LN1002 COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
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CREDIT POINTS: 15
Course Co-ordinator: Dr M Garner and Dr B Fennell
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Theories of communication, including the deconstruction of widespread misconceptions
Broad principles of language patterning and their embeddedness in cultural perspectives
The relationships between communicative interaction and construction of the self and society
The contribution that an understanding of language and communication can make to a range of disciplines
Selected contemporary social issues that are principally or partly communicative/linguistic in nature
2 x one hour lectures
1 x one hour tutorial
1st Attempt: One 2,000-2,500 word project or essay 50%
One two-hour written examination 40%
Tutorial Assessment 10%
Resit: Examination 100%