应用语言学文学硕士

课程模块Modules

• Core modules
• Optional modules
• 学位论文Dissertation

You will take the following 20-credit module

• methods of collecting quantitative and qualitative data
• questionnaire and interview design
• the use of the statistical software SPSS in quantitative data analysis
• 定性数据分析与诠释qualitative data analysis and interpretation
• best practices in presenting quantitative and qualitative results

选修You choose five 20-credit optional modules from the below list

• conversation analysis
• 语料库语言学corpus linguistics
• 批判话语分析critical discourse analysis
• pragmatics
• linguistic ethnography
• sociolinguistics
• explore in depth techniques for the presentation of consciousness in novels and other fictional texts
• consider the historical development of consciousness presentation techniques
• Different categories of vocabulary (i.e. academic or technical vocabulary)
• The use of corpora, large databases of language, in the study of vocabulary
• Practical applications of vocabulary research in language teaching, syllabus design and materials development
• 商业与其他专业相遇business and other professional encounters
• 媒体the media
• 教育education
• issues of sexist and discriminatory language towards LGBT people
• Spoken grammar
• Fluency and pronunciation
• Metacognitive approaches
• Varied textbooks and materials critique
• how we learn, produce and understand speech, words, sentences and discourse
• how is this the same and different in a first, second or third language
• how we understand non-literal language like how 'spill the beans' means ‘reveal a secret’
• what is the relationship between language and emotion and how emoticons may convey emotion
• retrieving and interpreting word frequency information
• studying patterns of words in the form of concordances
• analysing key words and key semantic domains
• The effects of age and individual learner differences
• The influence of mother tongue on second language learning
• The acquisition of grammar, vocabulary and other aspects of language
• The role of language teaching in the classroom and in other contexts
• linguistic coercion in courtrooms, classrooms, prisons
• 电子传播electronic communication
• miscommunication
• 广告传播advertising communication
• critical discourse analysis and multimodal critical discourse analysis
• political talk and the use of persuasive discourse
• jargon, double speak, and fake news
• the components of L2 motivation
• strategies to increase student motivation
• structural and developmental characteristics of the 'good' learner group
• group building techniques
• effective leadership roles