LINGS203-23B (HAM)

Language, Society and Culture

15 Points

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The University of Waikato
Academic Divisions
Division of Arts Law Psychology & Social Sciences
School of Arts Office
General and Applied Linguistics

Staff

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Convenor(s)

Julie Barbour

Julie Barbour
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julie.barbour@waikato.ac.nz

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What this paper is about

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In this paper, we explore cultural diversity through language. We develop understandings of the way that language both reflects, and is used to construct diverse social and cultural identities and practices. We will look at multiple examples of both linguistic and cultural research, as well as learning from our own diverse experiences of communication in different cultural contexts.

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How this paper will be taught

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This paper is delivered via online learning materials that are released on Monday each week. All student will access online learning materials, activities and readings each week.

One-hour interactive workshops are also held each week to review the learning materials and prepare assessment. Students are expected to join one workshop each week, beginning in the first week of classes. There are both face-to-face workshops held on campus in Hamilton, and online workshops held on Zoom. Students who attend Zoom workshops should have a functioning microphone, to participate in discussion. My preference is for students to use a camera also, especially in break-out rooms for small group discussion.

Face-to-face workshops are scheduled at the following times: Thursday 10 am; 11 am (see below).

Zoom workshops are scheduled at the following times: Thursday 10 am; 2 pm; 3 pm

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Required Readings

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Students will be assigned readings to accompany the various lecture topics throughout the course. These materials will be listed in the Waikato Reading List for this paper, and available through the library.

Each week, one or two readings will be specified as Required and other readings will be identified as Recommended to support learning.

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Appreciate our anthropological and linguistic research inheritance within the Pacific region, the impact this has had on knowledge generation, and the importance of Research Ethics in conducting human research in our region (Aotearoa and the Pacific).
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  • Become aware of the relationship between languages and the types of evidence used by researchers to reconstruct Pacific prehistory.
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  • Communicate effectively about a range of topics related to language, society and culture in small groups and whole-class settings.
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  • Develop and apply techniques of ethnographic interviewing (thematic research conversations) to learn about language and culture.
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  • Develop understandings of, and report on meaning relations, categorisation systems and prototype theory (semiotics and semantics); apply understandings to explore and interpret communicative behaviours among diverse peoples, including the self.
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  • Draw on anthropological linguistic understandings to explore in detail, and reflect critically on the relationship between language, thought, and human behaviour, as regards the behaviour of diverse others, and the self.
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  • Employ the Comparative Method to analyse and interpret data sets from Pacific languages.
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  • Employ the Ethnography of SPEAKING frame to analyse the communicative behaviour of others, and to make written observations about their own linguistic and cultural behaviour.
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  • Investigate and recognise differences in the use of language in diverse social and cultural contexts, including demonstrating an awareness of systems of place and person (deixis), and report on own behaviours.
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Assessments

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How you will be assessed

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This paper is assessed internally. The final piece of assessment is due after study week during the examination period.
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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Quiz 1 (open for 10 days starting 21 July)
31 Jul 2023
No set time
10
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2. Quiz 2 (open for 10 days starting 4 August)
14 Aug 2023
No set time
20
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3. Quiz 3 (open for 10 days starting 26 August)
28 Aug 2023
No set time
20
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4. Language & Culture Assignment
2 Oct 2023
No set time
30
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5. Comparative Method Assignment
27 Oct 2023
No set time
20
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Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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