Pre-requisites

LN821.406 Introduction to Sociolinguistics LN803.406 Structure of Languages A unit in cultural anthropology

Students may not complete this unit if they have completed LN874.406

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Explain local learning systems in the light of current learning theories and identify training and mentoring styles to be utilised in multicultural contexts.

• Critically analyse a situation and develop socially and culturally appropriate training solutions which cater for multicultural trainees’ learning styles.

• Explain key issues related to working interdependently in multicultural teams.

• Analyse and interpret key aspects of discourse genres, elements and structures.

• Explain the interplay of mental representations, pragmatic structuring and grammatical structure in discourses.

Unit Description

This unit consists of two sections (1) Discourse & Pragmatics, and (2) Training which are intended to provide students with specialised understanding and skills for the role of Translation Specialist in minority language multicultural contexts.

• The Discourse and Pragmatics section introduces students to areas of pragmatics and discourse studies which will develop understanding and skills to aid language learning, semantic and morphosyntactic analysis and translation. Students will interact with key principles while analysing texts. Topics covered will include text types and structures, introducing and tracking participants, coherence, cohesion, foregrounding and backgrounding, focus and topicalisation, signalling relations between propositions, presuppositions, speech acts, implicature and metaphor including cross-cultural aspects. Students will learn pertinant charting techniques.

• The Training section examines issues related to working, training and teaming in language development programs in minority language multicultural contexts. Students will discuss cross-cultural training issues and different approaches to teamwork and training that empower community representatives to work as equal partners in language development work. Topics covered in this subject are:
• Different ways of learning and knowing in other cultures in formal and informal settings.
• Planning for training in other cultural contexts – needs assessment, planning, conducting and evaluating training.
• Leading, mentoring and coaching others
• Building effective multicultural teams in multicultural contexts TBC

Teaching Strategies

Teaching methods/strategies used in this unit include:

• teaching sessions which include lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, case studies, videos, computer workshops and exercises using relevant data from a variety of languages.
• consultations on assessment tasks,
• weekly reading relevant to the topics covered and/or Library research

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.