Component

MA Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
BA Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language options

Year 2, Component 03

LG329-5-AU or LG219-5-SP
LG219-5-SP
Multilingualism
(15 CREDITS)

This module covers topics in multilingualism and language contact. First, you will look at multilingualism at the level of the individual and cover topics such as language choice, diglossia, and code-switching. You will then consider multilingualism at the societal level and look at the outcomes of language contact. This will involve exploring the coexistence of more than one language within the same community and the issues that arise as a result including language maintenance and shift, the plight of minority and endangered languages and the emergence of Pidgin and Creole languages.

LG329-5-AU
Language Teaching in Different Contexts
(15 CREDITS)

This module explores the different contexts language teachers find themselves in and how this affects teaching practice and course structures. You learn how to develop and enhance materials and appropriate activities in order to get the best from your students.y learning.

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