EDU6173   Language, Society and Education   (30 credits)

Description

This module gives students an advanced understanding of the relationships between linguistic structures, social categories and educational settings. It includes research methods in the interdisciplinary fields of sociolinguistics and education. By the end of the module, students will have developed advanced competence in qualitative research methods for the study of language, society and education. Students have the opportunity to explore topics within educational settings relating, for instance, to the evolution and transmission of culture, intercultural communication, bi/pluri/multilingualism, attitudes to language varieties, narrative and inequality in ordinary and institutional settings,and global spreads of language and cultural forms.

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