Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Investigating Language A
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Eng Lang and Linguistics
Module Code	09 33887
Module Lead	Gerardo Ortega
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LC Investigating Language B - (09 33888)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-80 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module is designed to develop students’ understanding of key issues in research into language and multimodal communication. The emphasis is on the methodologies and objectives of language research in the social sciences. Students will undertake small-scale research projects in which they will collect data and analyse it, according to descriptive frameworks that they are studying in this and companion modules.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Carry out a language investigation from a specified range of options, including collecting relevant language data; Analyse the research data using appropriate methods; Produce reports of findings.
Assessment	33887-01 : Assignment : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1500 word essay (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component
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