English Language Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MIN+1003 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus:	2012

Coordinator

Dr Rachel Nordlinger (Email: racheln@unimelb.edu.au)

Contact

Arts Student Centre

Overview:	English Language Studies enhances the effective use of the most widely spoken language in the world. Students develop an understanding of its history, its subtle and intricate grammar, and the status of its many social and geographical varieties.
Objectives:	See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	English Language Studies English Language Studies is available as a minor area of study in the Bachelor of Arts. To complete the minor, students must complete the following: Level 1 Intercultural Communication, or The Secret Life of Language, or 12.5 points of Academic English, and One Arts Foundation Subject (12.5 points) Level 2 LING20011 Grammar of English (12.5 points) and 12.5 points study from English Language Studies Level 2 subjects Level 3 25 points study from English Language Studies Level 3 subjects Total 75 points
Subject Options:	English Language Studies: Level 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: LING10001 The Secret Life of Language Semester 1 12.50 LING10002 Intercultural Communication Semester 2 12.50 English Language Studies: Level 2 Core subject Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: LING20011 Grammar of English Semester 1 12.50 English Language Studies: Level 2 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: LING20005 Phonetics Semester 1 12.50 LING20006 Syntax Semester 2 12.50 LING20003 Second Language Learning and Teaching Semester 2 12.50 LING20010 Language, Society and Culture Semester 2 12.50 LING20012 Language and Media Not offered in 2012 12.50 English Language Studies: Level 3 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: LING30002 Phonology Semester 2 12.50 LING30003 First Language Acquisition Not offered in 2012 12.50 LING30004 Discourse & Pragmatics Not offered in 2012 12.50 LING30011 Computer Mediated Communication Semester 2 12.50 LING30013 Morphology Semester 1 12.50 LING30012 Language and Identity Semester 1 12.50 LING30007 Semantics Semester 1 12.50 English Language Studies: Academic English Students in the BA recommended to complete Academic English as a result of the DELA can count these towards breadth studies. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ESLA10003 Academic English 1 Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ESLA10004 Academic English 2 Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ESLA10005 Academic English: Economics and Commerce Semester 1 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts

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