BA Linguistics and Phonetics

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:

- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the discipline;
- demonstrate limited knowledge of both core linguistics and linguistics within wider contexts;
- provide a basic description of a given linguistic model;
- undertake a simple linguistic analysis, and discuss problematic aspects;
- present a simple but structured discussion using information from a restricted range of sources, showing a basic knowledge of how to acknowledge and reference material;
- achieve a global understanding of quantitative and qualitative analyses reported in the academic literature;
- work within a supportive and structured work environment;
- use electronic and library-based resources to investigate the structure of unfamiliar languages;
- 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:

- the transferable skills necessary to non-vocational employment, or to further academic study and/or professional qualifications
- information technology skills related to the access and use of electronic resources;
- an awareness of the role of personal responsibility to personal and academic development;
- the ability to make limited decisions within a highly constrained environment;
- the communication of limited and simple information to a highly-constrained set of audiences;
- an emerging ability to read and think critically.

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:

- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- drawing on a restricted view of various areas of the discipline at a descriptive level;
- practicing emerging abilities, skills and competencies within a supportive environment.