LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
| Title | ΓΛΩΣΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ / LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY |
| Code | ΥΒ.1.025 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Petroula Tsokalidou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 80003392 |
Programme of Study: UPS of School of Early Childhood Education (2012-today)
Registered students: 126
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Backround Course | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600110336
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Class Schedule
| Building | Παιδαγωγική Σχολή (Πύργος) |
| Floor | Ισόγειο |
| Hall | ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΙΣΟΓΕΙΟΥ (174) |
| Calendar | Τρίτη 15:00 έως 16:00 |
| Building | Παιδαγωγική Σχολή (Πύργος) |
| Floor | Ισόγειο |
| Hall | ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΙΣΟΓΕΙΟΥ (174) |
| Calendar | Τετάρτη 08:30 έως 11:00 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600110336
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=6831
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Understand the important relationship between language and society
2. Acknowledge the heterogeneity of language and its importance for communication
3. Acknowledge the importance of the linguistic and social heterogeneity in communication
4. Connect language and identity for various social groups
5. Appreciate the educational dimensions of the linguistic and social heterogeneity.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course 'Language and Society' (Sociolinguistics)includes issues relating to the linguistic and communicative behaviour, investigating social parameters such as age, gender, education, ethnic and geographical origin, etc.
Through this course the communicative behaviour of various social groups and issues of language and identity are analysed. The connection of language and society and education is analysed.
Keywords
Language, linguistic norm, dialects, ethnolects, sociolects, linguistic varieties, education
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 9 | 0.4 | ✓ | ||
| Fieldwork | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Exams | 2 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
The students are assessed and self-assessed throughout the semester with small projects that they present and are discussed in class in small groups. At the end of the semester, they take a final exam with open books and submit all the work in which they participated in order for their grade to be finalised.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Τσοκαλίδου, Ρ. & Σ. Χατζησαββίδης (2008) Κοινωνιογλωσσολογικές Αναζητήσεις. θεσσαλονίκη: Βάνιας
Additional bibliography for study
Ποικιλία άρθρων στο elearning
Last Update
19-01-2017
