| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | |
| Lecture | 20 hours in all |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Presentation: (seminar presentation) | 20% |
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 4,000 word essay | 80% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted. | 100% |
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
By the end of this course students will be familiar with some major themes in contemporary German sociolinguistics. They will be familiar with theoretical and methodological aspects of the discipline and will have learnt to assess critically research carried out in the German-speaking countries in terms of methodology and theoretical underpinning. They will have learnt to carry out independent empirical research, to analyse data, to construct an argument, and to express themselves in a suitable register. The oral presentation fosters team-skills and oral expression.
The module examines the interrelations between language and society in the German-speaking countries, providing a thorough grounding in the sociolinguistics of these countries and highlighting the contrast between contemporary and traditional approaches to the study of variation in German. Through a study of a selection of major topics in contemporary German sociolinguistics, students will be introduced to and encouraged to assess critically research carried out in the German-speaking countries. They will also, where necessary, be required to familiarise themselves with the work of sociolinguists from outside the German-speaking tradition where these have contributed to the development of sociolinguistic theory in the German-speaking countries.
This module is at CQFW Level 6