draw connections between language, academic learning and context;
- Basic contextual awareness and embryonic skills of contextual immersion;
- Basic skills of deduction, argument and both oral and written presentation;
- Basic skills of information retrieval and synthesis;
- A basic ability to use information and computing technology effectively as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;
- Basic skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- Basic skills of time and organisational management.

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- Regular written, oral and aural tests during the course of the year to ascertain students' level of progress with: the Thai script; the Thai intonation system; Thai reading and writing ability; Thai vocabulary development and use; Thai grammar and syntax; the Thai context;
- Continuous assessment and end-of-semester examinations and essays in both Thai language and in students' disciplinary modules.

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating some knowledge of two disciplines.