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Language and Communication at Cardiff University

Language and Communication at Cardiff University. Adam Jaworski Cardiff Centre for Language and Communication. Broadening of the undergraduate programme in Applied English Language Studies. integrating the study of language and communication

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Language and Communication at Cardiff University

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  1. Language and Communicationat Cardiff University Adam Jaworski Cardiff Centre for Language and Communication

  2. Broadening of the undergraduate programmein Applied English Language Studies • integrating the study of language and communication • extending the study of communication to non-linguistic modes of communication: non-verbal communication, visual communication, sound and music • emphasising the social uses of language, including the mass media and the new media, health communication, language and the law, language in relation to gender, age, cultural difference, etc.

  3. Degree Schemes • BA (Hons) English Language Studies • BA (Hons) Language and Communication • BA (Hons) Communication • BA Joint Honours with Language Studies

  4. Year One • LANGUAGE • Introduction to Language • Introduction to Language in Society • COMMUNICATION • Introduction to Communication • Introduction to Media Communication

  5. Introduction to Language • formal description and the development of transcription skills • rudimentary description • sound system of English • the purpose and nature of phonetic and phonemic transcription • orthographic transcription • nature of conversation • writing systems and writing styles • units of meaning and their grammatical organisation into words • phrases, sentences and texts • brief glimpse of Phrase Structure • introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar • Gricean pragmatics

  6. Introduction to Language in Society • variationist sociolinguistics • ethnography of communication • sociology of language • social psychology of language

  7. Introduction to Human Communication • social semiotics • interactional sociolinguistics • discourse analysis • nonverbal communication • visual communication • semiotics of sound

  8. Introduction to Media Communication • critical discourse analysis • conversation analysis • narrative analysis • media and cultural criticism

  9. Some Questions • how to accommodate the mix of students with and without the English Language A-level? • is the material covered in the A-level sound and sufficient? • how to impart transcription skills (conversation and phonetic/phonemic) to large groups? • how to assess introductory module(s), given the mix of ‘facts’ and ‘skills’? • primary/compulsory textbook, reader or neither? • is ‘Chomskian’ style syntax being widely taught, or have other approaches such as SFG made serious incursions? trends?

  10. The End After the lecture all students go to the library

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