BA Linguistics and Phonetics

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes refer to the aims listed in the section Programme specification.

On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to:

Research skills
- Self-select or develop their own research questions and identity appropriate methods through which to address these
- Present a structured and nuanced argument, and communicate using terminology and concepts appropriate to the field(s) of study
- Identify and locate primary and secondary sources pertinent to the questions being addressed and critically evaluate their respective contributions
- Demonstrate dexterity and sensitivity in the collection and use of material engaging with conventions appropriate to the discipline

Subject knowledge
- Demonstrate an understanding of key terms and concepts in the study of the English language
- Demonstrate a critical knowledge of the historical, social, political and cultural contexts of the English language
- Demonstrate an understanding of key terms and concepts associated with phonetics and syntax
- Demonstrate the ability to describe the key components of specific approaches to the study of language, whilst demonstrating an understanding that these are open to debate
- Show an awareness of the limitations of current knowledge, and the importance of well-supported argumentation in the extension of that knowledge

Analysis skills
- Perform a detailed linguistic analysis of given written and spoken data, with appropriate guidance
- Demonstrate a familiarity with common formal, qualitative and quantitative methods of linguistic analysis, and an ability to apply selected methods to unfamiliar data, with appropriate guidance
- Demonstrate a sound command of specific analytic techniques, minimally including phonetic transcription and syntactic annotation
- Demonstrate a solid ability to discuss written and spoken style in terms of grammar, lexis, phonology and other salient features, using qualitative and quantitative methods

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;
- the importance of personal responsibility to personal and academic development;
- the ability to make decisions within a known environment;
- the communication of certain types of information to a delimited set of audiences;
- a growing 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 ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline, from relatively complex applications in known environments to simple applications in novel environments;
- at the level of description, drawing on a range of perspectives in area of study;
- the recognition that received opinion is open to criticism.